Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization (Leadership for the Common Good)
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The core concept of this fascinating, important book - that people and organizations want to change but often fail because they get in their own way - is simple and clear. Many of the stories of how individuals and groups have changed are inspiring. However, some are so attenuated that they fail to capture subtleties, such as exactly how the subjects identified and overcame the beliefs that blocked them. That said, Robert Kegan, who teaches at Harvard's Graduate School of Education, and Lisa Laskow Lahey, the associate director of Harvard's Change Leadership Group, address a problem many people encounter daily, and their synthesizing discussion of learning theory provides a useful framework for thinking about change. They are perceptive about the fundamental mismatch between how people attempt to change and what they really need to do. getAbstract recommends this book to managers and executives who must guide their organizations through transformations or crises, and to individuals who want to remain open-minded and flexible.

Excelent book to glance at youself and your workplace - helps in to bring in change

I have followed Robert Kegan's work for many years. His words are always thought-provoking, shake me up and challenging. This book continues that tradition.

I highly recommend this book as a way to look at how one has a foot on the gas and a foot on the break when trying to change. Kegan and Lahey propose an approach which allows one to develop an X-ray of the deeper motivations that keep us stuck.

Good stuff. Well worth the read and the investment of time to work through the exercises!

I highly recommend this course of study for anybody who is trying to achieve individual or organizational change. By digging out those fundamental immunities we have to change, the authors create and environment that really does help bring about lasting improvement in performance.

Authors Robert Kegan & Lisa Lahey have put together another exceptional treatise; if properly applied, any organization should be better equipped to handle the changes necessary to thrive.

Most of us already realize that innovation is a critical component for making advancements in any endeavor; in the world of business, it's absolutely vital for long term survival. The constant search for new ideas & information is what makes the successful organizations move ahead, while others who stagnate; lag far behind. Their duration for survival is usually quite brief.

Overcoming our natural obstacles to embracing change is a vital strategy; the secrets to accomplishing that are contained inside the pages of this remarkable book. Its importance can't be overstated; especially during periods of financial turmoil. As we ease out of the worst economic crisis since The Great Depression, Kegan & Lahey's guide to unlocking change could be one of the biggest keys to long-term recovery we'll come across; at a time when it's desperately needed.