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by: John P. Kotter  List Price: $24.95 Amazon.com's Price: $16.47 You Save: $8.48 (34%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: Audio CDDewey Decimal Number: 658.406 EAN: 9781423369356 Edition: Unabridged Format: Audiobook, CD, Unabridged ISBN: 1423369351 Label: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged Manufacturer: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged Number Of Items: 4 Publication Date: September 01, 2008 Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged Release Date: September 01, 2008 Studio: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: True urgency is a gut-level determination to move and win, now. It’s practitioners are unusually alert. They come to work each day determined to achieve something important, and they shed irrelevant activities to move faster and smarter. Those with a sense of urgency are the opposite of complacent—but they are not stressed-out and anxious, generating great activity without much productivity. Instead, they move boldly toward the future—sharply on the lookout for the hazards and the opportunities that change brings. Bestselling author and business guru John Kotter knows about urgency. “Raising urgency” is the first step in his enormously successful eight-step framework, first articulated in Leading Change. But as Kotter illustrates, increasing urgency is the toughest of the eight steps, and the one without which even the most brilliant, high-powered initiatives will sputter and die. More importantly, as we transition to a world where change is continuous—not just episodic—he shows how urgency must become a core, sustained capability. With vivid and powerful stories, Kotter reveals a distinctive view of the kind of urgency needed in every organization. He also highlights the insidious nature of its nemesis, complacency, in all its guises. He explains the crucial difference between constructive true urgency, and the frantic wheelspinning that is so often mistaken for urgency. He provides key tactics for increasing urgency, as well as exposing and rooting out complacency, with chapters on: •Bringing the outside in •Behaving with urgency every day •Finding opportunity in crises •Dealing with “NoNos” or naysayers A Sense of Urgency is a powerful tool for anyone wanting to win in a turbulent world that will only continue to move faster. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Recommended for both business and personal useWhen I first heard about this book, I immediately was attracted by its title and even more so, the credibility of the author. Judging by the title, it should be pretty obvious to anyone what the book is about. Almost. In general, the book is geared towards anyone involved in the corporate world who are in the state of complacency. Although the focus is primarily based upon businesses and how to act/react in the ever-changing environment and competition, the message and the examples provided within ... Read More Rating: - Time to ImplementVery good book!! There were three ways to see what kind of urgency that your company had. Not all urgency was good and this book helps you see the good from the bad. The last part of the book gave you excellent tips on how to handle and increase urgency. I would recommend his other book first, Our Iceberg is Melting, then read this one. Rating: - Great Book for the righ timeThis is an excellent book talking about the lack of common sense in the industry and government alike. I found it very true in general. However, this book is not specific on citing any research data to support his claim. It would be helpful that he has some data to back it up. Rating: - A Sense of UrgencyThis is a very good book pin pointing a lot of companies having a problem of complacency yet owners, CEOs or senior executives are either not realize or decide to ignore. Most companies having fundamental management problems. They simply keep dragging on making decisions / taking actions to rectify obvious issues the enterprise is encountering. Thus facing high risk of either losing out or eventually out of business. I highly recommend this book to those who are serious ... Read More Rating:  - Seriously...4 hours of my life I'll never get backOK, so it's my fault for not stopping my iPod and going back to the new Tony Hooper CD "East to West", but seriously. Every once in a while you pick up a book (or Audio book) and while you listen you keep waiting for the punch line, the little nugget that makes it all worth while. Turns out the punch line for this one came and went in the first few minutes. Kotter could have easily covered the concept that there is such a thing as a false sense of urgency and all the necessary encouragement in half ... Read More 
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