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Leading change is a somewhat dated, but still valuable and timely book that explores john kotters views on the essentials of leading organizational change, as informed by his experiences with numerous companies. Known as the father of change management, kotters research developed an 8step process to help leaders face the challenge of change. John p kotter what will it take to bring your organization successfully into the twentyfirst century. Publication date 1996 topics management, leadership, business, economics collection opensource language english. Leading change, with a new preface by the author by john p. He is the premier voice on how the best organizations actually achieve successful transformations.
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