John Kotter

Holger Rathgeber

Most of the denizens of the Antarctic penguin colony sneer at Fred, the quiet but observant scout who detects worrying signs that their home, an iceberg, is melting. Fred must cleverly convince and enlist key players, such as Louis, the head penguin; Alice, the number two bird; the intractable NoNo the weather expert; and a passle of school-age penguins if he is to save the colony. Their delightfully told journey illuminates in an unforgettable way how to manage the necessary change that surrounds us all. Simple explanatory material following the fable enhances the lasting value of these lessons. Our Iceberg Is Melting is at once charming, accessible and profound; a treat for virtually any reader.

Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions

Our Iceberg Is Melting

O nosso Icebergue está a Derreter

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.

A Story about How Organizations Rise and Fall--and Can Rise Again

That's Not How We Do It Here!

O que você pode aprender com um clã de suricatos no deserto do Kalahari sobre sucesso, em longo prazo, para a sua empresa? Em Não é assim que a gente trabalha aqui! John Kotter e HolgerRathgeber ajudam líderes e suas equipes a superarem adversidades e alcançarem um alto desempenho em seus respectivos ambientes de trabalho. A partir de uma parábola simples e didática, os autores explicam como grandes e pequenas organizações podem colocar em prática os conceitos de liderança, trabalho em equipe e inovação.

Não é assim que a gente trabalha aqui

"First published in the United States by John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber under the title Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Adverse Conditions."

Harvard Business Review

W. Chan Kim

Renee Mauborgne

Marcus Buckingham

Build the workforce of the future. In our volatile and complex era--which boasts a competitive market for top talent--HR's traditional model will fail. Your company needs to adopt the latest skills to successfully manage performance and evaluate potential. HBR's 10 Must Reads for HR Leaders Collection features innovative ideas on how to foster a vibrant, high-performing company culture, spearhead constructive change, and reap the benefits of a diverse workforce. Included in this five-book set are HBR's 10 Must Reads on Reinventing HR, HBR's 10 Must Reads on Change Management, HBR's 10 Must Reads on Building a Great Culture, HBR's 10 Must Reads on Diversity, and HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People. The collection includes fifty articles selected by HBR's editors from renowned thought leaders including Marcus Buckingham, W. Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne, and Sylvia Ann Hewlett, plus the indispensable article "People Before Strategy" by Ram Charan, Dominic Barton, and Dennis Carey. With HBR's 10 Must Reads for HR Leaders Collection, break free from the traditional HR mindset and learn how to build the workforce of the future. HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further. HBR's 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever‐changing business environment.

HBR's 10 Must Reads for HR Leaders Collection (5 Books)

The international bestseller-now with a new preface by author John Kotter. Millions worldwide have read and embraced John Kotter's ideas on change management and leadership. From the ill-fated dot-com bubble to unprecedented M & A activity to scandal, greed, and ultimately, recession-we've learned that widespread and difficult change is no longer the exception. It's the rule. Now with a new preface, this refreshed edition of the global bestseller Leading Change is more relevant than ever. John Kotter's now-legendary eight-step process for managing change with positive results has become the foundation for leaders and organizations across the globe. By outlining the process every organization must go through to achieve its goals, and by identifying where and how even top performers derail during the change process, Kotter provides a practical resource for leaders and managers charged with making change initiatives work. Leading Change is widely recognized as his seminal work and is an important precursor to his newer ideas on acceleration published in Harvard Business Review. Needed more today than at any time in the past, this bestselling business book serves as both visionary guide and practical toolkit on how to approach the difficult yet crucial work of leading change in any type of organization. Reading this highly personal book is like spending a day with the world's foremost expert on business leadership. You're sure to walk away inspired-and armed with the tools you need to inspire others. Published by Harvard Business Review Press.

Leading Change, With a New Preface by the Author

Pourquoi les organisations ont-elles tendance à s'opposer aux transformations ? Quelle démarche adopter pour surmonter cette inertie? Comment éviter les angoisses et dépasser les blocages au moment d’évoluer ? En quoi le leadership est-il indispensable pour relever les défis que pose le changement ? Dans un monde de plus en plus instable et concurrentiel, les entreprises doivent sans cesse prendre de nouvelles initiatives. Cette stratégie, devenue essentielle pour réussir, suppose, afin d’être appliquée avec succès, d’apprendre à conduire le changement. Dans un ouvrage considéré par le magazine Time comme l’un des 25 livres d’entreprise les plus influents de tous les temps, le spécialiste mondialement reconnu de la gestion du changement, John Kotter, souligne non seulement les erreurs à éviter mais propose aussi une véritable feuille de route en huit étapes pour réussir le changement. Résolument pratique et opérationnel, Conduire le changement offre des pistes d’action utilisables par tous pour permettre aux organisations de devenir plus agiles et plus évolutives, renforcer le leadership des individus, appliquer des stratégies plus élaborées et réussir à exécuter rapidement des initiatives hardies.

Conduire le changement

Hvad gør pingvinerne, når isbjerget begynder at smelte? Heldigvis træder en af isbjergets stille eksistenser, Fred, i karakter og organiserer pingvinerne, og alle går aktivt ind i kampen for at redde deres isbjerg - og dem selv. Det er en veloplagt fabel, der fører os på rejse ind i de evindelige forandringer, alle kommer ud for i løbet af deres karriere. Det handler om forandringsledelse, og Isbjerget smelter har konkrete anvisninger på, hvordan vi selv tackler forandringer og skaber muligheder, hvor andre ser forhindringer. Bogen er let at læse, men sætter sig varige spor. Isbjerget smelter lærer læseren at handle, når virkeligheden forandrer sig om ørerne på en. Bogen er i fixed format.

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