A recent research showed that whenever doctors tell heart patients they will die if they don’t switch their habits, only one in seven will be able to continue successfully. Desire and motivation aren’t more than enough: even when it’s actually a matter of existence or death, the ability to switch continues to be maddeningly elusive.

Considering that the status quo is so potent, how do we change ourselves and our organizations?

In Immunity to improve, authors Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey display how our individual beliefs-along using the collective mind-sets inside our organizations-combine to create a natural but effective immunity to change. By revealing how this mechanism holds us back again, Kegan and Lahey provide us the keys to unlock our potential and finally progress. And by pinpointing and uprooting our very own immunities to change, we can provide our organizations forward with us.

This persuasive and practical book, filled up with hands-on diagnostics and compelling case studies, delivers the tools you will need to overcome the forces of inertia and transform your daily life as well as your work.