Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock the Potential in Yourself and Your Organization

book

by Robert Kegan, Lisa Laskow Lahey. Harvard Business School Publishing, 2009.

Description

Written by two Harvard professors, this book addresses humanity's tendency to resist change and offers a solution in the form of an immunity map that will help overcome a roadblock.

Features

immunity map, how to use the map in relation to individual habits, organizational dynamics, overcoming change

Recommended Audience

clergy, lay leaders, congregant

Cost

Purchase as a book or e-book

Practical Applications

Change a specific behavior in order to become a more effective leader by using the immunity map as described in this resource.
Apply the immunity map to a congregational setting to overcome apprehensive feelings over change.

Updated: February 15, 2024

About the Contributor

Tim Shapiro

Tim Shapiro is the Indianapolis Center’s president. He began serving the Center in 2003 after 18 years in pastoral ministry. For 14 years, Tim served Westminster Presbyterian Church in Xenia, Ohio. Prior to his pastorate at Westminster, he was pastor of Bethlehem Presbyterian Church in Logansport, Indiana. He holds degrees from Purdue University and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

Tim’s interest in how congregations learn to do new things is represented in his book How Your Congregation Learns. After his extensive work on the Center’s Sacred Space initiative, Tim co-authored the book Holy Places: Matching Sacred Space with Mission and Message. He has also authored several articles, including Applying Positive Deviance and The Congregation of Theological Coherence.

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