Book Titles

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

By John Kotter

Year Published: 2012
ISBN-13: 978-1422187333
Categories: Change

66 Quotes Found

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The Heart of Change:

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

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The Heart of Change:

Both thinking and feeling are essential… but the heart of change is in the emotions.

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The Heart of Change:

A sense of urgency, sometimes developed by very creative means, gets people off the couch, out of a bunker, and ready to move.

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The Heart of Change:

Remarkably, smart people undercommunicate or poorly communicate all the time without recognizing their error.

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The Heart of Change:

A new culture – group norms and shared values – develops through consistency of successful action over a sufficient period of time.

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The Heart of Change:

Successful see-feel-change tactics tend to be clever, not clumsy, and never cynically manipulative.

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The Heart of Change:

Video plays better to our brains, hard-wired from thousands of years of evolution to absorb deeply what we see, in particular, but also what we hear and touch.

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The Heart of Change:

…in large-scale change, if fear is not converted to a positive urgency, and with some speed, it can become a significant liability, not an asset.

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The Heart of Change:

In some situations the constraints and lack of power are overwhelming. Nevertheless, action is possible.

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The Heart of Change:

Create evidence you can see, not just words and numbers. Create a dramatic, look-at-this presentation, yet one based on honest facts and no coercion.

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