John P. Kotter Books
Kotter is a professor emeritus at Harvard Business School and a leading authority on leadership and change. Holger Rathgeber is a business executive and author who has collaborated with Kotter on several works about organizational transformation.
Known for: Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions
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Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions
Our Iceberg Is Melting is a simple fable about a group of penguins who discover that their iceberg is melting. Through the story of Fred, a curious penguin, and his colony, the book illustrates how individuals and organizations can successfully navigate change. It presents Kotter’s eight-step process for leading change in an accessible and engaging narrative form.
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Fred Discovers the Melting Iceberg
Fred is not the most senior or influential penguin in his colony, but he has something indispensable to any change process: curiosity. Where others see routine, he notices cracks and caverns opening deep inside their iceberg. Something about the texture of the ice, the way water pools in unfamiliar ...
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Fred Brings His Discovery to Alice and the Leadership Council
When Fred approaches Alice, the story shifts from solitary observation to collective involvement. Alice, a pragmatic and open-minded penguin, embodies what we might call leadership readiness—the ability to listen to unsettling news without rejecting it prematurely. Fred presents his findings with hu...
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About John P. Kotter
Kotter is a professor emeritus at Harvard Business School and a leading authority on leadership and change. Holger Rathgeber is a business executive and author who has collaborated with Kotter on several works about organizational transformation.
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