{"id":130,"date":"2009-12-08T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T17:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/?p=130"},"modified":"2012-10-23T15:06:04","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T19:06:04","slug":"the-dance-of-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/the-dance-of-change\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dance of Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0385493223?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=achieinc&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0385493223\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-182\" title=\"The Dance of Change\" src=\"https:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/the-dance-of-change.jpg\" alt=\"The Dance of Change\" width=\"118\" height=\"160\" \/>The Dance of Change: The Challenges to Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=achieinc&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0385493223\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nby Peter Senge<\/p>\n<p>A follow-up on his groundbreaking book <em>The Fifth Discipline<\/em>, Peter Senge has written <em>The Dance of Change<\/em> for managers and executives at every level of an organization, revealing how business leaders can work together to anticipate the challenges that profound change will ultimately force the organization to face. Filled with individual and team exercises, in-depth accounts of sustaining learning initiatives by managers and leaders in the field, and well-tested practical advice, this book provides an insider&#8217;s perspective on implementing learning and change initiatives at leading organizations around the world.<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to read this book from cover to cover. Just open to any page; you\u2019ll be surprised and challenged. On every page an idea stops you in your tracks and makes you rethink everything you thought you knew about the subject.<\/p>\n<p><em>(This book review was originally published in 1999 as one of the Top 10 Books &#8211; Edition 2.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dance of Change: The Challenges to Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations by Peter Senge A follow-up on his groundbreaking book The Fifth Discipline, Peter Senge has written The Dance of Change for managers and executives at every level of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/the-dance-of-change\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-change-books"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Dance of Change - Book Reviews<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This book review is on The Dance of Change: The Challenges to Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations by Peter Senge.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/the-dance-of-change\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Dance of Change - Book Reviews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This book review is on The Dance of Change: The Challenges to Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations by Peter Senge.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/the-dance-of-change\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Book Reviews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Harry-Kenneth-Jones\/100001507395947\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-12-08T17:00:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-10-23T19:06:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/the-dance-of-change.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Harry K. 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