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How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work: Seven Languages for Transformation
Contributor(s): Kegan, Robert (Author), Lahey, Lisa Laskow (Author)
ISBN: 078796378X     ISBN-13: 9780787963781
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
OUR PRICE:   $22.50  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2002
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Annotation: "In this simple brilliant book, Kegan and Lahey not only deal with the "how" of transformation . . .they deal with the most central issue of all: How and "why "people (and organizations) are committed to not changing. . . a must-read for all individuals and organizations that truly wish to grow into their own greater possibilities."
-- Ken Wilber, author, "Integral Psychology"

"A genuinely 21st century book! Kegan and Lahey create a dynamic alternative to merely coasting on the momentum of the information age. Why do we know so much and yet so little lasting change actually occurs-- in ourselves and in our organizations? This book doesn't just answer the question. It shows us a way out of the problem."
-- Michael Murphy, founder, Esalen Institute and author of "The Future of the Body"

"Leaders trying to 'drive change' miss the deeper forces that might naturally enable it, forces which Kegan and Lahey reveal powerfully and practically."
-- Peter Senge, author, "The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization"

"Lucid, accessible, and immensely satisfying, this provocative book is plainly the product of a very deep understanding of why people behave the way they do. . . . an approach to change that is at once systematic and humane. . . . Breakthrough thinking. . . compelling and inspiring."
-- Tony Schwartz, contributing editor, "Fast Company," and author," What Really Matters"


Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Business Communication - General
Dewey: 155.25
LCCN: 00010984
Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.08" W x 8.92" (0.68 lbs) 256 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
Why is the gap so great between our hopes, our intentions, even our decisions-and what we are actually able to bring about? Even when we are able to make important changes-in our own lives or the groups we lead at work-why are the changes are so frequently short-lived and we are soon back to business as usual? What can we do to transform this troubling reality?

In this intensely practical book, Harvard psychologists Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey take us on a carefully guided journey designed to help us answer these very questions. And not just generally, or in the abstract. They help each of us arrive at our own particular answers that can solve the puzzling gap between what we intend and what we are able to accomplish. How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work provides you with the tools to create a powerful new build-it-yourself mental technology.