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John P. Kotter Quotes about Culture

The central issue is never strategy, structure, culture, or systems. The core of the matter is always about changing the behavior of people.

The central issue is never strategy, structure, culture, or systems. The core of the matter is always about changing the behavior of people.

John P. Kotter, Dan Cohen (2013). “The Heart of Change: Real-Life Stories of How People Change Their Organizations”, p.11, Harvard Business Press

A culture truly changes only when a new way of operating has been shown to succeed over some minimum period of time.

John P. Kotter, Dan Cohen (2015). “Successful Organizational Change: The Kotter-Cohen Collection (2 Books)”, p.174, Harvard Business Review Press

In a change effort, culture comes last, not first.

John P. Kotter, Dan Cohen (2015). “Successful Organizational Change: The Kotter-Cohen Collection (2 Books)”, p.174, Harvard Business Review Press

We keep a change in place by helping to create a new, supportive, and sufficiently strong organizational culture.

John P. Kotter, Dan Cohen (2015). “Successful Organizational Change: The Kotter-Cohen Collection (2 Books)”, Harvard Business Review Press