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DAVID GERSHON

The Practice of Empowerment Changing Behavior and Developing Talent in Organizations

The core of the matter is always about changing the behavior of people. In highly successful change efforts the central challenge is not strategy, not systems … but changing people’s behavior.

—John Kotter and Dan Cohen

Building Partnerships—Overcoming Barriers

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Bob Franco, vice president of the Global Talent Division at American Express, tells his story about a successful application of the Practice of Empowerment:

A key challenge in institutions is how to move individuals to higher levels of performance, specifically when it involves building ...

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