Changemakers

Becoming a Changemaker

This motivational guide provides all “the tools you need to step up, play bigger and increase your impact” (New York Times bestselling author Liz Wiseman) as you move into a leadership role—wherever you are in life. Hailed by CNBC as a “top 5 non-fiction book everyone should be reading about work,” Becoming a Changemaker is a call to action, showing how leading change from where you are can transform your career, community and even the world. Alex Budak, a celebrated UC Berkeley faculty member, distills the essence of successful changemakers in this accessible guide, unveiling the essential mindsets and leadership skills needed to spark change and create impact across roles, sectors, and hierarchies. Through a powerful blend of data-driven insights and diverse, relatable case studies, Budak builds a compelling case, one that frames being a changemaker as an inclusive, aspirational identity for everyone. Inspired by the lessons and philosophies from Budak’s wildly popular course of the same name, which he created at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, Becoming a Changemaker will show you how to: Develop your own unique voice as a changemaker, to lead effectively, empathetically, and authentically in any setting. Transform setbacks into stepping stones and uncover the art and science of turning failures into powerful catalysts for growth and innovation Influence without authority to inspire and mobilize others towards your vision – even when you're not in charge. Create a sustainable action plan to turn your aspirations for change into reality with the Changemaker Canvas tool and its tangible, manageable steps. Pursue Your Purpose and learn to harness your individual strengths and passions to drive meaningful change from wherever you are, in a way that’s true to who you are. To begin leading change, you don’t need a fancy title, or a perfectly polished idea. But you do need to start. This book is your first step.

Movers, Shakers, and Changemakers

Changemaker Playbook

Winner for Best Business (General) Book, International Best Book Awards. Winner for Best Nonfiction (General) Book, Best Book Awards. Silver Medal Winner in Business Ethics, Axiom Business Book Awards. Silver Medal Winner in Business and Leadership, Nautilus Book Awards 'Change and disruption define our present and foreseeable business operating climate. Changemaker Playbook offers readers a leadership-paradigm-shifting and thought-provoking way forward to achieving successful business engagement.' Ertharin Cousin, former US Ambassador to the UN, Forbes' The World's 100 Most Powerful Women, and TIME's 100 Most Influential People in the World 'A powerful new leadership framework and organizational model for working in teams of teams, to take care of business and solve society's most urgent and pressing issues.' Jostein Solheim, former CEO at Ben & Jerry's and senior business executive at Unilever The Game Has Changed! What would you do if the game you had been preparing for your whole life had changed? This is the question we all face today. Our one-leader-at-a-time past has given way to a present reality where everyone has the potential to lead in every aspect of life. We all have at our fingertips the tools of change that were once available to only a few. This shift from one-leader-at-a-time to everyone-leading-in-every-moment has created a changemaker effect on society. Change is no longer linear and faster, it's explosive and omnidirectional-and we are the first generation to navigate this reordered reality. Our iEverything world requires a new playbook. THE CHANGEMAKER PLAYBOOK will show you how to thrive in every aspect of today's transformed societal landscape. Based on the author's discoveries about leading in change from some of the world's leading changemakers - business and social entrepreneurs, educators, media thought leaders, and youth innovators - readers can apply the principles in this book to the new everyone-a-changemaker world. An unforgettable tutorial on the principles of empathy-based ethics, co-creative teamwork, and the ins and outs of the new game, CHANGEMAKER PLAYBOOK is as much a new leadership handbook as it is the definitive individual and organizational achievement playbook. This is the new playbook for the new game.