The Heart of Change
by John P. Kotter and Dan S. Cohen
Real stories for each of Kotter's eight steps, with the thesis that people change because they see and feel, not because they analyze and think. The best companion to Leading Change.
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you know the eight steps and want to see them in practice with emotion.
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you have not read Leading Change.
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Three things you will actually use
- See, feel, change.
- Stories move people; data informs them.
- Each step has emotional work.
Do this first
Find a way to make your team see the problem, a visual or a visit, rather than a slide.
Our verdict
The steps, with feeling.
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