How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work
by Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey
Seven languages for transformation: from complaint to commitment, blame to responsibility, New Year's resolutions to competing commitments, and more, the precursor to Immunity to Change. Practical and psychologically deep.
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you want the language shifts behind Immunity to Change.
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you have read Immunity to Change; it supersedes this.
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Three things you will actually use
- Complaints reveal commitments.
- Competing commitments explain stuck behavior.
- Language shapes work.
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Turn one complaint into the commitment it implies and write it down.
Our verdict
Immunity to Change's precursor.
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