Refounder: How Transformational Leaders Take What's Broken and Make it Better

by Patrick Colletti

Overview

How transformational leaders take what's broken and make it better.

At the helm of a broken company, with no operating capital or viable product offering, Patrick Colletti set out to rebuild an organization with loads of debt and no clear product or market presence. Now, over two decades later, that broken company is a "billion-dollar company with heart," reuniting caregivers with their calling™, who bring measurable healing to the hurt, wounded, and at-risk.

In Refounder: How Transformational Leaders Take What's Broken and Make it Better, you'll see how a small but committed group of visionaries took a broken health technology startup and created a thriving, humanity-enriching company. You'll discover the Refounder's approach and how their team applied it to every decision they made, even if sometimes unwittingly. You'll also meet industry leaders who operate with a Refounder's mentality, learning from their expertise in the fields of business, innovation, medicine, education, and personal development.

Are you ready to be a Refounder? Whether you're a C-suite executive hoping to change a struggling business, a middle manager tasked with revitalizing a dysfunctional team, or a community organizer attempting to renew the city block, Refounder is an invitation. Learn from Colletti and this collection of refounding experts, then, take what's broken and make it better.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781954020023
Publisher:	Per Capita Publishing
Publication date:	05/25/2021
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.63(d)

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction 7

1. The Repossession 13

2. Reimagining What's Possible 29

3. Tackling Problem Zero 47

4. Refounders Refine 65

5. Refounders Mind the Gaps 83

6. Work Toward Bigger Purposes 103

7. Reinvest in Bigger Purposes 123

8. Create Better Cultures 141

9. The Refounder's Mentality 157

10. Reaping the Rewards 175

11. Remaining a Refounder 191

Acknowledgments 201

About the Author 203

Editorial Reviews

"The best advisers tell us not what we want to hear but what we need to hear - and they do it in a way we can hear and get moving on. When things have gone sour for you, when that brilliant idea implodes, when that soaring project or exciting start-up collapses, this book gives you one of those advisers, Patrick Colletti, at your fingertips. You will find his guidance as energizing as it is practical, emerging from his own firsthand experience and the inspiring stories of others who have built successes from ashes. Once you read the first few pages, you won't put Colletti's book down - and better yet, you'll have the light you need to navigate the path forward.

• Joshua D. Margolis, James Dinan and Elizabeth Miller Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School

"Patrick has written an important book for all of us, wherever we are in life. The world needs a movement of leaders reimagining what ought to be in our institutions, ventures, cities, and relationships, and Refounder is full of principles and ideas from someone who has done just that."

• Dave Blanchard, Co-Founder & CEO Praxis, Former IDEO

"A dynamic story of how two young entrepreneurs took a flat broke tech start-up and built a technology leader. Along the way they discovered the power of purpose for customers, employees and for themselves. There are practical lessons for leaders of enterprises of all sizes, and at all stages of growth. Read it, put it into practice, and become Refounders."

· Donna Morea, President CGI Technologies and Solutions(retired), Chair of SAIC (NYSE: SAIC), and Trustee of Inova Health, Independent Board Member, Truist (NYSE: TFC)

"Colletti is a trusted leader who proves how dedication to a vision of something better makes all the difference. Refounder is an actionable playbook of how we can create meaningful change, right now.

• Patrick Cline, Founder and CEO, Lightbeam Health Solutions. Founder, NextGen Healthcare (NASDAQ: NXGN)

An inspiring story about the power of reimagined possibilities, Patrick Colletti's journey embodies the spirit of a city known for its rebirth - and the drive of a nation built by innovators. A must-read for those seeking to lead in a world that is constantly in flux."

· Farnam Jahanian, President, Carnegie Mellon University

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