Best quotes by John P. Kotter on Leadership

Checkout quotes by John P. Kotter on Leadership

  • Because management deals mostly with the status quo and leadership deals mostly with change, in the next century we are going to have to try to become much more skilled at creating leaders.
    - John P. Kotter
  • Those in leadership positions who fail to grasp or use the power of stories risk failure for their companies and for themselves.
    - John P. Kotter
  • Leadership is always about change: it's not about mobilising people to do what they've always done well to continue to do it well.
    - John P. Kotter
  • I am often asked about the difference between 'change management' and 'change leadership,' and whether it's just a matter of semantics. These terms are not interchangeable.
    - John P. Kotter
  • True urgent leadership doesn't drain people. It does the opposite. It energizes them. It makes them feel excited.
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  • 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 able to provide leadership. I don't read leadership books anymore.
    - John P. Kotter