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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
John's been recommending this book to me for years, and I have a new way of more-than-speed-reading I wanted to try out, so this book was my guinea pig. So far, the method of reading is great.
And also, the content of this book is great. Mostly, two years from now when the details are faded, I think the 8 step process will still be really useful:
1. Establish a sense of urgency
2. Create a guiding coalition
3. Develop vision and strategy
4. Communicate change and vision
5. Empower employees for broad based action
6. Generate short-term wins
7. Consolidate gains and produce more change
8. Anchor new approaches in the culture
This book was full of useful mental models for each stage of the process, and is written in a way that is easy to read. Highly recommended!
And also, the content of this book is great. Mostly, two years from now when the details are faded, I think the 8 step process will still be really useful:
1. Establish a sense of urgency
2. Create a guiding coalition
3. Develop vision and strategy
4. Communicate change and vision
5. Empower employees for broad based action
6. Generate short-term wins
7. Consolidate gains and produce more change
8. Anchor new approaches in the culture
This book was full of useful mental models for each stage of the process, and is written in a way that is easy to read. Highly recommended!
More examples than I think I needed but it made it a good way to practice my realization that I don't need to read every book word for word. So I "finished" this in only two days and still feel like I have actionable takeaways from it.
Solid change management book. It's focused at a very high level. More emphasis on huge change initiatives to an organization versus small project. However, you could apply the key strategies to smaller endeavors. Easy to follow and understand. I found a lot of parallels with my work history.
I can see why this book is considered a classic of the management genre, but its content was extremely broad and lacking in detail. It'd be just as effective as a longish article in HBR if all the fluff were cut out (and it's mostly fluff). Still, the overall message is a good one, and I'm glad I read it.
informative
slow-paced
Great advice on what it will take to achieve change in large, slow-moving organizations. All of the obstacles and anti-patterns were painfully familiar, and the advice seems straightforward in retrospect, but isn't obvious when you're in the middle of the problem.
This was a helpful framework for thinking about large systemic changes in organizations. The 8 steps lost some detail as they progressed and it became less clear what the process looks like as it gets further one. The book would also be better with one story of an organization that successfully went through all eight stages.
Can't say enough about this book. Required reading for leaders or those who want to become leaders.
Kotter outlines an 8-stage process for creating major changes:
1. Establishing a sense of urgency
2. Creating the guiding coalition
3. Developing a vision and strategy
4. Communicating the change vision
5. Empowering broad-based action
6. Generating short-term wins
7. Consolidating gains and producing more change
8. Anchoring new approaches in the culture
As I read through this I was surprised at how each step resonated with me and I could trace the success or failure of past projects to those steps having been done well or poorly. This is worth a read for anyone trying to create change in their organization.
1. Establishing a sense of urgency
2. Creating the guiding coalition
3. Developing a vision and strategy
4. Communicating the change vision
5. Empowering broad-based action
6. Generating short-term wins
7. Consolidating gains and producing more change
8. Anchoring new approaches in the culture
As I read through this I was surprised at how each step resonated with me and I could trace the success or failure of past projects to those steps having been done well or poorly. This is worth a read for anyone trying to create change in their organization.