Happily Leading Change
To quote the last paragraphs out of John Kotter's "Leading Change":
...people who are making an effort to embrace the future are a happier lot than those who are clinging to the past. That is not to say that learning how to become a part of a twenty-first century enterprise is easy. But people who are attempting to grow, to become more comfortable with change, to develop leadership skills -- these men and women are typically driven by a sense that they are doing what is right for themselves, their families, and their organizations. That sense of purpose spurs them on and inspires them during rough periods.
And those people at the top of enterprises today who encourage others to leap into the future, who help them overcome natural fears, and who thus expand the leadership capacity in their organizations -- these people provide a profoundly important service for the entire human community.
We need more of those people. And we will get them.
...people who are making an effort to embrace the future are a happier lot than those who are clinging to the past. That is not to say that learning how to become a part of a twenty-first century enterprise is easy. But people who are attempting to grow, to become more comfortable with change, to develop leadership skills -- these men and women are typically driven by a sense that they are doing what is right for themselves, their families, and their organizations. That sense of purpose spurs them on and inspires them during rough periods.
And those people at the top of enterprises today who encourage others to leap into the future, who help them overcome natural fears, and who thus expand the leadership capacity in their organizations -- these people provide a profoundly important service for the entire human community.
We need more of those people. And we will get them.
posted by epiclectic at 11:34 PM
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