John Kotter - Change Quotes

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The rate of change is not going to slow down anytime soon. If anything, competition in most industries will probably speed up even more in the next few decades.

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Because management deals mostly with the status quo and leadership deals mostly with change, in the next century we are going to have to try to become much more skilled at creating leaders.

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Anyone in a large organization who thinks major change is impossible should probably get out.

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In the final analysis, change sticks when it becomes the way we do things around here.

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Without conviction that you can make change happen, you will not act, even if you see the vision. Your feelings will hold you back.

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People change what they do less because they are given an analysis that shifts their thinking than because they are shown a truth that influences their feelings.

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A culture truly changes only when a new way of operating has been shown to succeed over some minimum period of time.

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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.

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In a change effort, culture comes last, not first.

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Never underestimate the power of clever people to help others see the possibilities, to help them generate a feeling of faith, and to change behavior.

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We keep a change in place by helping to create a new, supportive, and sufficiently strong organizational culture.

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Valued achievements connect to people at a deeper level—and a deeper level can change behavior that is generally very difficult to change.

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This is true even in organizations that are very focused on analysis and quantitative measurement, even among people who think of themselves as smart in an MBA sense. In highly successful change efforts, people find ways to help others see the problems or solutions in ways that influence emotions, not just thought.

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