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...
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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 immunity to change. By revealing how this mechanism holds us back, Kegan and Lahey give us the keys to unlock our potential and finally move forward. And by pinpointing and uprooting our own immunities to change, we can bring our organizations forward with us.This persuasive and practical book, filled with hands-on diagnostics and compelling case studies, delivers the tools you need to overcome the forces of inertia and transform your life and your work.When it comes to change, desire and motivation aren't enough. Kegan and Lahey examine why change is so hard and offer innovative, practical insight to overcome the internal and external obstacles and to meet the challenge of change.
Introduction 1Pt. I Uncovering a Hidden Dynamic in the Challenge of Change1 Reconceiving the Challenge of Change 112 Uncovering the Immunity to Change 313 "We Never Had a Language for It": Engaging the Emotional Life of the Organization 61Pt. II Overcoming the Immunity to Change in Organizations, Individuals, and Teams4 Overcoming the Groupwide Immunity to Change: A Collective Approach 875 David Doesn't Delegate: Overcoming an Individual's Immunity to Change 1256 Cathy Can't Contain Herself: Overcoming an Individual's Immunity to Change 1457 The Case of Nascent Pharmaceuticals Overcoming Individual Immunities to Help a Team Succeed 169Pt. III Over to You: Diagnosing and Overcoming Immunities in Yourself and Your Organization8 Unlocking Potential: Three Necessary Ingredients 2099 Diagnosing Your Own Immunity to Change 22710 Overcoming Your Immunity to Change 25311 Surfacing Your Collective Immunity to Change 283Conclusion: Growing Your Own: How to Lead So People Develop 307Notes 325Index 329About the Authors 339
