ACTUAL BOOK

This is by far the best book that combines a penguin fable and proper change management that I’ve ever read.

I “won” this book in a raffle at my office (no AppleTV for me).  I’ve read Kotter’s work before and his eight steps to leading change are standard reading for most corporations and business schools.  Our Iceberg is Melting is a telling of Kotter’s eight principles using a fable of a group of penguins and the changes they’re forced to face.  The fable presents the concepts in a more illustrative way that helps the reader to put some concrete examples around why each principle is important.  The book is pretty cheesy, but a good intro to Kotter’s work and I’d recommend it as a entry to change leadership to anyone interested (or forced into) the subject.