Stretch for Change: How to improve your change fitness and thrive in life

by Razzetti Gustavo

Overview

Discover how to thrive in our unpredictable world, reengaging with your passions and improving leadership skills by stretching your mindset, embracing change, and welcoming new opportunities.

We all admire daring innovators. In our own lives, however, it often seems safer to stick with the status quo.

Change can be frightening, but embracing it can lead to phenomenal growth. Stretch for Change offers you a new framework to guide you in creating a flexible mindset that is more open to new ideas.

Change is unavoidable, and for most of us, it's hard to deal with. But you can prepare for it. Just as you would stretch your muscles before a game of tennis, you can stretch your mindset so you are ready when change inevitably comes.

When you are confronted with the need for change, it can trigger your fight-or-flight instinct. But fear isn't the response you need. If you embrace change, it can lead to inspiration--to new ideas and opportunities that stoke your true passions. Now, change is occurring at a faster rate than ever, making adaptability a serious competitive advantage.

Stretch for Change explores a new approach to welcoming change in both your personal and professional life. The first step is shifting your mindset. Then you can concentrate on addressing the problems that matter. In inspiring, easy-to-understand language, the book offers a simple framework and exercises to transform your approach to change and includes illustrative case studies.

Author Gustavo Razzetti, a sought-after expert on change leadership, provides a pathway to help readers achieve their dreams and join the world of innovators. Choose change, and free yourself to capitalize on the opportunities ahead.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780999097304
Publisher:	Liberationist
Publication date:	07/01/2017
Pages:	294
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Gustavo Razzetti has authored hundreds of articles on innovation, change, and self-improvement. He has a diverse professional background, including experience in marketing strategy, innovation, and change leadership. He is the founder of Liberationist, Change Leadership School. In his capacity advising CEOs of everything from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, Razzetti has been able to lead and transform organizations for over twenty years. He has worked in New York, Argentina, Chicago, Puerto Rico, and Los Angeles and was invited to participate in the prestigious Innovation Leadership program at Stanford University. Now living in Chicago, Razzetti is married with two sons.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

INTRODUCTION — Stretching Beyond Your Comfort Zone

SECTION I — CHANGE OPENNESS — FROM A “STUCK” TO A “CHANGE” MINDSET

1. UNSTUCK — Shake Up Your Current Mindset!

2. OPEN UP — From a “Stuck” to a “Change” Mindset

3. THRIVE — Turn Constraints into a Superpower

SECTION II — CHANGE MAKING — SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT MATTER

4. REENGAGE — From Detachment to Passion

5. AMPLIFY — The Importance of Multiple Perspectives

6. REFRAME — Solve Meaningful Problems

7. SOLVE — Solutions that Matter

SECTION III — CHANGE FITNESS — DRIVING CHANGE

8. TRY — Build a Culture of Experimentation

9. FORTIFY — Dealing with Resistance

10. LIBERATE — Driving Meaningful Change

11. BE — Lead a Meaningful Life

BEFORE YOU GO — A Life Worth Stretching Out of Your Comfort Zone

Notes

Editorial Reviews

Stretch for Change is a critical read for any leader to understand the tapestry of our changing times." -Charles Adler, Co-founder - Kickstarter

"Gustavo's book Stretch for Change, offers more than just an approach; it provides a roadmap, actionable tips and exercises to help you get fit for change and to ensure you don't just survive, but that you thrive!" - David Jones, Founder and CEO You & Mr. Jones, Founder One Young World

" Stretch for Change is a unique, powerful and highly engaging approach to accepting and leveraging change. This book not only lessens our fears of change, but gives us the tools to truly harness it for greater productivity and success in the workplace and out of it." - Abigail Posner - Head of Strategy, Google

"Keep it simple and build on each small success. Stretch for Change is a great resource to keep us moving in the right direction -- filled with endless excuse-busters for those inevitable moments when we want to fall back into our comfort zone." - Jonathan Raymond, Author of Good Authority

"Gustavo's belief that we not only can but must become change-fit--to better ourselves and the world around us--is contagious." - Mandy Burrel, Chair of the Board Public Narrative

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