A Sense of Urgency
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (794 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1501246976 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 574 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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Instead, they move boldly toward the futuresharply on the lookout for the hazards and the opportunities that change brings.Bestselling author and business guru John Kotter knows about urgency. They come to work each day determined to achieve something important, and they shed irrelevant activities to move faster and smarter. He explains the crucial difference between constructive true urgency, and the frantic wheel spinning that is so often mistaken for urgency. Those with a sense of urgency are the opposite of complacentbut they are not stressed-out and anxious, generating great activity without much productivity. But as Kotter illustrates, increasing urgency is the toughest of the eight steps, and the one without which even the most brilliant, high-powered initiatives will sputter and die. He provides key tactics for increasing urgency, as well as exposing and rooting out complacency, with chapters on: •Bringing the outside in•Behaving with urgency every day•Finding opportunity in crises•Dealing with “NoNos” or naysayersA Sense of Urgency is a powerful tool for anyone wanting to win in a turbulent world that will only continue to move faster.. “Raising urgency” is the first step in his enormously successful eight-step framework, first articulated in Leading Change. True urgency is a gut-level determination to move and win, now.It’s practiti
Kotter dissects well his seemingly simple premise, using his professional experiences to examine the inner workings of real companies. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Kotter defines his terms with clear language and bullet lists, convincingly asserting that urgency "is not driven by a belief that everything is a mess but, instead, that the world contains great opportunities and great hazards"; it is, in fact, "a compulsive determination to move, and win, now." Among suggested tactic
"Are You Creating a Real Sense of Urgency in Your Ministry Setting?" according to George Bullard. John Kotter is author of the now classic business book, Leading Change, published in 1996 and still a bestseller. In that previous book he suggested eight steps in leading change. The first of these was to develop a sense of urgency.As a follow-up Kotter has written A Sense of Urgency. In this 2008 book he clearly makes his point in the six page preface and the first three chapters that take up 61 of the 196 total pages of primary text. That is all you need to read to benefit from his VIP's [short for very important points].Here are some of the VIP's:*The single biggest error people make when they try to craft. A must read for leaders at all levels I believe this book challenges you to reevaluate how you drive your team. You may do many things right this helps you think through the urgency in your organization.. Five Stars This book outlines some excellent leadership principles.