Our Iceberg Is Melting
by John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber
Kotter's eight steps retold as a fable about penguins whose iceberg is cracking, intended for whole organizations to read together. It takes an hour, the characters map onto workplace types, and it does what it intends: give a team a shared language for change. Depth is in Leading Change.
Read it if…
you want to give an entire team a quick, shared primer on change.
Skip it if…
you want substance for yourself; read Leading Change.
Three things you will actually use
- Someone must see the danger and speak.
- Build a team before a plan.
- Celebrate early wins visibly.
Do this first
Hand it to your team and discuss which penguin each of you is.
Our verdict
Simple and useful as a team primer.
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