Creative Change

From the bestselling authors who taught the world how to have Crucial Conversations comes the new edition of Crucial Influence (previously published as Influencer). Drawing on cases studies of remarkable leaders and the research of renowned behavioral scientists, this guide explains why people do what they do and how leaders can influence behavior to drive results. It all comes down to a powerful yet simple model—the Six Sources of Influence®.

In this compact business management audiobook, Mac Anderson and Tom Feltenstein take the listener through every step of change - from realization that change is a good thing, to implementing that change in every department, across all channels. Change Is Good...You Go First will facilitate and champion change in any working environment and comes in an easily digestible format, including well-organized lists and objectives to help your team achieve its goals.

Are you ready to take your consulting career to the next level? Look no further than this advanced consulting handbook for consultants! This comprehensive guide will provide you great insights and proven strategies to empower you to excel in the complex and dynamic world of consulting! In this book, you’ll discover all the advanced consulting skills! we’ll dive into agile consulting methodologies, design thinking, systems thinking, advanced strategic planning, innovation and creativity techniques, process improvement methodologies, project management and advanced change management ...

Discover the incredible stories of kids who changed the world with their ideas! Invent It! takes you on a journey through the lives of young inventors who turned simple moments of curiosity into life-changing creations. From the accidental invention of the Popsicle by an 11-year-old to a 15-year-old creating Braille, this book is packed with real-life stories that prove age is no barrier to innovation. Meet kids who saw everyday problems and turned them into opportunities for amazing solutions—like designing ear muffs to keep warm in the winter or creating gadgets to communicate ...

"Principles: How to Create a Principled Business Culture '' is an explanation and guide of the method and results used to establish the best working environment I experienced in my nearly forty year business career. Our small Chicago company, Outer Circle Products, changed its internal operations and culture from an ordinary business to a principled business. The entire staff determined our principles and the working guidelines associated with each of them in partnership with the owner and management team. We put them in place, then worked to establish our culture as our daily method of ...

Change, though often feared, is inevitable and can catalyze personal growth and success. From overcoming fear and resistance to embracing uncertainty, Ava provides a comprehensive toolkit for harnessing the power of change. Whether you're facing career transitions, relationship challenges, or personal upheavals, "Embracing Change" offers invaluable wisdom and actionable strategies to help you survive and thrive in times of upheaval. Through engaging storytelling and thought-provoking exercises, readers will learn to: Cultivate a mindset of resilience and adaptability. Embrace uncertainty as...

What if you were your own worst enemy? What if everything you believed about well-being, quality of life & financial freedom was holding you back? What if you could let go of old thinking patterns and begin anew? This isn’t just a book… it’s Quantum Transformation! Now imagine what your life would look like if you had the “blueprint” to manifest your highest vision of yourself! Many of today’s “Law of Attraction” books seem to suggest a fairy tale doctrine that merely siting back THINKING about success, health and love will magically attract them to you. Most of them, ...

Leading Agile Acquisitions, by Jonathan Mostowski, is a powerful guide for transforming government contracting through culture change and agile methodologies in government procurement. It tackles the critical need for innovation in a traditionally rigid field, offering practical strategies and real-world examples. Ideal for government leaders, policymakers, program managers, and agile coaches, this book champions change and efficiency in procurement processes.

Are you tired of apologizing for everything, even when it's not your fault? Do you find yourself constantly saying sorry, even for things that are out of your control? If so, then 30 Days to Stop Apologizing is the perfect mindfulness workbook for you! In this 30-day program, you'll learn how to stop apologizing needlessly and start taking control of your life. Each day, you'll practice mindfulness exercises designed to help you become more aware of your thoughts and actions, and learn how to break free from the cycle of over-apologizing. With 30 unique mindfulness exercises, each ...

Leading sports and performance psychologist Bill Beswick sees sport as a story of human connection. When faced with physical challenges, pressure and fatigue, the mind is the athlete and the body is simply the means. Changing Your Story explores how the way we think and feel is vital for releasing positive energy and improving our performance. Beswick's 20 lessons will bestow resilience and guide you through the process of harnessing the full power of your physical abilities.

52 powerful habits, presented weekly, in a practical, no-fluff guide to help you become an extraordinary leader. Every one of us has the ability to become an extraordinary leader. All you need to do is apply your unique talents and turn them into regular habits. Weekly Habits for Extraordinary Leaders offers 52 lessons, one for each week of the year, with an insightful quote, an innovative idea and a question to help you develop your leadership skills. With practice, you’ll become a masterful leader that people look up to. In this book you’ll learn: How to identify small changes that ...

With so many forces of change buffeting the business world today, a scary state of flux has replaced any sense of certainty, stability, and familiarity, delivering a wake-up call to make crucial changes happen, make them happen quickly, and make them stick. Traditional approaches to change management fall into one of two categories, but neither of these models offer a full picture to what really happens in an organization. Siobhan McHale offers a third option: organizations are complex ecosystems that require a Hive Mind or Group Intelligence (GQ) to bring about meaningful and lasting change.

Writing To Heal - Edition OneWriting in a journal is powerful, cathartic and life-changing. Words have the power to heal and when you journal daily you will begin to see where and what you need to heal. Do you feel stuck? Do you want clarity? Do you want to write and journal in a positive way? Do you want to have fun with your journaling? Then Writing to Heal is for you… Writing to Heal takes you on a journey that asks you to first pick up your pen and write. To then reflect on what you have written and rewrite it with positive intention so that you change the story. In This Book, You ...

Craftivism, or the space where art and activism meet, is a powerful, ever-evolving social justice movement that continues to grow and diversify as more voices and mediums take part in it. In Let's Move the Needle, Shannon Downey, an outspoken voice in the craftivist movement for over a decade, provides a roadmap and accessible toolkit for burgeoning art activists.

What does it take to change the world? This book will show you how to harness the power of cascades to create a revolutionary movement!

Last year, US companies spent over $165 billon on training; while many training programs themselves provide valuable skills and concepts, even the best-designed programs are ineffective because the learned behaviors are not reinforced. Without reinforcement, learned information gets shuffled to the back of the mind in the "nice to know" file, never again to see the light of day. This book bridges the canyon between learning and doing by providing solid reinforcement strategies.

Despite the fact that unicorns are not real, you undoubtedly know what a unicorn is. Despite the fact that narwhals are real, you may not know what a narwhal is. In schools, we think that engagement at the highest level is like a unicorn—something we’ve heard of, but know isn’t real. We should be thinking of engagement in schools as a narwhal—something that we may not know much about, but is absolutely real and can be found right in your own school!

Status signaling isn’t just the province of the immature or insecure but a fundamental human need to secure social standing. It drives our behavior, forms our tastes, determines what we buy, and ultimately shapes who we are. It’s what’s behind “cool” and what drives fashion, music, food, sports, slang, travel, hairstyles, and dog breeds—and even the outsize influence of unpopular things with the “right” audience.

We all want the power and motivation to create change in our lives. But how to get that in a stumbling dance of one step forward and two steps back? Negative emotions run rampant in many people's lives today; a reality that feels like a shrink wrap of suffering. Popular fallback solutions of performance-based goals and tools focus on extrinsic rewards like fame, wealth, or winning. But overuse of those rewards doesn't work for the long term and in fact weakens our confidence and motivation over time, leaving us vulnerable to failure and shame.

Using simple games and processes, Make Your Dreams Come True leads you on an exploration of the thoughts and beliefs that unconsciously rule your life. Then it gently guides you through a comprehensive process for changing the beliefs that keep you from living your true potential.