In an ever changing world, you never learn it all, even if you keep growing into your 90s. — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
If people think the boss is manipulating them to get them to work harder, it backfires. — John P. Kotter Boss Copy Share Image
Great leaders motivate large groups of individuals to improve the human condition. — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
If you're overbooked, you can't manage pressing problems or even recognize they're pressing until too late. — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
Great vision communication usually means heartfelt messages are coming from real human beings. — John P. Kotter Communication Copy Share Image
I'm impatient. Typically people think they know all about change and don't need help. Their approach tends to be more management-oriented than… — John P. Kotter Approach Copy Share Image
Good communication does not mean that you have to speak in perfectly formed sentences and paragraphs. It isn't about slickness. Simple and… — John P. Kotter Career success Copy Share Image
Changing behavior is less a matter of giving people analysis to influence their thoughts than helping them to see a truth to… — John P. Kotter Analysis Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to innovate without requiring people to do something different. And whenever you require people to do something different, you're… — John P. Kotter Change Copy Share Image
Leadership defines what the future should look like, aligns people with that vision, and inspires them to make it happen despite the… — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
Managers are trained to make incremental, programmatic improvements. They aren't trained to lead large-scale change. — John P. Kotter Improvement Copy Share Image
Because management deals mostly with the status quo and leadership deals mostly with change, in the next century we are going to… — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
True urgent leadership doesn't drain people. It does the opposite. It energizes them. It makes them feel excited. — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
Leadership is about setting a direction. It's about creating a vision, empowering and inspiring people to want to achieve the vision, and… — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
This is true even in organizations that are very focused on analysis and quantitative measurement, even among people who think of themselves… — John P. Kotter Analysis Copy Share Image
We worry about appearing awkward in a presentation. But up to a point, most people seem to feel more comfortable with less-than-perfect… — John P. Kotter Ability Copy Share Image
Good communication is not just data transfer. You need to show people something that addresses their anxieties, that accepts their anger, that… — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
I am always looking for stories that will shed light on how companies define themselves - for better or for worse. When… — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
Motivation and inspiration energize people, not by pushing them in the right direction as control mechanisms do but by satisfying basic human… — John P. Kotter Ability Copy Share Image
Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there; they cause change. They motivate and inspire others… — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
At any one time the world has a very limited number of Steve Jobs or Winston Churchills or Thomas Watson the firsts.… — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
We started Kotter International to improve leaders' ability to deal with big, important transformations in organizations - and in their lives. — John P. Kotter Ability Copy Share Image
We are always creating new tools and techniques to help people, but the fundamental framework is remarkably resilient, which means it must… — John P. Kotter Creating Copy Share Image
The world has 6 billion people and counting. We need to help 500 million people become better leaders so that billions can benefit. — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
Great leaders understand that historical success tends to produce stable and inwardly focused organizations, and these outfits, in turn, reinforce a feeling… — John P. Kotter Contentment Copy Share Image
We keep a change in place by helping to create a new, supportive, and sufficiently strong organizational culture. — John P. Kotter Change Copy Share Image
Sometimes it doesn't hurt to talk around a little and see what lights people's eyes up and what makes them cloud over. — John P. Kotter Cloud Copy Share Image
Analytical tools have their limitations in a turbulent world. These tools work best when parameters are known, assumptions are minimal, and the… — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
If the culture you have is radically different from an 'experiment and take-risk' culture, then you have a big change you going… — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
Over the years I have become convinced that we learn best - and change - from hearing stories that strike a chord… — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
A higher rate of urgency does not imply ever-present panic, anxiety, or fear. It means a state in which complacency is virtually… — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
Commercial organisations that operate responsibly have benefitted by increased revenues of 682% compared to 166% for those that don't — John P. Kotter Business Copy Share Image
Valued achievements connect to people at a deeper level—and a deeper level can change behavior that is generally very difficult to change. — John P. Kotter Achievement Copy Share Image
More and more I'm finding that I'm reading history, I'm reading biography, I'm reading autobiography for a sense of people who've been… — John P. Kotter Books Copy Share Image
Leadership is always about change: it's not about mobilising people to do what they've always done well to continue to do it… — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
Every organization goes through a lifecycle where they eventually lose their initial speed or agility at a strategic level. — John P. Kotter Copy Share Image
Without conviction that you can make change happen, you will not act, even if you see the vision. Your feelings will hold… — John P. Kotter Change Copy Share Image
Outsiders have the intuitive ability to continually view problems in fresh ways and to identify ineffective practices and traditions. — John P. Kotter Ability Copy Share Image
Congress is full of people who get reelected and reelected. How can you have urgency when there are all of those safe… — John P. Kotter Congress Copy Share Image
