Dancing with Disruption: A New Approach to Navigating Life's Biggest Changes

by Linda Rossetti

Overview

Learn how to succeed in the wake of turmoil in your career and personal life through this groundbreaking toolkit and the captivating stories of those who have put it to work and positively changed their lives.

Dancing with Disruption: A New Approach to Navigating Life’s Biggest Changes transforms your understanding of upheaval in your life and guides you through a proven toolkit that ensures your personal and career success. Linda Rossetti engages readers with her own experience of disruption along with the stories of many others from a variety of ages, occupations, and circumstances. Readers learn to reframe emotions, restore confidence, and realize possibilities once thought unimaginable. An essential, thought-provoking, and truly empowering roadmap for succeeding at the crossroads of your life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538169377
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	05/05/2023
Pages:	196
Sales rank:	1,126,433
Product dimensions:	5.92(w) x 8.51(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Linda Rossetti is a business leader, Harvard MBA, and pioneering researcher who has dedicated her career to advancing our understanding of individual and organizational transformation. After a life-changing experience with disruption, she turned her expertise to elevating our understanding of how adults navigate and respond to periods of major change in their lives. Linda is a speaker, commentator, and writer on the subject of personal transformation. She has been featured in numerous outlets, including NPR, NBC/WBZ, Next Avenue, Money Magazine, and the Huffington Post. Linda’s first book is Women and Transition: Reinventing Work and Life. Learn more at lindarossetti.com or on her podcast, Destination Unknown.

Editorial Reviews

We all experience upheaval in our lives. There’s the unexpected illness, the unfaithful spouse, the layoffs at work, and, of course, the pandemic. The important thing, according to Rossetti, an expert on “individual transformation,” is how we respond. We can either make small changes to stay afloat (holding on to our perceived identity) or use the event to transform our lives (and possibly find our true calling). The key to transformation is looking inward for expectations and values. The author uses her own experiences and case studies of people she’s worked with on their journeys to offer a road map to recovery. She addresses obstacles, including emotions, expectations, and the input of others, and demonstrates ways to use such challenges to enrich our lives. Rossetti urges readers to use a toolkit dubbed “The Incubator” to face the uncertainty of change and nurture their true selves. Each chapter ends with prompts for self-reflection and an example of someone using the techniques successfully. Anyone facing life issues (which is just about everyone) will be inspired by Rossetti’s solid guidance.

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This book couldn’t have come at a more perfect time. Linda Rossetti grants permission in the face of challenge to reflect on who we are and why we show up. A must-read for those looking for the courage to redefine themselves.

Melanie Rosenwasser

Infused with hard-won wisdom, the world urgently needs the voice of Linda Rossetti in her brilliantly written new book. Dancing with Disruption illuminates and constructively guides us through the often-misunderstood disruptive and disorienting times in our lives. With her guiding steps, we can reframe our emotions; update the expectations we carry for ourselves; create a new self-concept; and connect with others – most importantly discover new expressions of who we are.

Deb Guy

I have known Linda since her days at Harvard Business School where then too, she approached the world with unbounded curiosity. It is no surprise to me that Linda has taken on this under-discussed yet nearly universal human experience and created such a powerful new toolkit. Her approach is an artful blend of solid research, deep understanding, and a palpable desire to help others to succeed. This is an across-the-board worthy read.

James I. Cash

A powerful blueprint for personal growth! In Dancing with Disruption, Linda Rossetti delivers a strategy and the tools to propel you forward. Adopt her mindset and anything is possible.

Patricia Kolias

Linda Rossetti has written an exposé and guide for anyone who has experienced disruption and displacement – in other words, for almost anyone these days. Her roadmap is accessible, insightful, artful, and intelligent. Reading it you will feel that she already knows you!

Dr. Roberta Herman

In Dancing withDisruption, Linda turns her curiosity and powerful intellect to creating a model for positive change. An insightful, deeply meaningful work that offers us a roadmap for professional and personal success.

Bob Brennan

I am inspired by the outstretched hand Linda extends through this thought-provoking transformative story! She offers us a fresh, courageous, and extensively researched perspective that is essential for anyone at the crossroads of their lives.

Coco Brown

Her advice transforms what could be a terrifying and unsettling period in our lives into one of promise and enthusiasm. Particularly as so many have experienced professional disruption resulting from the pandemic, Rossetti’s invitation to embrace times of transition as gateways for extraordinary possibilities in our lives is timely.

CEOWorld Magazine

Engaging and practical on every level! Linda's powerful stories will lead you on a journey to understand disruption in your life and how you can harness it to create the life you've dreamed of.

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith

This book is a must read for anyone experiencing a major life disruption or planning for a life transition. It offers a courageous perspective and stands apart thanks to the author's wisdom, insights, and deeply moving stories.

Lynn Perry Wooten

Some disruptions are done to us and others by us - how we embrace them, learn from them, and self-discover in their wake is at the heart of this very important book for our time. A transformative read - one that ensures all take pride in their own voice, courage, and resilience.

Deb Hicks

Every situation forces us to make a decision: do we modify the situation or not? Linda Rossetti’s inspiring book invites us to activate our voices at such times and guides us on a journey that is sure to transform our lives and our world.

Ouided Bouchamaoui

A beautifully written invitation to revisit the choices we make in our careers and life. Linda gives us a guidebook with which we can truly transform ourselves. A must-read for anyone who is ready to embrace uncertainty with clarity and excitement!

Col. Michele Lo Bianco

My belief is the obvious solution is not always the optimal solution. Linda offers us a courageous, insightful resource that empowers us to make different choices as we encounter personal and professional obstacles. I recommend this to anyone looking to meet uncertainty with confidence and courage!

Laura Huang

A beautifully written invitation to revisit the choices we make in our careers and life. Linda gives us a guidebook with which we can truly transform ourselves. A must-read for anyone who is ready to embrace uncertainty with clarity and excitement!

Colonel Michele Lo Bianco