Changing the World: Through Small Business Stewardship

Have you ever wondered: Is this all there is? What am I working for? How can I make a real difference in this world?

This book will help you find your answers.

Changing the World Through Small Business Stewardship is not a feel-good philosophy book. It's a practical, empowering blueprint built from lived experience—grounded in one powerful truth:

Doing good is good business.

Through real stories, stakeholder-specific actions, and hard-earned insight, this book invites you to rethink ownership—not just as a role, but as both a responsibility and an opportunity.

Changing the World is a global, timeless guide for small business owners who want their business to mean something more—without losing sight of what keeps it alive. It's about the quiet and immense power of stewardship: showing up each day with the intent to do right by your customers, employees, partners, suppliers, community, and the environment—and doing it in ways that are measurable, sustainable, and real.

Inside, you'll find accessible tools, checklists, and action steps, alongside examples from real businesses around the world. You'll also hear from thinkers and reformers—Rumi to Roosevelt, Emerson to Ohmae, Chouinard to Ruskin—whose wisdom echoes what small business owners everywhere know deep down: that smart, purposeful leadership rooted in care and dignity can change lives.

You'll learn that stewardship…

  • Is about strengthening your bottom line
  • Is about growing your business and finding your extra to share
  • Is about improving the world—through everyday work, on your terms
     

If you've ever felt like your small business could—or should—be part of something bigger, you're not alone. Your choices matter. And if you're ready to make a difference… 

This book is for you.

Welcome to where change gets real.

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Changing the World: Through Small Business Stewardship

Have you ever wondered: Is this all there is? What am I working for? How can I make a real difference in this world?

This book will help you find your answers.

Changing the World Through Small Business Stewardship is not a feel-good philosophy book. It's a practical, empowering blueprint built from lived experience—grounded in one powerful truth:

Doing good is good business.

Through real stories, stakeholder-specific actions, and hard-earned insight, this book invites you to rethink ownership—not just as a role, but as both a responsibility and an opportunity.

Changing the World is a global, timeless guide for small business owners who want their business to mean something more—without losing sight of what keeps it alive. It's about the quiet and immense power of stewardship: showing up each day with the intent to do right by your customers, employees, partners, suppliers, community, and the environment—and doing it in ways that are measurable, sustainable, and real.

Inside, you'll find accessible tools, checklists, and action steps, alongside examples from real businesses around the world. You'll also hear from thinkers and reformers—Rumi to Roosevelt, Emerson to Ohmae, Chouinard to Ruskin—whose wisdom echoes what small business owners everywhere know deep down: that smart, purposeful leadership rooted in care and dignity can change lives.

You'll learn that stewardship…

  • Is about strengthening your bottom line
  • Is about growing your business and finding your extra to share
  • Is about improving the world—through everyday work, on your terms
     

If you've ever felt like your small business could—or should—be part of something bigger, you're not alone. Your choices matter. And if you're ready to make a difference… 

This book is for you.

Welcome to where change gets real.

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Changing the World: Through Small Business Stewardship

Changing the World: Through Small Business Stewardship

by David Grau
Changing the World: Through Small Business Stewardship
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Changing the World: Through Small Business Stewardship

Changing the World: Through Small Business Stewardship

by David Grau

Overview

Have you ever wondered: Is this all there is? What am I working for? How can I make a real difference in this world?

This book will help you find your answers.

Changing the World Through Small Business Stewardship is not a feel-good philosophy book. It's a practical, empowering blueprint built from lived experience—grounded in one powerful truth:

Doing good is good business.

Through real stories, stakeholder-specific actions, and hard-earned insight, this book invites you to rethink ownership—not just as a role, but as both a responsibility and an opportunity.

Changing the World is a global, timeless guide for small business owners who want their business to mean something more—without losing sight of what keeps it alive. It's about the quiet and immense power of stewardship: showing up each day with the intent to do right by your customers, employees, partners, suppliers, community, and the environment—and doing it in ways that are measurable, sustainable, and real.

Inside, you'll find accessible tools, checklists, and action steps, alongside examples from real businesses around the world. You'll also hear from thinkers and reformers—Rumi to Roosevelt, Emerson to Ohmae, Chouinard to Ruskin—whose wisdom echoes what small business owners everywhere know deep down: that smart, purposeful leadership rooted in care and dignity can change lives.

You'll learn that stewardship…

  • Is about strengthening your bottom line
  • Is about growing your business and finding your extra to share
  • Is about improving the world—through everyday work, on your terms
     

If you've ever felt like your small business could—or should—be part of something bigger, you're not alone. Your choices matter. And if you're ready to make a difference… 

This book is for you.

Welcome to where change gets real.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940181497573
Publisher: David Grau Sr.
Publication date: 06/23/2025
Sold by: Draft2Digital
Format: eBook
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

INDEPENDENT AUTHOR. STORY TELLER. ENTREPRENEUR. 

At age 65, I feel like I'm starting over, by choice, and after a very successful and rewarding career. I retired from my last post for all of about 24 hours and then channeled my energy, ideas and passion into this new, broader venture - bringing experience, expertise and direction to the Professional Services world of Succession Planning. It is what I know and it is what I enjoy. I also have a passion for teaching. Some of my favorite presentations involve a couple of whiteboards, a small room of professional service providers, and three to four hours to sculpt or resculpt the future. Hopefully, that's why you're here reading this.

EXPERT IN SUCCESSION PLANNING AND BUSINESS PERPETUATION.

Business succession planning is what I know, and I know things about this subject matter that most others do not. As one of the few, truly experienced and knowledgeable people in the world of small business Succession Planning, I started out as a securities regulator and securities attorney. That matters because moving stock or equity around is the key to the mechanics. of the process. I cannot imagine how anyone could venture to consult or hold themselves out as an expert on this subject matter without such a background. I've spent more than half my life putting businesses together, making them stronger, sometimes perpetuating them, and sometimes selling them - and then teaching that to multiple generations of entrepreneurs. It's what I do for fun. Now, in my semi-retired state, I focus solely on succession planning for Professional Service owners and leave the selling and M&A work to others; sometimes that is how the story ends. But to be sure, it is your story, and I can help you write it however you wish.

 

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