How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work: Seven Languages for Transformation

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.

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this really works!, 2008-09-18
Definitely on my recommended book list. A must read for women in business.

Susan Bock
The Success Coach for Women in Business
www.SusanBockSolutions.com



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seven , 2008-01-27
I wish i could review it, dispite various emails this has not been delivered and I have not even received a decent response to my requests. So when I do buy it from a book store I will doubt I will giving Amazon a review


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Latest book by Robert Kegan, 2007-11-24
Kegan's books on development through the life span are always highly informative, and his seamless and reader-friendly writing make them thoroughly easy to read. This is his latest since he has moved into applying his psychology of adult development to the functions of business. A must for anyone in the field of business, or simply anyone in a peopled work place.


5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

A simple and profound method for achievement, 2007-02-17
This book presents a simple worksheet to help you analyze your resistance to change. Once completed, you will understand the inner conflicts that hinder your personal and professional development despite your best intentions. Of course, simply understanding these conflicts isn't enough, so the authors present methods to understand the usefulness of your resistance, eliminate your judgement around it, and harness its power for change.

This method has helped me overcome my greatest dissatisfaction at work and I've experienced amazing results. I must warn, however, that despite being simple it entails quite a bit of self observation and continued effort. But this in itself is a huge asset.

I highly recommend this book for anybody experiencing even the slightest dissatisfaction at work or in life.


8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

Finally Understanding Change Resistance as Useful Information, 2006-07-10
Imagine getting so much perspective on habits you're not happy about that you can actually keep your commitments to yourself. Using language structure as both the diagnostic and the cure, Kegan and Lahey offer up a fresh guide to creating sustainable change.

While it is designed to be used for workplace issues, it can also be used in other aspects of life. This book is clear, well-written, and so easily accessible it can even be used as a workbook. In fact the authors recommend a study group, and give clear steps to applying the model and specific case studies of participants who have successfully used it to create change. The significant difference between this and all other "managing change" books is a respectful recognition of competing commitments. That is, we don't need to conquer resistance, we need to understand it as a legitimate and experienced based reluctance designed for self-protection. Only then can the source and the solution be brought to light. This way of thinking is a treasure.

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