{"id":131,"date":"2009-12-08T14:00:06","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T19:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/?p=131"},"modified":"2012-10-23T15:05:53","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T19:05:53","slug":"sacred-cows-make-the-best-burgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/sacred-cows-make-the-best-burgers\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacred Cows Make the Best Burgers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-185\" title=\"Sacred Cows Make the Best Burgers\" src=\"https:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sacred-cows-make-the-best-burgers.jpg\" alt=\"sacred-cows-make-the-best-burgers\" width=\"106\" height=\"160\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0446672602?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=achieinc&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0446672602\">Sacred Cows Make the Best Burgers: Developing Change-Ready People and 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=0446672602\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nby Robert Kriegel and David Brandt<\/p>\n<p>Tackling one of the most important business issues of today, the authors demonstrate why the latest panaceas\u2014re-engineering, virtual teams, outsourcing, reinventing, restructuring, downsizing\u2014almost always prove unsuccessful. They expose how these buzzword programs overlook the most fundamental element of all business: people. After all, people are the gatekeepers of change, with the power to breathe life into a new program or kill it. If they\u2019re excited and positive, it\u2019s open sesame; if they\u2019re resistant, they\u2019ll slam the door in your face.<\/p>\n<p>Outmoded beliefs, practices, and processes &#8230; why do so many business people cling to their established ways as if their lives depended on them?\u00a0The very things they refuse to give up, the sacred cows of the business world, are the lodestones that will kill their careers and their companies\u2019 path to success? In this insightful and unique guide, the authors reveal why people hold on to the old and how to inspire them to bring on the new\u2014to the point where they\u2019re enthusiastically turning even their favorite sacred cows into burgers. This entertaining book offers concrete strategies to help you identify sacred cows, round them up, and put them out to pasture. Getting to the heart of the matter, Kriegel and Brandt show you how to coach yourself and others to create Change-Ready people.<\/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>Sacred Cows Make the Best Burgers: Developing Change-Ready People and Organizations by Robert Kriegel and David Brandt Tackling one of the most important business issues of today, the authors demonstrate why the latest panaceas\u2014re-engineering, virtual teams, outsourcing, reinventing, restructuring, downsizing\u2014almost &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/sacred-cows-make-the-best-burgers\/\">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":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-change-books","category-creativity-books"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sacred Cows Make the Best Burgers - Book Reviews<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This book review is on Sacred Cows Make the Best Burgers: Developing Change-Ready People and Organizations by Robert Kriegel and David Brandt.\" \/>\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\/sacred-cows-make-the-best-burgers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sacred Cows Make the Best Burgers - Book Reviews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This book review is on Sacred Cows Make the Best Burgers: Developing Change-Ready People and Organizations by Robert Kriegel and David Brandt.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/sacred-cows-make-the-best-burgers\/\" \/>\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=\"2009-12-08T19:00:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-10-23T19:05:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.achievemax.com\/bookreviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sacred-cows-make-the-best-burgers.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Harry K. 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