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!
Industry Reviews
"In The Pivot, Lori Michele Leavitt introduces a profoundly importantnew construct for getting everyone in your organization movingforward toward your strategic objectives. She calls it AlignedMomentum, and it's how the most successful leaders enable theirorganizations, 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 successfulorganizations have used Aligned Momentum, as well as practicalapplications that you can put to immediate use. Mastering The Pivot isnot optional. It is absolutely essential in a world where misalignment iscosting businesses their talent, their competitive advantage, and theircustomer's trust."- Jim Kouzes, coauthor, The Leadership Challenge and the Dean'sExecutive Fellow of Leadership, Leavey School of Business, SantaClara University
"Reading The Pivot will remind you what most of the business worldhas forgotten-long term success is almost never based on a bigbudget, headline-worthy strokes of strategic genius, but rather ofsmall, seemingly infinitesimal, but ultimately highly significant, smallsteps. It's the turns we don't take, it turns out, that can take even longestablished businesses down. Lori Michele Leavitt offers up a newand insightful look at a multitude of ways in which the world's mostprogressive business leaders are changing their companies, theirmarkets and their own mindsets. One page, one Pivot, one positiveinsight 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 nextlevel! Take careful notes-the Pivot that might make or break yourbusiness is probably somewhere in its pages."- Ari Weinzweig, co-founder of Zingerman's Community ofBusinesses and author of A Lapsed Anarchist's Approach to thePower 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 showshow to achieve it in order to execute the type of transformation thatevery business must undertake if it wants to survive today's challengingand ever-changing environment. Read The Pivot to learn from Leavitt'sextensive experience helping companies thrive and grow throughorganizational momentum and culture change."- Denise Lee Yohn, author of What Great Brands Do
"Lori Michele Leavitt's book, The Pivot, presents an effectivemethodology for anyone aspiring to be a powerful leader in thisunprecedented twenty first century global economic reality.As an MBA, management consultant, and executive coach, Lori ("ThePivot Catalyst"), is intimately aware of the rapid and unpredictablechanges, growing complexities - as evidenced by multiple industrydisruptors and accelerating, exponential growth.. not to mention majorpolitical disruptions, demographic dislocations and even major changeswith Earth's climates. In this book you will find that Lori shares herwisdom and actionable methods with great clarity. She has captured theessence of pivoting and its practical applications.. highly recommendedreading!"- Jim Bergquist, president and CEO of Creative Business Futures,Inc. consultant/coach for Seattle's World Famous Pike Place FishMarket
