What penguins can teach you about Change Management

Erin McCune

July 17, 2007

Today's New York Times features an article about the book Our Iceberg is Melting by John Kotter with Holger Rathgeber. It's an illustrated tale that demonstrates Kotter's philosophy of change management. I prefer the more extensive discussion in his best selling work Leading Change (1996) but this is accessible and a quick read for non-specialists. It's selling very, very well – 224,000 copies thus far – so it's found a niche.

Read the article:

Book Brings Penguins Into Boardrooms

By ANGEL JENNINGS
The New York Times
Published: July 16, 2007

Read the books:

Iceberg
Leadingchange_large

Our Iceberg Is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions
by John Kotter, Holger Rathgeber, et al
St Martin's Press (2006)

Kotter's original book outlining his eight step framework for change (highly recommended):

Leading Change

by John P. Kotter
Harvard Business School Press (1996)

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