[October 28, 2014]

Kotter International Unleashes Change Leaders at All Levels

The rate of change is increasing faster than our ability to keep up with it. Yet we expect leaders at all levels to deliver ever-better results - and sooner. We then double their disadvantage by not equipping them with the mindsets and skillsets to lead in the maelstrom that is business now. Answering leaders' calls for change leadership training modeled for today's pace is the newly launched Kotter International Center for Leaders.

Built on 40 years of proprietary research conducted by Harvard Business School's Dr. John Kotter, the Center for Leaders offers a suite of face-to-face leadership development solutions stemming from the award-winning 8-Step Process for Leading Change. The firm created the Center for Leaders in response to thousands of requests over the years for formal training on the concepts developed in Dr. Kotter's 18 books.

"We believe in the 70-20-10 model for workplace learning," said Dr. Gregory LeStage, executive vice president of Kotter International and president of the Center for Leaders. "Seventy percent should be on the job, 20 percent from coaching and 10 percent in the classroom."

Since its founding, the firm has been helping clients with the first two aspects - implementing on-the-job training and coaching to help companies drive and sustain large-scale change, a term synonymous with execution. "With the Center for Leaders, we have the truly rare opportunity to add the final 10 percent of this holistic approach, converting our vast repository of intellectual property into a new way for individuals and teams to benefit from the renowned Kotter research," added LeStage.

The Center for Leader programs put a twist on traditional development sessions. Instead of discussing case studies and theory, participating leaders focus on their own organizations' real business and change challenges, uing collective knowledge building and interactive planning to address them. A hallmark of the programs is leaders' ability to apply what they have learned immediately.

Crafted in collaboration with leading instructional designers, the Center for Leaders' offers both off-the-shelf and customizable programs and sessions. They can also function as standalone solutions or complement a larger learning program, initiative or meeting agenda. Specific options include:

• Classroom training programs of four to eight hours leverage the real work contexts of mid-level leaders and high potentials to strengthen their change leadership skills. Master facilitators use a train-the-trainer model to teach organizations' internal resources how to run their own sessions.
• Leadership working sessions enable up to 50 senior-level executives to collectively focus on their organization's high-priority business issues and to forge the leadership alignment necessary for transformation and strategy execution. Kotter's expert facilitators work closely with organizations to design and facilitate customized sessions ranging from 90 minutes to two days.
• Speaking engagements, typically one to two hours, are designed to raise leaders' awareness of the critical leadership enablers and disablers of transformation and strategy execution. The research-based content and delivery style inspire and motivate the audiences towards their own future action.

For years, companies from around the world have turned to Kotter International's Advisory Services with the express purpose of using the 8-Step Process as their fulcrum for moving their businesses through change and execution - and to results. For example, when NetApp, a global enterprise storage and data management solutions company, was losing market share and revenues to the competition, it partnered with Kotter International and embraced its methodology. By using the 8-Step Process to channel employee energy and innovation, the workforce was able to fulfill the company's top strategic initiatives: thousands worked together to accelerate revenues by 44 percent and triple operating income.

"The reach and inclusiveness of our original research allow us to create solutions that are relevant to a wide range of industries and sectors," said LeStage. "With the Center for Leaders, we can now give organizations the means to build and reinforce change leadership skills for their leaders at even more levels."

To learn more about the Center for Leaders and available options to accelerate change, visit: www.kotterinternational.com/what-we-do/#kotter-center.

About Kotter International

Kotter International helps Global 5000 company leaders develop the practical skills and implementation methodologies required to lead change in a complex, large-scale business environment. Built on Dr. John Kotter's 40 years of Harvard Business School-research and his 8-Step Process for Leading Change concept, the firm works with organizations needing to undertake major change at an accelerated rate. Its Center for Leaders teaches individuals and teams the driving principles, skills and behaviors described in Dr. Kotter's library of books and equips them with the skills to lead transformation. For more information, please visit www.kotterinternational.com. You can also connect with experts on LinkedIn and Twitter (@KotterIntl).

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