Named one of the twenty-five most influential business-management books by TIME.com. The international bestseller--now with a new preface by the author. Millions worldwide have read and embraced John Kotter's ideas on change management and leadership. "Leading Change" is widely recognized as his seminal work on leading transformational change, and is an important precursor to his newer ideas on acceleration: effectively managing operations while seizing new opportunity. Needed more today than at any time in the past, this immensely relevant book serves as both a visionary guide and a practical toolkit on how to approach the difficult yet crucial work of leading change in any type of organization. Freshly designed and with new commentary by John Kotter, "Leading Change" is a true leadership classic.

Contents
Part I The Change Problem and Its Solution
1. Transforming Organizations: Why Firms Fail
2. Successful Change and the Force That Drives It

Part II The Eight-Stage Process
3. Establishing a sense of Urgency
4. Creating the Guiding Coalition
5. Developing a Vision and Strategy
6. Communicating the Change Vision
7. Empowering Employees for Broad-Based Action
8. Generating Short-Term Wins
9. Consolidating Gains and Producing More Change
10.Anchoring New Approaches in the Culture

Part III Implications for the Twenty-First Century
11. The Organization of the Future
12 Leadership and Lifelong Learning