John P. Kotter

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John P. Kotter

John Paul Kotter (born February 25, 1947 in San Diego , California ) is Professor of Leadership Management at Harvard Business School . He is particularly known for his work in change management . He is also the founder and chairman of Kotter International, a management consultancy based in Seattle and Boston.

Kotter studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and computer science in 1968 . In 1970 the Master of Science followed , and in 1972 Kotter received his PhD.

He led u. a. the eight steps of organizational change and its form of the fiery platform.

Private life

Kotter lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Ashland, New Hampshire with his wife Nancy Dearman and two children.

Works (selection)

His books have been sold over two million times.

  • Farewell to the bean counter. Leadership, a force for change ("A force for change"). Econ-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1991, ISBN 3-430-15648-3 .
  • Chaos, change, leadership ("Leading Change"). Econ-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1997, ISBN 3-430-15663-7 .
  • Success factor leadership. Attract, retain and motivate managers; Strategies from the Harvard Business School ("The Leadership Factor"). Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 1989, ISBN 3-593-34085-2 .
  • The General Managers . Free Press, New York 1986, ISBN 0-02-918230-1 .
  • The heart of change. Real-life stories of how people change their organizations . Harvard Business School, Boston, Mass. 2002, ISBN 1-578-51254-9 .
  • The power management ( "Power in management"). Verlag Moderne Industrie, Landsberg / Lech 1986, ISBN 3-478-54420-3 .
  • Matsushita . The most successful entrepreneur of the 20th century ("Matsushita Leadership"). Ueberreuter, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7064-0345-5 .
  • Mayors in action. Five approaches to urban governance . Wiley, London 1974, ISBN 0-471-50540-4 .
  • The new rules of the game for careers. Success in the time after the large corporations ("The New Rules"). Ueberreuter, Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-7064-0157-6 .
  • The penguin principle. How change leads to success (“Our Iceberg Is Melting”). Droemer, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-426-27412-4 (together with Holger Rathgeber ).
  • The principle of urgency. Act quickly and consistently in management ("A Sense of Urgency"). Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 2009, ISBN 978-3-593-38797-0 .
  • Convince and enforce. Power and influence in organizations (“Power and Influence”). Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 1989, ISBN 3-593-33809-2 .
  • The unwritten laws of the victors. Corporate culture and performance as a success factor . Econ-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1993, ISBN 3-430-15651-3 (together with James Heskett )
  • How to lead managers correctly (“What leaders Really Do”). Hanser, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-446-21266-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.kotterinternational.com/
  2. ^ Professor John P. Kotter . In: www.KotterInternational.com . Kotter International. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Kotter, John P.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kotter, John Paul (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American economist
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH San Diego , California