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    That's Not How We Do It Here!: A Story about How Organizations Rise and Fall--and Can Rise Again
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    That's Not How We Do It Here!: A Story about How Organizations Rise and Fall--and Can Rise Again
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    That's Not How We Do It Here!: A Story about How Organizations Rise and Fall--and Can Rise Again

    Written by Holger Rathgeber

    Narrated by Bahni Turpin

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    About this audiobook

     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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJun 7, 2016
    ISBN9780735206632
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    That's Not How We Do It Here!: A Story about How Organizations Rise and Fall--and Can Rise Again
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    Holger Rathgeber

    Holger Rathgeber is the modern global manager. He works for Beckton Dickinson, one of the world's leading medical technology companies. Rathgeber is from Frankfurt and spent his first professional years in Asia. Since 2004 he has lived in White Plains, New York, with his wife Jutta and sons Daniel and Benny.

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    • 5/5
      This latest book from Kotter and Rathgeber is a quick, inspiring, entertaining read. Written as a fable about a clan of meerkats, the book addresses how entrepreneurial startups and mature organizations alike can thrive in an ever-changing business environment. The story highlights such issues as dealing with change, handling increasing organizational complexities that come with growth, fostering teamwork across departmental silos, encouraging innovation, and becoming a learning organization. The key lesson of the book is the difference between leading and managing and the need for both if an organization is to thrive. There is a short section at the end of the book that outlines the concepts illustrated in the fable. This is not a how-to book, however. Readers will need to refer to Kotter’s more detailed works for guidance on how to implement the approach described in this book’s storyline. The value of this book is as a tool to introduce readers to the need to consider the premises introduced through the fable. Having managers at all levels read this book and discuss as a group can initiate stimulating conversations, innovative ideas, and a desire to act.