John P. Kotter

John P. Kotter


John P. Kotter is internationally known and widely regarded as perhaps the leading voice on how the best organizations actually achieve successful transformations. The Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School, chairman of Kotter International, and a graduate of MIT and Harvard, Kotter’s vast experience and knowledge on successful change and leadership have been proven time and again. Author of 19 books, twelve of them bestsellers, his works have been printed in over 150 foreign language editions and total sales exceed three million copies. His latest book, Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World, is based on an HBR article that won the 2012 McKinsey Award for the world’s most practical and groundbreaking thinking in the business/management arena. Professor Kotter is the 2009 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society for Training & Development.