Our Iceberg Is Melting: - Softcover

John Kotter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312368526 ISBN 13: 9780312368524

Publisher: Macmillan (IBD), 2006

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date :2006-01-01 Pages: 160 Language: English Publisher: Macmillan Our Iceberg Is Melting is a fable. but for business operations is very enlightening. Because of global competition has led to the foot of the enterprise will become readily melt and collapse of the iceberg. To defuse the crisis of survival. only continually find new iceberg. but it asks is full of variables. In this regard. the book gives us a change in thinking to win. A simple fable with profound lessons for working and living in an ever changing world.This charming story about a penguin colony in Antarctica illustrates key truths about how 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 poten...

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About the Author
John Kotter has been on the faculty at Harvard Business School since 1972. He is the author of eleven award-winning titles and frequently gives speeches and seminars at Harvard and around the world. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Holger Rathgeber spent his early professional career in Asia. He has worked in industry since the early 1990's and is now with one of the leading medical technology companies, Bectom Dickinson. Raised in Frankfurt, Germany, Rathgeber currently resides in White Plains, New York.

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From the Back Cover

"I came across Our ICEBERG IS MELTING in May, ordered and dsitributed 60 copies in June, evaluated its effect on our change effort, and then ordered 500 more copies in September. This is a gem."  -- Heidi King, Program Manager, Dept. of Defense "As a result of the book and my sharing it with a few people in the organization, we have moved quickly on several fronts. We are galvanized to go ahead instead of further studying, more organizing and so on. It is making a difference for us." -- Tom Curley, President and CEO, Associated Press "This is the easiest to read yet most informative book I have ever seen. Setting one of management's biggest challenges, 'what problem, I don't see a problem,' in the context of a melting iceberg and a determined penguin, was a stroke of sheer genius."-- Michael Dimelow, Director of Product Marketing, TTP Communications PLC 

Edition details

• Publisher: Macmillan (IBD)
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312368526
• ISBN 13: 9780312368524
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160