That's Not How We Do It Here!: A Story about How Organizations Rise and Fall--and Can Rise Again - Hardcover

Kotter, John; Rathgeber, Holger

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399563946 ISBN 13: 9780399563942

Verlag: Portfolio, 2016

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"This unique parable shows us how we're safer in changing times when we innovate!"
--Spencer Johnson, MD, author of Who Moved My Cheese?

"This simple parable of furry mammals facing the challenge of adapting to threat offers real insights into the journey so many of us make. Brilliant!"
--General Stanley McChrystal (Ret.), author of Team of Teams and cofounder of the McChrystal Group

"It works. And not just for meerkats."
--Gaëtan Thomas, NB Power president and CEO

"John Kotter does it again. His use of metaphor helps readers distill down to the fundamental requirements for a high-performing organization: tapping the hearts and minds of team members in service to a compelling purpose. Leadership enables this, and in doing so unlocks tremendous creativity and potential."
--Leigh Morgan, COO, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

"Kotter and Rathgeber's ability to impart clear lessons via fable is as strong as ever."
--TD Magazine

Reseña del editor:

The bestselling authors of Our Iceberg is Melting (more than one million sold) are back with their second business fable, this time on the eternal tensions of management vs leadership, planning vs spontaneity, big vs small.
 
This short, full-color fable tackles the most fundamental questions in business: why do organizations rise and fall, and how can they rise again in the face of adversity? It distills decades of research by bestselling Harvard Business School professor and leadership consultant John Kotter.
 
Once upon a time there was a clan of meerkats living in the Kalahari, a warm and dry stretch of land in the southern part of the African continent. After years of easy growth for their clan, a drought sharply reduces their resources and enables dangerous new predators. The harmony of the clan is damaged as the meerkats quarrel about possible solutions, and even whether a solution is required at all.
 
One young, bright, and adventurous worker, Nadia, sets out to find other clans, to see if other meerkats have fresh ideas that could help her struggling clan. She discovers a much smaller group that does things very differently, with much more flexibility and team spirit. But not everything in the new group is as perfect as it seems at first. And they are just as likely to fall victim to some of the most dangerous words in any organization: "That's not how we do it here."
 
This simple yet rich story will connect with a broad range of people who need to combine flexibility and systems in a challenging climate.

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• Verlag: Portfolio
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0399563946
• ISBN 13: 9780399563942
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176