#112

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Introduction
Welcome to episode 112 of the Enterprise Excellence Podcast. It is a pleasure to have Dr John Kotter on the show today. John needs little introduction. We have all gained so much from his work in change management, business Agility and Leadership over his Career. John is a Harvard Business School Professor, he has written many best-selling books such as Leading Change, a sense of urgency and My iceberg is melting. Today we will be honing in on his work in the books XLR8 and, most recently, Change. These two books are so relevant to all we are facing. They provide insights into developing business Agility, Change for the better and making it stick. Let’s get into the episode, John thanks for joining us today.
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Two Minute Tip
104:27min John, in your area of expertise in all you've done, what would be a rapid small two-minute tip that you'd give to leaders to say, look, start here, consider this with trying to really build more agility and start to actually make a transformation stick in that space?
Well, I think we've hit the point now. This is going to sound outrageously self-serving. So I'm just going to warn you in advance. We've got to the point now, where we have studied this enough that we can say things with some real confidence. And if you're serious about wanting to improve your capacity to lead, improve your capacity to produce not just good, but outstanding organisations, go out and look at the latest applied research. Read some of this stuff and try it. Don't just read it, try it. Use common sense. And I have found in our consulting, that we give out books, we give out articles and if they're given with the right oh tone, you know, you have to trust me on this, my friend. There's something in here you will find that will help you. It's amazing how people will find things, will try things that are new and will get better results. Don't assume this is all a bunch of "everybody's got a different opinion. And they're all equally valid". Nope. Don't assume this is such "soft stuff" that you can't say anything within confidence. No. We're understanding it better, you should understand it better. And you can really do something with it. Yeah.
Thanks again for your time and knowledge John, thanks for helping us create a better future. Bye for now.
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