Foreword

Spencer Johnson, MD

Author of Who Moved My Cheese?

Coauthor of The One Minute Manager

On the surface, this wonderful book appears to be a simple fable that is easy to read and understand. But that is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg.

Working with John Kotter, at the Harvard Business School, I learned that he knows more about changing organizations than anyone, anywhere. Leaders and managers around the world have read his highly respected book, Leading Change , and have discovered that using his Eight Steps is the best way to ensure a successful organizational change.

What does that have to do with most of us?

Well, with Our Iceberg Is Melting , everyone working in any kind of organization—and that is most people—can now discover how to use the same Eight Steps, and enjoy more success in these changing times.

Professor Kotter and his equally creative coauthor, Holger Rathgeber, let us see how a group of penguins, in adverse conditions, use the steps, seemingly without knowing it.

Whether you work in a business, or the business of life, everyone from CEOs to high school students can gain from what each takes from this story.

As you enjoy reading what follows, you may want to ask yourself, “What is my ‘iceberg,’ and how can I use what I discover in the story?”

And then consider sharing it with others you work with. After all, things usually turn out better when everyone is on the same page.