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.

That's Not How We Do It Here!: A Story About How Organizations Rise, Fall – and Can Rise Again

Business & Money

KOTTER, John

Rathgeber, Holger

Management & Leadership

Portfolio/Penguin

The revised and updated tenth anniversary edition of the classic, beloved business fable that has changed millions of lives in organizations around the world. Our Iceberg Is Melting is a simple story about doing well under the stress and uncertainty of rapid change. Based on the award-winning work of Harvard Business School’s John Kotter, it can help you and your colleagues thrive during tough times. On an iceberg near the coast of Antarctica, group of beautiful emperor penguins live as they have for many years. Then one curious bird discovers a potentially devastating problem threatening their home—and almost no one listens to him. The characters in the story—Fred, Alice, Louis, Buddy, the Professor, and NoNo—are like people you probably recognize in your own organization, including yourself. Their tale is one of resistance to change and heroic action, seemingly intractable obstacles and clever tactics for dealing with those obstacles. The penguins offer an inspiring model as we all struggle to adapt to new circumstances. Our Iceberg Is Melting is based on John Kotter's pioneering research into the eight steps that can produce needed change in any sort of group. After finishing the story, you'll have a powerful framework for influencing your own team, no matter how big or small. This tenth anniversary edition preserves the text of the timeless story, together with new illustrations, a revised afterword, and a Q&amp;A with the authors about the responses they've gotten over the past decade. Prepare to be both enlightened and delighted, whether you're already a fan of this classic fable or are discovering it for the first time.

Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions

Business Culture

Penguin/Random House

What’s the worst thing you can hear when you have a good idea at work? “That’s not how we do it here!” In their iconic bestseller Our Iceberg Is Melting, John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber used a simple fable about penguins to explain the process of leading people through major changes. Now, ten years later, they’re back with another must-read story that will help any team or organization cope with their biggest challenges and turn them into exciting opportunities. Once upon a time a clan of meerkats lived in the Kalahari, a region in southern Africa. After years of steady growth, a drought has sharply reduced the clan’s resources, and deadly vulture attacks have increased. As things keep getting worse, the harmony of the clan is shattered. The executive team quarrels about possible solutions, and suggestions from frontline workers face a soul-crushing response: “That’s not how we do it here!” So Nadia, a bright and adventurous meerkat, hits the road in search of new ideas to help her troubled clan. She discovers a much smaller group that operates very differently, with much more teamwork and agility. These meerkats have developed innovative solutions to find food and evade the vultures. But not everything in this small clan is as perfect as it seems at first. Can Nadia figure out how to combine the best of both worlds—a large, disciplined, well-managed clan and a small, informal, inspiring clan—before it’s too late? This book distills Kotter’s decades of experience and award-winning research to reveal why organizations rise and fall, and how they can rise again in the face of adversity.

That's Not How We Do It Here!: A Story about How Organizations Rise and Fall--and Can Rise Again

Portfolio

Penguin Audio

Das Pinguin-Prinzip: Wie Veränderung zum Erfolg führt

Droemer HC

Una fábula empresarial que ayudará a cualquier equipo u organización a hacer frente a los mayores retos y a convertirlos en magníficas oportunidades. Érase una vez un clan de animales más interesantes que los humanos, llamados suricatas. Vivían en el desierto del Kalahari, en una numerosa comunidad disciplinada y bien dirigida que había disfrutado de un crecimiento continuado. Sin embargo, llegó una temporada de sequía que redujo sus recursos y los buitres se lanzaron sobre ellos. Al ver que la supervivencia del clan peligraba, sus dirigentes se enzarzaron en disputas y solo respondían a las propuestas de otros miembros del grupo con un contundente «¡Aquí no hacemos las cosas así!». Un día, Nadia, una brillante y aventurera suricata, decidió salir en busca de nuevas ideas para intentar salvar el clan. Se encontró con un grupo más reducido que operaba de otra manera, pero se dio cuenta de que allí las cosas tampoco eran tan perfectas como parecía y decidió que la mejor solución sería combinar lo mejor de ambos clanes. Esta fantástica fábula aborda cuestiones muy importantes a las que la mayoría de nosotros nos enfrentamos todos los días. En ella se destila la celebrada experiencia de John Kotter en el terreno del cambio organizacional así como los resultados de sus investigaciones sobre el auge y la caída de las organizaciones, y cómo lograr que se reinventen haciendo frente a las vicisitudes y a la adversidad. «El cambio forma parte de la vida. A una época de sequía le sigue otra de lluvias. A veces son los halcones los que intentan cazarnos, luego todo cambia y nos persiguen las serpientes. Pero sabemos lidiar con estos retos. No es fácil, pero disponemos de métodos que nos permiten afrontar con éxito los desafíos.» ENGLISH DESCRIPTION What’s the worst thing you can hear when you have a good idea at work? "That’s not how we do it here!" In their iconic bestseller Our Iceberg Is Melting, John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber used a simple fable about penguins to explain the process of leading people through major changes. Now, ten years later, they’re back with another must-read story that will help any team or organization cope with their biggest challenges and turn them into exciting opportunities. Once upon a time a clan of meerkats lived in the Kalahari, a region in southern Africa. After years of steady growth, a drought has sharply reduced the clan’s resources, and deadly vulture attacks have increased. As things keep getting worse, the harmony of the clan is shattered. The executive team quarrels about possible solutions, and suggestions from frontline workers face a soul-crushing response: "That’s not how we do it here!"

Aquí no hacemos las cosas así / That's Not How We Do It Here!: A Story about How Organizations Rise and Fall--and Can Rise Again (Spanish Edition)

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¡Aquí no hacemos las cosas así!

Kotter, John Paul

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