IMMUNITY TO CHANGE BY ROBERT KEGAN AND LISA LAHEY – BOOK REVIEW

According to a recent study, when doctors tell heart patients they may die if they do not change their habits, only one in seven will succeed in changing their habits. Desire and motivation are insufficient: even when it's literally a question of life and death, the power to change remains enigmatic. Given the power of the status quo, how can we transform ourselves and our organizations?

In their book "Immunity to Change," writers Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey demonstrate how our individual ideas, along with the collective mindsets of our organizations, produce a natural but powerful immunity to change. Kegan and Lahey provide us with the keys to unleash our potential and ultimately go forward by showing how this mechanism holds us back. And by identifying and removing our personal resistance to change, we can propel our organizations forward as well. 

This engaging and practical book, full of hands-on diagnostics and riveting case studies, provides the tools you need to overcome inertia and revolutionize your life and work. Immunity to Change offers an evidence-based approach to help individuals, teams, and organizations understand and overcome the forces that keep them stuck in ineffective behaviors and attitudes.

The book also uncovers and explains the underlying psychological processes that keep us locked in old habits and behaviors, as well as provides a practical step-by-step strategy for achieving long-term transformation.

Readers can use this approach to discover and overcome mental and emotional barriers that impede them from attaining their goals and reaching their full potential.

Readers will get insight into the hidden mechanics of personal development and learn how to break the cycles of self-sabotage and embrace long-term personal transformation by reading this book.

Four Key Immunity to Change Lessons

1. Recognize the Change Structure

Instead of targeting symptomatic behaviors or attitudes, this Immunity to Change book teaches learners how to identify the deeper, structural reasons for resistance to change. This helps readers understand why change can be so difficult and how to identify the fundamental hurdles that must be overcome to achieve long-term transformation.

2. Discover Your Hidden Motives

This lesson enables readers to recognize their own hidden objectives and reasons that may conflict with their professed intentions. Readers may better connect their activities with their desired goals by understanding the underlying reasons why they may be resisting change.

3. Create New Capabilities

This lesson assists readers in developing new capacities and skills that will assist them in successfully navigating change. This includes learning how to detect and control emotions, increasing self-awareness, and acquiring new tools and approaches to help with transformation.

4. Create Friendly Environments

This lesson encourages readers to foster supportive settings for themselves and others to effect positive change. Setting clear expectations, creating relationships, and providing feedback and support are all part of this. Readers may assist in ensuring the success of the change process by creating a safe and welcoming environment for change.

Who Should Read This Book!

Individuals interested in personal development, self-reflection, and understanding the dynamics of change in their lives should read Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey's Immunity to Change.

The book is especially beneficial for individuals who have tried and failed to make long-term, meaningful changes in their lives.

It can also be useful for people in positions of leadership who want to effect genuine change in their organizations.

Sreeram Chellappa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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