The Pivot: Orchestrating Extraordinary Business Momentum

by Lori Michele Leavitt

Overview

Pivots are not just for pandemics or other causes of sudden global policy changes. Significant change is needed when derailers have gone undetected or ignored for too long. Start now to build a more vibrant business. A business that maintains its highest value, stays ahead, and is a great place to work.

Looking to become a great leader and take your business to the next level? The Pivot is the essential guide for leaders who are ready to make that happen.

"Good leaders manage. Great leaders orchestrate a culture that is always ready for change."

In The Pivot, readers will learn how to lead for alignment and extraordinary momentum, and how to track the six key indicators of success to ensure the business is on the right track.

With this book, readers will create a vibrant business and a great workplace. Return to the book again and again to find the best next step in positioning the business for performance breakthroughs.

The Pivot provides readers with the tools to:

1. Achieve improved clarity on vision, purpose, values, and direction.

2. Develop a mastery mindset to stay open and growing.

3. Make nimble decisions and take the best next step.

4. Think strategically and consider the likely end before a judgment call.

5. Adapt talent and roles to fit the future plan and strategy.

6. Transform managers into leaders with coaching skills.

This book is packed with practical advice and tools for readers to take their business to the next level.

What's included in The Pivot:

- Guidance and examples of how to strengthen alignment and gain business momentum.

- Six key indicators of success to ensure the business is on track to execute strategy brilliantly.

- Practical advice and tools to help readers take their business to the next level.

Read The Pivot now, share with your team, and see the results for yourself!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780999033609
Publisher:	Abrige Media
Publication date:	07/31/2017
Series:	Orchestrating Extraordinary Momentum , #1
Pages:	298
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

Lori Michele Leavitt is founder and President of Abrige Corp. Her leadership services are delivered through business and performance coaching, leading peer groups, and consulting for M&A due diligence, and turnarounds. Abrige software, branded as Aligned Momentum, has catalyzed momentum for organizations with thousands of employees. Her remote monitoring company was the first to enable cashless water vending in Africa. She speaks globally, to groups from 10 to 2000 on performance momentum and culture change. Lori has an MBA and certifications in speaking, coaching, facilitation, and financial management. Her favorite role is as Emily's Mom.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

PART 1: SET THE STAGE

1. ALIGNED MOMENTUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2. MASTERING THE PIVOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

3. CHANGE THE CONTEXT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

4. GAINING MOMENTUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

PART 2: SHARE THE VISION

5. CLARITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

6. FOCUSED AND NIMBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

7. CHANGE THE SOCIAL CONTEXT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

8. THE BOTTOM LINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

PART 3: TAKE ACTION

9. ALIGNED MOMENTUM PIVOTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

PIVOT TO CLARITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

PIVOT TO MASTERY MINDSET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

PIVOT TO NIMBLE DECISION-MAKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

PIVOT TO STRATEGIC THINKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

PIVOT TO TALENT ADAPTABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

PIVOT TO COACHING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

10. YOUR BEST NEXT STEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

APPENDIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

ABOUT THE AUTHOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Editorial Reviews

“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

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