John Kotter's Our Iceberg Is Melting
Introduction
Author of the book:
John Kotter is the leadership and change guru at Harvard business school. He is the author of eleven books that have been honored or have become business best sellers. Professor Kotter gives speeches and seminars at Harvard business school and around the world.
Subject of the book:
The book is all about how to bring and lead a successful change under any conditions in an organization. The Author has nicely brought out his eight step process of successful change through a very effective and simple story of emperor Penguins, living in the Antarctic on an iceberg.
A brief summary of the book:
Our Iceberg is Melting is a simple fable about doing well in an ever-changing world. The fable is about a penguin colony in Antarctica. Kotter uses the …show more content…
However, no one will listen to him. Fred is younger bird and does not have the position to be heard by the rest of the colony. He seeks help from one of the bird on the Leadership Council, Alice. He shows Alice what he has observed and what he thinks the colony should do. Once Alice was convinced, they pulled together a team of penguins to help them, Buddy, the Professor, and the Head Penguin, Louis. Under the leadership of Fred, the penguins used their varied personalities and leadership skills to create a plan to coax the colony into a much needed change. Change is not an easy thing and that was shown by some of the colony’s hesitation and disagreement, like one Leadership Council member, NoNo. The group then spots a seagull flying through the air. They wonder how he survives in this cold weather and why he is alone. The seagull lands and tells them that his colony is nomadic and he is a Scout; he seeks out new land and food ahead of the rest of the group. Fred and the rest realize that if the seagulls can move around and survive fine, then why can’t penguins? The team comes up with a presentation to give to the
Author of the book:
John Kotter is the leadership and change guru at Harvard business school. He is the author of eleven books that have been honored or have become business best sellers. Professor Kotter gives speeches and seminars at Harvard business school and around the world.
Subject of the book:
The book is all about how to bring and lead a successful change under any conditions in an organization. The Author has nicely brought out his eight step process of successful change through a very effective and simple story of emperor Penguins, living in the Antarctic on an iceberg.
A brief summary of the book:
Our Iceberg is Melting is a simple fable about doing well in an ever-changing world. The fable is about a penguin colony in Antarctica. Kotter uses the …show more content…
However, no one will listen to him. Fred is younger bird and does not have the position to be heard by the rest of the colony. He seeks help from one of the bird on the Leadership Council, Alice. He shows Alice what he has observed and what he thinks the colony should do. Once Alice was convinced, they pulled together a team of penguins to help them, Buddy, the Professor, and the Head Penguin, Louis. Under the leadership of Fred, the penguins used their varied personalities and leadership skills to create a plan to coax the colony into a much needed change. Change is not an easy thing and that was shown by some of the colony’s hesitation and disagreement, like one Leadership Council member, NoNo. The group then spots a seagull flying through the air. They wonder how he survives in this cold weather and why he is alone. The seagull lands and tells them that his colony is nomadic and he is a Scout; he seeks out new land and food ahead of the rest of the group. Fred and the rest realize that if the seagulls can move around and survive fine, then why can’t penguins? The team comes up with a presentation to give to the