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Changing on the Job, Second Edition

How Leaders Become Courageous, Wise, and Steady in an Anxious World
Jennifer Garvey Berger
Imprint: Stanford Business Books
November 2024
278 Pages
Paperback ISBN: 9781503640245
Ebook ISBN: 9781503641525
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"Brilliantly captures the essence of adult development, offering leaders a roadmap to growth amidst complexity. A must-read for anyone committed to evolving their consciousness and leadership practice."

—Robert Kegan, Harvard University Graduate School of Education, co-author of Immunity to Change and An Everyone Culture

An advanced guide to leadership development and intentional evolution—your own or others

The leaders we need to solve our complex, unprecedented problems can only be developed in the workplace, and they require personal transformation, not just some new leadership skills. The second edition of Jennifer Garvey Berger's influential Changing on the Job explains the advanced perspective, maturity, and personal evolution leaders need to make a powerful difference in their organizations and in the world. The book offers practical tools and deep insights based on adult development theory to help leaders turn their greatest challenges into growth and personal transformation. Berger explains the four predictable stages of leadership maturity and wisdom, and how to accelerate growth toward the third and fourth stages. Whether you're a seasoned leader or an emerging coach, Changing on the Job is a roadmap to cultivating courageous, wise, and steady leadership in an uncertain world.

"In this moment of pervasive, swirling change, we desperately need leaders who have the courage to embrace uncertainty, who welcome complexity, and who seek out perspectives that challenge their own. Jennifer Garvey Berger has given us a master class in how to cultivate these capacities in ourselves and accompany others on their journeys. Changing on the Job is an essential guide for leaders in this complex world."
—Eric Berger, Global Head of Learning, Visa

"Brilliantly captures the essence of adult development, offering leaders a roadmap to growth amidst complexity. A must-read for anyone committed to evolving their consciousness and leadership practice."
—Robert Kegan, Harvard University Graduate School of Education, co-author of Immunity to Change and An Everyone Culture

"Jennifer Garvey Berger's vision of life, love and survival on this planet is kind, wise and deeply thought provoking. This book's genius lies in emphasizing the importance of relationships with purpose and context, and the power of metabolizing our discomfort into transformative learning."
—Dr. Kirsten Dunlop, CEO, Climate-KIC

"Leaders who develop in their roles are a catalyst for the growth of their teams and organizations. I can attest that the principles in this book have been instrumental in my own leadership transformation."
—Dr. Vas Narasimhan, CEO, Novartis

"Globally renowned for her books, consulting and coaching, Jennifer Garvey Berger's new edition of Changing on the Job asks leaders for intense and challenging self-awareness—crucial for turning difficult situations into growth opportunities.
—William Torbert, Boston College; Founder, Action Inquiry Associates

Jennifer Garvey Berger (EdD, Harvard) is the author of four acclaimed books on leadership. She is cofounder and CEO of Cultivating Leadership, a consultancy that serves executives and teams in the private, non-profit, and government sectors around the world. Her clients include Google, Microsoft, Novartis, Wikipedia, and Oxfam International. She is a Senior Scientific Advisor to the Inner Development Goals, an international personal growth initiative based in Sweden.