John P. Kotter Quotes About Vision

Quotes about: Vision

• Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there.

  John P. Kotter

  Inspirational, Leader, Vision

• Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there; they cause change. They motivate and inspire others to go in the right direction and they, along with everyone else, sacrifice to get there.

  John P. Kotter

  Change, Motivation, Sacrifice

• Leadership is about setting a direction. It's about creating a vision, empowering and inspiring people to want to achieve the vision, and enabling them to do so with energy and speed through an effective strategy. In its most basic sense, leadership is about mobilizing a group of people to jump into a better future.

  John P. Kotter

  Creating, People, Empowering

  John P. Kotter (2014). “Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World”, p.60, Harvard Business Review Press

• People are more inclined to be drawn in if their leader has a compelling vision. Great leaders help people get in touch with their own aspirations and then will help them forge those aspirations into a personal vision.

  John P. Kotter

  People, Leader, Vision

• Effective leaders help others to understand the necessity of change and to accept a common vision of the desired outcome.

  John P. Kotter

  Leadership, Helping Others, Common Vision

• Leadership defines what the future should look like, aligns people with that vision, and inspires them to make it happen despite the obstacles.

  John P. Kotter

  Leadership, People, Inspire

  John P. Kotter, John J. Gabarro (2015). “Tools to Change Your Organization: The Change Leadership Collection (2 Books)”, p.28, Harvard Business Review Press

• Good communication is not just data transfer. You need to show people something that addresses their anxieties, that accepts their anger, that is credible in a very gut-level sense, and that evokes faith in the vision.

  John P. Kotter

  Communication, Data, People

  John P. Kotter, Dan Cohen (2013). “The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations”, p.70, Harvard Business Press

• Without conviction that you can make change happen, you will not act, even if you see the vision. Your feelings will hold you back.

  John P. Kotter

  Feelings, Vision, Conviction

  John P. Kotter, Dan Cohen (2015). “Successful Organizational Change: The Kotter-Cohen Collection (2 Books)”, p.114, Harvard Business Review Press

• Great vision communication usually means heartfelt messages are coming from real human beings.

  John P. Kotter

  Real, Communication, Mean

  John P. Kotter, Dan Cohen (2013). “The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations”, p.77, Harvard Business Press

• No vision issue today is bigger than the question of efficiency versus some combination of innovation and customer service.

  John P. Kotter

  Issues, Innovation, Vision

  John P. Kotter, Dan Cohen (2013). “The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations”, p.60, Harvard Business Press

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