IMMUNITY TO CHANGE: ROBERT KEGAN AND LISA LAHEY

The change challenge today … is not a problem of lack of will. The problem is the inability to close the gap between what we genuinely, even passionately, want and what we are actually able to do. Closing this gap is the central learning problem of the twenty-first century.

(Kegan & Lahey, 2009, p. 2)

As the understanding of adult development has matured, Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey (educators and coaches) have developed a unique process for overcoming the blocks that interfere with people’s ability to make changes in their lives. The process, called Immunity to Change, involves the construction of a personal map that outlines one’s desired commitment to change and what Kegan and Lahey term one’s ...

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