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

John P. Kotter

ISBN 10: 0241255368 / ISBN 13: 9780241255360

Published by Penguin UK, 2015

About this Item

Abnutzung / Risse - leicht; Vergilbt / ausgeblichen. John Kotter and co-author Holger Rathgeber - who also collaborated on the bestseller Our Iceberg Is Melting - masterfully employ a fable in this charming little book. As they did with the penguins in Iceberg, the authors base their story around a group of meerkats - small, furry, cute carnivores living in Africa. The fable shows why organizations should employ a "dual system" of management and leadership to inspire and energize employees and meet new challenges. getAbstract recommends this engaging tale to entrepreneurs and managers dealing with change.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: That's Not How We Do It Here: A Story About How Organizations Rise, Fall - and Can Rise Again
• Publisher: Penguin UK
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241255368
• ISBN 13: 9780241255360
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Management & HR

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

John Kotter, professor emeritus at Harvard Business School, is often called the world’s fore­most authority on leadership and change. His many previous books, including Leading Change and Our Iceberg Is Melting, have been translated into more than two hundred foreign-language editions and have been bestsellers around the world. He is a founder of Kotter International, a consulting firm that specializes in helping leaders transform their organizations.
 
Holger Rathgeber is the coauthor of Our Iceberg Is Melting, a former executive at a medical products firm, and a principal at Kotter International.

From the Hardcover edition.