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Pageturners
Book Reviews with a Twist
“The Dance of Change: The
Challenges to Sustaining Momentum in Learning
Organizations”
Peter Senge, Art Kleiner, Charlotte
Roberts, Richard Ross, George Roth and Bryan
Smith
Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Gloom
of Night….
It would be only a slight exaggeration to say that every
News for a Change reader should run, not walk, to their
nearest bookstore and get several copies of “The
Dance of Change.” It is the kind of book you read
from cover-to-cover, highlighting favorite passages
liberally and then seek out friends, co-workers, bosses
and significant others to share your learnings with. The
process of reading, reflecting, inquiring and
internalizing this book is a very
“learningful” one. It is the kind of book
that is sure to become dog-earred and worn from use.
Readers will find themselves returning to it over and
over again for ideas to persuade, to inform, to solve
problems and to encourage the heart.
Ten Challenges to Initiating,
Sustaining, Redesigning and
Rethinking
If those involved as consultants or change agents in
learning, community-building or performance improvement
initiatives had a nickel for every time they hear one of
the following excuses for not doing something, they would
make Bill Gates look like a pauper. Rather than being
just another listing of these excuses, “The Dance
of Change,” takes each excuse and then spends an
entire chapter on how to deal with it. The result is an
amazing compilation of insights, recommended actions and
resources to help implement the ideas presented so
articulately.
1. Not Enough Time
2. No Help (Coaching and Support)
3. Not Relevant
4. Walking the Talk
5. Fear and Anxiety
6. Assessment and Measurement
7. True Believers and Nonbelievers
8. Governance
9. Diffusion
10. Strategy and Purpose
Take This to The Bank,
Bucky
Not that you would want to miss a single word of
“The Dance of Change,” but…if you had
to boil it’s message down to 25 words or less, it
would be:
“Learning is the only infinitely
renewable resource.” So, get good - get VERY good -
at it!
Update This!
Possibly the best feature of this volume is the fact that
it will never get old. Buyers can register (by mail or
online) with the accompanying Web site,
www.fieldbook.com, and obtain access to additional
“lost chapters,” and lots of supplemental
writings on the topics covered in this book. Also, learn
how to start a “The Dance of Change” study
group in your organization and discover literally
hundreds of pages of well-written, well-thought out
advice and counsel from some of the biggest names in this
field.
Repeat After
Me…
“Organizations will enter a new domain of
leadership development when we stop thinking about
preparing a few people for "the top" and start nurturing
the potential for leaders at all levels to participate in
shaping the new realities.”
“The Dance of
Change,”Peter Senge, Art Kleiner, Charlotte
Roberts, Richard Ross, George Roth and Bryan Smith, 1999,
Currency/Doubleday, New York, ISBN: 0-385-493223, 596
page.
Reviewed by:Jerry Linnins, Reflection
Technologies, Petaluma, Calif
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