John P. Kotter

John P. Kotter
real communication mean
Great vision communication usually means heartfelt messages are coming from real human beings.
inspirational communication mean
Good communication does not mean that you have to speak in perfectly formed sentences and paragraphs. It isn't about slickness. Simple and clear go a long way.
communication data people
Good communication is not just data transfer. You need to show people something that addresses their anxieties, that accepts their anger, that is credible in a very gut-level sense, and that evokes faith in the vision.
communication heart listening-to-others
Without credible communication, and a lot of it, the hearts and minds of others are never captured.
leadership communication ideas
One of the most common ways to overcome resistance to change is to educate people about it beforehand. Communication of ideas helps people see the need for and the logic of a change. The education process can involve one-on-one discussions, presentations to groups, or memos and reports.
deal
We started Kotter International to improve leaders' ability to deal with big, important transformations in organizations - and in their lives.
change
Kotter International is about leading large-scale change, not just managing it.
audience behind careful hard lights low pay senses shield signal time
Low lights signal to our senses that the workday may be over and it's time for sleep, making it hard for an audience to pay careful attention. When we stand behind a big wooden podium, it can feel as if there's a shield between us and the audience.
billion billions million people
The world has 6 billion people and counting. We need to help 500 million people become better leaders so that billions can benefit.
change efforts failure large majority means people scale trying vast
The vast majority of large scale change efforts fail. Which means that the probability that you have actually experienced a failure, and your people know that and are pessimistic, therefore, about trying something again, is very high.
appearing attack awkward human less likely people seem speaker speaking
We worry about appearing awkward in a presentation. But up to a point, most people seem to feel more comfortable with less-than-perfect speaking abilities. It makes the speaker more human - and more vulnerable, meaning he is less likely to attack our decisions or beliefs.
risk different culture
If the culture you have is radically different from an 'experiment and take-risk' culture, then you have a big change you going to have to make - and no little gimmicks are going to do it for you.
improvement incremental-change scales
Managers are trained to make incremental, programmatic improvements. They aren't trained to lead large-scale change.
world growing ifs
In an ever changing world, you never learn it all, even if you keep growing into your 90s.