“In The Pivot, Lori Michele Leavitt introduces a profoundly important
new construct for getting everyone in your organization moving
forward toward your strategic objectives. She calls it Aligned
Momentum, and it’s how the most successful leaders enable their
organizations, at all levels, to initiate change and become more nimble,
flexible, and adaptable, and speed miles ahead of their competition.
The Pivot is full of compelling stories and examples of how successful
organizations have used Aligned Momentum, as well as practical
applications that you can put to immediate use. Mastering The Pivot is
not optional. It is absolutely essential in a world where misalignment is
costing businesses their talent, their competitive advantage, and their
customer’s trust.”
— Jim Kouzes, coauthor, The Leadership Challenge and the Dean’s
Executive Fellow of Leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa
Clara University
“Reading The Pivot will remind you what most of the business world
has forgotten—long term success is almost never based on a big
budget, headline-worthy strokes of strategic genius, but rather of
small, seemingly infinitesimal, but ultimately highly significant, small
steps. It’s the turns we don’t take, it turns out, that can take even long
established businesses down. Lori Michele Leavitt offers up a new
and insightful look at a multitude of ways in which the world’s most
progressive business leaders are changing their companies, their
markets and their own mindsets. One page, one Pivot, one positive
insight at a time, Lori’s new work lays out a plethora of small, practical,
meaningful tips that can take you and your organization to the next
level! Take careful notes—the Pivot that might make or break your
business is probably somewhere in its pages.”
— Ari Weinzweig, co-founder of Zingerman’s Community of
Businesses and author of A Lapsed Anarchist’s Approach to the
Power of Beliefs in Business.
“Lori Michele Leavitt provides a fresh perspective on a well-worn term:
pivot. She introduces the concept of Aligned Momentum and shows
how to achieve it in order to execute the type of transformation that
every business must undertake if it wants to survive today’s challenging
and ever-changing environment. Read The Pivot to learn from Leavitt’s
extensive experience helping companies thrive and grow through
organizational momentum and culture change.”
— Denise Lee Yohn, author of What Great Brands Do
“Lori Michele Leavitt’s book, The Pivot, presents an effective
methodology for anyone aspiring to be a powerful leader in this
unprecedented twenty first century global economic reality.
As an MBA, management consultant, and executive coach, Lori (“The
Pivot Catalyst”), is intimately aware of the rapid and unpredictable
changes, growing complexities — as evidenced by multiple industry
disruptors and accelerating, exponential growth.. not to mention major
political disruptions, demographic dislocations and even major changes
with Earth’s climates. In this book you will find that Lori shares her
wisdom and actionable methods with great clarity. She has captured the
essence of pivoting and its practical applications.. highly recommended
reading!”
— Jim Bergquist, president and CEO of Creative Business Futures,
Inc. consultant/coach for Seattle’s World Famous Pike Place Fish
Market
