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Immunity to Change : How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization

A recent study showed that when doctors tell heart patients they will die if they don't change their habits, only one in seven will be able to follow through successfully. Desire and motivation aren't enough: even when it's literally a matter of life or death, the ability to change remains maddeningly elusive. Given that the status quo is so potent, how can we change ourselves and our organizations? In Immunity to Change, authors Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey show how our individual beliefs--along with the collective mind-sets in our organizations--combine to create a natural but powerful immuni
eBook, English, 2009
Harvard Business Review Press, Boston, 2009
1 online resource (256 pages)
9781422129470, 1422129470
1015885599