Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions: 20th Anniversary Edition
Jul 2013 · Pan Macmillan
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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.
Featuring a foreword by Spencer Johnson, bestselling author of Who Moved My Cheese?
Charming and thought-provoking, this bestselling 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, easy-to-read and beautifully illustrated book will serve you well in your job, in your family life and in your community. And these lessons are becoming ever more important as the world around us changes faster and faster.
This edition celebrates twenty years since the publication of this classic business fable with a new cover.
Featuring a foreword by Spencer Johnson, bestselling author of Who Moved My Cheese?
Charming and thought-provoking, this bestselling 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, easy-to-read and beautifully illustrated book will serve you well in your job, in your family life and in your community. And these lessons are becoming ever more important as the world around us changes faster and faster.
This edition celebrates twenty years since the publication of this classic business fable with a new cover.
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.
Featuring a foreword by Spencer Johnson, bestselling author of Who Moved My Cheese?
Charming and thought-provoking, this bestsellin...
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Kathy Nabbie
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October 9, 2021
I really enjoyed reading 'Our Iceberg is Melting' by John Kotter. Ii is a quick read change management book with easy fix solutions. As an advocate of change in the workplace, I at first identified with Fred the penguin who found the problem and immediately asks a senior penguin to help him escalate the issue and find a solution. I also indentified with Buddy the penguin who loved change, but knew little about spreadsheets and IT technology, but was kind to others, understood their feelings,made them feel worthwhile in the world and helped them to also adapt to change in a simple way. The usage of penguins. in this book made it even more gripping and interesting and I could not put it away until the end- Thank you xx💖
cindy pearce
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October 18, 2014
Our company path care is a huge company in South Africa and our whole entire companies staff members has to read this book and it's really true every thing that happens in the book. Sometimes you have to admit it's time for a change
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Subose Pai
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October 13, 2013
I enjoyed reading this book, especially the aspects of driving and adopting the change has been very well discused and highlighted in this book in form of a fable. I thinks that is what has made it so easy to understand and relate. Personally I could relate to my day-to-day work and techniques I can apply.
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About the author
John Kotter is the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership, Emeritus, at the Harvard Business School and the founder of Kotter International. He is a world-renowned authority on leadership and change. A New York Times bestselling author, his work includes the acclaimed Leading Change and The Heart of Change. His books have sold over three million copies and have been translated into more than 150 languages
Holger Rathgeber is a former Fortune 500 company executive. He has his own consulting practice, Team Rathgeber. His co-authored books with John Kotter include Our Iceberg Is Melting and That's Not How We Do It Here.
Together they are the authors of the classic business fable Our Iceberg Is Melting.
John Kotter is the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership, Emeritus, at the Harvard Business School and the founder of Kotter International. He is a world-renowned authority on leadership and change. A New York Times bestselling author, his work includes the acclaimed Leading Change and The ...
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