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John P. Kotter is a prominent author and speaker specializing in leadership and change management. As the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School, he has been shaping the field of business education since 1972. His seminal work, 'Leading Change,' has become a cornerstone in the study of organizational transformation.

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Famous John P. Kotter Quotes

“Changing behavior is less a matter of giving people analysis to influence their thoughts than helping them to see a truth to influence their feelings.”

People Giving Matter Helping Feelings Influence Behavior Analysis

Book:The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations

Source: The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations

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

Ifs Feelings Happens Vision Conviction

Book:Successful Organizational Change: The Kotter-Cohen Collection (2 Books)

Source: Successful Organizational Change: The Kotter-Cohen Collection (2 Books)

“Motivation and inspiration energize people, not by pushing them in the right direction as control mechanisms do but by satisfying basic human needs for achievement, a sense of belonging, recognition, self-esteem, a feeling of control over one's life, and the ability to live up to one's ideals. Such feelings touch us deeply and elicit a powerful response.”

Source: John P. Kotter on What Leaders Really Do

“Great leaders understand that historical success tends to produce stable and inwardly focused organizations, and these outfits, in turn, reinforce a feeling of contentment with the status quo.”

Feelings Turns Leader Produce Organization Historical Focused Contentment Stable Status Quo Great Leader Outfits

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“Motivation is not a thinking word; it's a feeling word.”

Thinking Feelings Motivation

Book:Successful Organizational Change: The Kotter-Cohen Collection (2 Books)

Source: Successful Organizational Change: The Kotter-Cohen Collection (2 Books)

“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.”

People Thinking Feelings Given Influence Analysis

Book:The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations

Source: The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations

About the Author

Born: 1947
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Quotes: 63

Books & Sources

The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their OrganizationsRelated source material

Successful Organizational Change: The Kotter-Cohen Collection (2 Books)Related source material

John P. Kotter on What Leaders Really DoRelated source material

Leading Change, With a New Preface by the AuthorRelated source material

A Sense of UrgencyRelated source material

Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving WorldRelated source material

Force For Change: How Leadership Differs from ManagementRelated source material

Matsushita LeadershipRelated source material

The New RulesRelated source material

Tools to Change Your Organization: The Change Leadership Collection (2 Books)Related source material

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