You've got a good idea. You know it could make a crucial difference for you, your organization, your community. You present it to the group, but get confounding questions, inane comments, and verbal bullets in return. Before you know what's happened, your idea is dead, shot down. You're furious. Eve[...]

John Kotter's international bestseller "Leading Change", struck a powerful chord with legions of managers everywhere. It acknowledged the cynicism, pain, and fear they faced in implementing large-scale change - but also armed them with an eight-step plan of action for leaping boldly forward in a tur[...]

The critics who despair of the coming of imaginative, charismatic leaders to replace the so-called manipulative caretakers of American corporations don't tell us much about what leadership actually is, or, for that matter, what management is either. Now, John P. Kotter, who focused on why we have a [...]

A thought-provoking fable about change describes the experiences of a colony of beautiful emperor penguins living in Antarctica that are suddenly confronted by a potentially devastating problem threatening their home, and the efforts, ingenuity, and perseverance of a single bird to overcome the situ[...]

An action plan from the world's foremost expert on business leadership. A very personal book that is at once inspiring, clear-headed, and filled with important implications for the future. Emphasizing again and again the critical need for leadership to make change happen, Leading Change provides the[...]

Most company's change initiatives fail. Yours don't have to.If you read nothing else on change management, read these 10 articles (featuring Leading Change, by John P. Kotter). We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you spearhea[...]

The international bestseller--now with a new preface by author John Kotter.

Millions worldwide have read and embraced John Kotter's ideas on change management and leadership.

From the ill-fated dot-com bubble to unprecedented M&A activity to scandal, greed, and ultimately, rec[...]

True urgency is a gut-level determination to move and win, now. It's practitioners are unusually alert. They come to work each day determined to achieve something important, and they shed irrelevant activities to move faster and smarter. Those with a sense of urgency are the opposite of complacent?b[...]

A thought-provoking fable about change describes the experiences of a colony of beautiful emperor penguins living in Antarctica that are suddenly confronted by a potentially devastating problem threatening their home, and the efforts, ingenuity, and perseverance of a single bird to overcome the situ[...]

You believe in a good idea. You know it could make a crucial difference for you, your organization, your community. You present it, hoping for enthusiastic support. Instead, you get confounding questions, inane comments, and verbal bullets. Before you know what's hit you, your idea is dead, shot dow[...]

This impressive collection features the best works by John P. Kotter, known worldwide as the authority on leadership and change. Curated by Harvard Business Review, the longtime publisher of some of Kotters most important ideas, the Change Leadership set features full digital editions of the authors[...]