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In Our Iceberg is Melting a simple fable about penguins illustrates
how to conquer change, with profound lessons for working and living
in an ever-changing world. This charming story about a penguin
colony in Antarctica illustrates key truths about how we deal with
the issue of change: handle the challenge well and you can prosper
greatly; handle it poorly and you put yourself at risk. The
penguins are living happily on their iceberg as they have done for
many years. Then one curious penguin discovers a potentially
devastating problem threatening their home - and pretty much no one
listens to him. The characters in this fable are like people we
recognize, even ourselves. Their story is one of resistance to
change and heroic action, confusion and insight, seemingly
intractable obstacles and the most clever tactics for dealing with
those obstacles. It is a story that is occuring in different forms
around us today - but the penguins handle change a great deal
better than most of us. Based on John Kotter's pioneering work on
how to make smart change happen faster and better, the lessons you
can learn from this short and easy-to-read book will serve you well
in your job, in your family and in your community. And these
lessons are becoming ever more important as the world around us
changes faster and faster. This edition celebrates ten years since
the publication of this classic business fable with new and
improved illustrations and a foreword by Spencer Johnson, author of
Who Moved My Cheese?
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A new business parable from John Kotter - the leading authority on
leadership and change, and bestselling author of Our Iceberg is
Melting That's Not How We Do It Here is the story of a clan of
meerkats who live in the Kalahari. Well organised and efficient,
the colony enjoys many years of successful growth, until it
suddenly comes under threat from a new form of predator and is
forced to rethink its organizational structure. John Kotter uses
this charming parable to explore why organizations often struggle
no matter their past success, and why they fall. Kotter shows that
by embracing reliability, efficiency, speed and agility, and
building passion, discipline and personal growth, organizations can
once again prosper, fulfil their mission, create great jobs and
services and generate wealth.
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