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John kotter, the worlds foremost expert on business leadership, distills 25 years of experience into leading change. The most important aspects of management include planning, budgeting, organizing, staffing, controlling, and problem solving. To supplement his books and expand on his ideas, kotter has released several videos on his teachings, many of which are accessible to anyone interested in his work via youtube. Emphasizing again and again the critical need for leadership to make change happen, leading change provides the vicarious experience and positive role models for leaders to emulate. John kotter is a professor of leadership at the harvard business school and a bestselling author. Leading change is a useful tool for everyone from business students preparing to enter the work force to middle and senior executives faced with the widespread transformation in the corporate world. Oct 28, 2018 leading change is the impressive business book in which the author explains the eightstep processes to innovate your business more effectively. He is the author of six bestselling business books, including the new rules, corporate culture and performance with james l. A strong theme throughout kotters book, leading change, is the idea that leadership is a different thing to management. In the groundbreaking new book accelerate xlr8leadership and change management expert, and bestselling author, john kotter provides a fascinating answerand a powerful new framework for competing and winning in a world of constant turbulence and disruption. John kotter has authored eighteen books, twelve of them bestsellers.
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