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carlagarcesredd's review against another edition
5.0
Short and sweet. I appreciate the step by step process and although first published in 1996 still relevant today.
papidoc's review against another edition
4.0
Leading Change is a somewhat dated, but still valuable and timely book that explores John Kotter’s views on the essentials of leading organizational change, as informed by his experiences with numerous companies. His eight stage process of change leadership has been referenced in numerous textbooks, and has become a source of insight for many managers and companies desiring to change the way they meet their environment and competition.
The eight-stage process includes the following:
1. Establish a sense of urgency to gain the necessary cooperation in the change effort.
2. Create a powerful guiding coalition, which will be necessary to sustain the process.
3. Develop a vision and strategy – the vision to establish a direction, cause, and alignment toward those ends, and a strategy to make it all feasible.
4. Communicate the change vision to generate understanding and common ground.
5. Empower employees for broad-based action to involve more people, in more powerful ways, in the change effort.
6. Generate short-term wins to provide convincing evidence that the effort is worth continuing.
7. Consolidate gains and then produce more change to maintain urgency and weaken resistance.
8. Anchor new approaches in the organization’s culture to ensure that they become the accepted way of doing things.
It has been said that the one constant is change, and nowhere is this more true than in today’s business environment. To be able to survive and thrive in an environment that appears to be more dynamic each year, companies will need to be able to institute sweeping change from time to time, and incremental (but substantive) change almost constantly. Understanding how that is to be accomplished will be key, and the counsel in Kotter’s book is therefore an important addition to any organizational leader’s repertoire.
The eight-stage process includes the following:
1. Establish a sense of urgency to gain the necessary cooperation in the change effort.
2. Create a powerful guiding coalition, which will be necessary to sustain the process.
3. Develop a vision and strategy – the vision to establish a direction, cause, and alignment toward those ends, and a strategy to make it all feasible.
4. Communicate the change vision to generate understanding and common ground.
5. Empower employees for broad-based action to involve more people, in more powerful ways, in the change effort.
6. Generate short-term wins to provide convincing evidence that the effort is worth continuing.
7. Consolidate gains and then produce more change to maintain urgency and weaken resistance.
8. Anchor new approaches in the organization’s culture to ensure that they become the accepted way of doing things.
It has been said that the one constant is change, and nowhere is this more true than in today’s business environment. To be able to survive and thrive in an environment that appears to be more dynamic each year, companies will need to be able to institute sweeping change from time to time, and incremental (but substantive) change almost constantly. Understanding how that is to be accomplished will be key, and the counsel in Kotter’s book is therefore an important addition to any organizational leader’s repertoire.
rbogue's review against another edition
5.0
I’ve been working on crystallizing my thoughts on creating adoption and engagement. As a part of that I’ve been looking for frameworks for creating change. One of the models that I was investigating was John Kotter’s 8-step model that’s laid out in his book Leading Change. I decided that it was worth getting the full story so I read the book. The model in summary is...
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egrupenhoff's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars. Content is dry and early chapters were difficult to get through. I thoroughly enjoyed the final two chapters on business leadership in the 21st century and personal leadership growth through lifelong learning habits that will help propel you towards the kind of leader and manager that can make a significant positive impact on the people and businesses around you.
bookedandwatched's review against another edition
4.0
I wanted a quick read/listen for whilst I was getting ready for work one morning. I found this gem in my audible library.
I have spent most of my working life as a Project Manager leading change related projects so nothing in this was new. I was hoping I would find ways in which I can improve as I have this inbuilt self doubt.
This book didn't teach me anything new. It taught me I am actually pretty damn good at my job. It gave me confidence in a way that I didn't expect. I feel more confident and capable after reading this. It reaffirmed my belief in my skills and how I lead change related projects.
Overall a really good read and makes me want to branch out and read/listen to other business related books.
I would wholeheartedly recommend this to anyway want to learn more about how to lead change related projects.
I have spent most of my working life as a Project Manager leading change related projects so nothing in this was new. I was hoping I would find ways in which I can improve as I have this inbuilt self doubt.
This book didn't teach me anything new. It taught me I am actually pretty damn good at my job. It gave me confidence in a way that I didn't expect. I feel more confident and capable after reading this. It reaffirmed my belief in my skills and how I lead change related projects.
Overall a really good read and makes me want to branch out and read/listen to other business related books.
I would wholeheartedly recommend this to anyway want to learn more about how to lead change related projects.
albloomy's review
2.0
2.5 stars ⭐️⭐️✨
Most of the information in this book can be reasonably worked out from the table of contents. It wasn’t the most inspiring writing wise. Read it for work otherwise probably wouldn’t have read it.
Most of the information in this book can be reasonably worked out from the table of contents. It wasn’t the most inspiring writing wise. Read it for work otherwise probably wouldn’t have read it.
charlie1000r's review against another edition
3.0
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.