Books : A Sense of Urgency
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by: John P. Kotter
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.406
EAN: 9781422179710
ISBN: 1422179710
Label: Harvard Business School Press
Manufacturer: Harvard Business School Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: September 03, 2008
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press
Sales Rank: 1732
Studio: Harvard Business School Press
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Product Description:
Most organizational change initiatives fail spectacularly (at worst) or deliver lukewarm results (at best). In his international bestseller Leading Change, John Kotter revealed why change is so hard, and provided an actionable, eight-step process for implementing successful transformations. The book became the change bible for managers worldwide.
Now, in Urgency, Kotter shines the spotlight on the crucial first step in his framework: creating a sense of urgency by getting people to actually see and feel the need for change.
Why focus on urgency? Without it, any change effort is doomed. Kotter reveals the insidious nature of complacency in all its forms and guises.
In this exciting new book, Kotter explains:
How to go beyond 'the business case' for change to overcome the fear and anger that can suppress urgencyWays to ensure that your actions and behaviors -- not just your words -- communicate the need for changeHow to keep fanning the flames of urgency even after your transformation effort has scored some early successes
Written in Kotter's signature no-nonsense style, this concise and authoritative guide helps you set the stage for leading a successful transformation in your company.
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Rating:  - Seriously...4 hours of my life I'll never get back
OK, so it's my fault for not stopping my iPod and going back to the new Tony Hooper CD "East to West", but seriously. Every once in a while you pick up a book (or Audio book) and while you listen you keep waiting for the punch line, the little nugget that makes it all worth while. Turns out the punch line for this one came and went in the first few minutes. Kotter could have easily covered the concept that there is such a thing as a false sense of urgency and all the necessary encouragement in half ... Read More
Rating:  - Changing the idea of change management
A Sense of Urgency is a book that is sorely needed in today's times as the difference between urgency and change will make the difference between survival and liquidation in today's economy. Executives need to recognize the difference between the two. Urgency creates a motivating force on results and teaming. Change is imposed from above, the subject of skepticism and Dilbert cartoons.
Every organization needs to change, that is commonly understood and the subject of endless books, ... Read More
Rating:  - More on Urgency
John Kotter's A Sense of Urgency builds on his earlier works on change - Leading Change, Heart of Change, and Our Iceberg is Melting. Unlike these other titles Kotter focuses on one step in the change process. He offers many useful suggestions about creating a sense of urgency. Anyone involved in leading change should take this seriously because urgency is foundational to change. No urgency, no change. And arousing a sense of urgency is not as easy as it sounds. People and organizations want to hang ... Read More
Rating: - A solid read for any business manager
Speed is an underrated and powerful aspect of business that oft goes ignored. "A Sense of Urgency" is a guide to business urgency and keeping the sense of it going to increase productivity and efficiency. Urgency brings speed, speed brings changes, and changes bring opportunities, and opportunities bring profit. A must for improving one's business while not stressing employees out, "A Sense of Urgency" is a solid read for any business manager.
Rating: - Move!!!
In this book Kotter focuses on the first of the eight steps outlined in his book Leading Change. According to Kotter, creating a sense of urgency is the single most important part of a change effort. I would have to agree. In the company I just left, we could see the threats in the business environment at the unit level. But at the corporate level, there was an attitude of "we have time, we've been here before".
Kotter helps us identify complacency, and gives us strategies to fight it. ... Read More
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