John P. Kotter

Harvard Business School Professor John Kotter is widely regarded as the world's foremost authority on leadership and change.

His is the premier voice on how the best organizations actually "do" change. Kotter's international bestseller 'Leading Change' - which outlined an actionable, eight-step process for implementing successful transformations - has become the change bible for managers around the world.

Professor Kotter is the author of seventeen books, a collection that has given him more honours and awards than any other writer on the topics of leadership and change. His latest is 'A Sense of Urgency' and in it Kotter shows what a true sense of urgency really is, why it is becoming an exceptionally important asset, and how you can create and sustain it within your organization - starting today.

He has been praised by BusinessWeek, Fortune, The Financial Times, and by managers around the globe as one of our most important voices on leadership and change. In 2009 The Times ranked him amongst the 50 most important business thinkers in the world. Kotter is also author of 'The Heart of Change' and 'John P. Kotter on What Leaders Really Do'.