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That's Not How We Do It Here! Audio CD – Audiobook, 7 June 2016

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What’s the worst thing you can hear when you have a good idea at work“That’s not how we do it here!” In their iconic bestseller Our Iceberg Is Melting, John Kotter and Holger Rathgeber used a simple fable about penguins to explain the process of leading people through major changes. Now, ten years later, they’re back with another must-read story that will help any team or organization cope with their biggest challenges and turn them into exciting opportunities. Once upon a time a clan of meerkats lived in the Kalahari, a region in southern Africa. After years of steady growth, a drought has sharply reduced the clan’s resources, and deadly vulture attacks have increased. As things keep getting worse, the harmony of the clan is shattered. The executive team quarrels about possible solutions, and suggestions from frontline workers face a soul-crushing response: “That’s not how we do it here!” So Nadia, a bright and adventurous meerkat, hits the road in search of new ideas to help her troubled clan. She discovers a much smaller group that operates very differently, with much more teamwork and agility. These meerkats have developed innovative solutions to find food and evade the vultures. But not everything in this small clan is as perfect as it seems at first. Can Nadia figure out how to combine the best of both worlds—a large, disciplined, well-managed clan and a small, informal, inspiring clan—before it’s too late This book distills Kotter’s decades of experience and award-winning research to reveal why organizations rise and fall, and how they can rise again in the face of adversity.

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Publisher : Penguin Highbridge (Aud); Unabridged edition (7 June 2016)
Language : English
ISBN-10 : 0735206627
ISBN-13 : 978-0735206625
Dimensions : 12.95 x 1.52 x 14.99 cm

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Rossleighbrisbane

Old ideas, new ideas

Reviewed in Australia on 27 September 2016

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While the book finishes with Kotter's ideas about change management, the Meerkat parable gives us stereotypes that we can clearly recognise. As such it gives the "outside" view of the way our institution may be failing to adapt.
Certainly worth a read whether your in business, education or anywhere that's dealing with new challenges.

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Peter L Howell

A great way to start

Reviewed in Australia on 8 July 2016

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It is often the first step that is the hardest. This book provides a way to slowly change the conversation in large, set in their way organisations. For something that will only take you a couple of hours to read it is packed with insights..

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rob mcdonald

Timely reminder of the need for balance

Reviewed in Australia on 20 November 2016

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Great refresh on leadership, management, change and the importance of remaining agile while balancing the three.
Recommend for aspiring leaders, and those wanting to rediscover the passion.

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Rin Mac

Another Kotter Marvel

Reviewed in Australia on 14 October 2016

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Inspiring as always. Even if fables aren't for you... Just do it!... It is worth the read. I would recommend this.

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matthew fagence

Change is possible

Reviewed in Australia on 29 June 2016

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A great read. The themes are relevant and applicable

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Andrew Griffiths

Such a Phenomenal Concept

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 May 2018

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Business fables for adults has to be one of my favourite discoveries of late. It's a fantastic way of learning and remembering information and process though the use of narrative.

This book is a fantastic exploration of how organisations big and small cope with change in their environment, be it having more employees, to external threats from competition and market trouble.

Well worth a read, and it's a short story, so it doesn't take too long!

A. Collen

Considered, informative and modern.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 March 2019

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Certainly easy to digest, modern enough to be relevant and good to share.
Anyone looking for self improvement without being too heavy should absorb this.

Very effective

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 August 2017

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I bought this book to address a business issue. Whilst the vogue is for informality, empowerment etc, how do you marry that with accountability/responsibility? This book addressed that challenge head on. Whilst presented in an "easy to read"/fable way, that certainly allowed for quick and easy digestion. As importantly it also meant the key issues could quickly be relayed on to a broader audience, providing an excellent rationale for the new reporting lines that were then implemented.

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Good read - as it makes you think.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 September 2016

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Easy quick read - I managed to read it on a business trip.

Thought provoking and a good starting point if you know that your team/ environment is stuck in 'business as usual' which is not going to be enough
going forward.

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Ian M.

Great short story to get the point across

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 December 2018

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Great short story to get the point across. Can be read as a bedtime story to the younger generation or as an informative insight to the mature generation.

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