Leading change. Getting back to being remarkable.

“I work for a cold-hearted, soulless corporation.”

These are the words voiced by a dear friend this weekend. I assure you these words did not come from a victim like whiner. These words came from a dedicated, bright, downright amazing human being.

I share this statement because I think this is a reflection of what we see see in typical large corporations today. There’s a major disconnect between employees and executives. On one end of the spectrum we have CXOs that will do anything for short term shareholder return. On the other end of the spectrum we have employees that are an afterthought. The shareholder is king at all cost. The CXOs are there to do one thing and one thing only. Bottom line return at all costs.

I’m launching an eBook this week titled, How to Lead the **** Out of Change: A Toolkit to Make Ideas Happen. The fundamental belief in this book is that we need to get back to embracing remarkable people at all levels of an organization to make a difference, to create change that matters. We need to get back to designing change, human-centered change, that is the right change to make for employees, customers, and shareholders—in that order.

Please vote for my manifesto proposal

In addition to the ebook, I want to write and publish a manifesto on ChangeThis.com. My proposal has been approved, I just now need your vote. Please vote for my manifesto proposal by visiting the following URL and selecting, Yes. Please write this manifesto: http://changethis.com/proposal/show/3

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Here’s a flavor of what you’re going to see in my book. Ready, set, go my friends.

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