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Dr. John P. Kotter's Leadership
Dr. John P. Kotter is one of the prominent professors of Leadership at the Harvard business school who also has several achievements as he is the bestselling author in New York Times. He is also the founder of Kotter International which is a management consulting firm located in Seattle and Boston and also he is a famed thought leader in the field of leadership, change and business. He graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1968 and then Master of Science in Management in 1970. He also completed his Doctor of Business Administration in 1972 at Harvard Business School.

He has written 19 books from which 12 have been business bestsellers and 2 of which are best sellers of New York Times. Some of his famous books are –
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