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A Sense of Urgency
by John P. Kotter
from Harvard Business School Press

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Recommended for both business and personal use
  When 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 are... more info

• Time to Implement
  Very 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.

• Great Book for the righ time
  This 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.

• A Sense of Urgency
  This 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 and determined to do the... more info

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