Our Iceberg Is Melting (changing And Succeeding Under Any Conditions: 20th Anniversary Edition)

By (author) Kotter John; By (author) Rathgeber Holger
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The bestselling business fable that has helped millions navigate change, now in a 20th-anniversary edition for a new generation of leaders.
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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.

Table of contents:
Section - i: Welcome Chapter - 1: Our Iceberg Will Never Melt Chapter - 2: The Iceberg Is Melting and Might Break Apart Soon!! Chapter - 3: What Do I Do Now? Chapter - 4: Problem? What Problem? Chapter - 5: I Cannot Do the Job Alone Chapter - 6: The Seagull Chapter - 7: Getting the Message Out Chapter - 8: Good News, Bad News Chapter - 9: The Scouts Chapter - 10: The Second Wave Chapter - 11: The Most Remarkable Change Chapter - 12: Changing and Succeeding Chapter - 13: The Eight Step Process of Successful Change Chapter - 14: The Role of Thinking and Feeling
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Whether you work in a business or the business of life, everyone from CEOs to high school students can gain from what they take from this story
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Companies should buy a copy for everyone from the CEO to the stock clerk
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I ordered and distributed sixty copies, evaluated its effect on our change effort, and then ordered five hundred more . . . This is a gem
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The penguins in this book will not only steal your heart, they’ll make you a smarter person
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With bright, colorful illustrations and large text, Our Iceberg Is Melting looks at first glance more like a children’s book than something a chief executive might read. But the book is attracting readers and creating a penguin movement in boardrooms around the world . . . It has served as a springboard for group discussions about corporate culture, group dynamics and the challenges of change
Biographical note:

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