ChangeThis
The original idea behind ChangeThis came from Seth Godin, and was built in the summer of 2004 by Amit Gupta, Catherine Hickey, Noah Weiss, Phoebe Espiritu, and Michelle Sriwongtong. In the summer of 2005, ChangeThis was turned over to 800-CEO-READ. In addition to selling and writing about books, they kept ChangeThis up and running as a standalone website for 14 years. In 2019, 800-CEO-READ became Porchlight, and we pulled ChangeThis together with the rest of our editorial content under the website you see now. We remain committed to the high-design quality and independent spirit of the original team that brought ChangeThis into the world.
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Image Is Substance
By Andy Cunningham
"How do you influence people to buy things? How do you educate the public about companies? And how do you match potential customers with a given product or service? Essentially, how do you help companies win in the market?
I discovered early on that the answer is authenticity ... When companies -
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Calling All Leaders
By Constance Dierickx PhD
"High-Stakes Leadership has a ring of drama, for good reason. When risk is great and uncertainty low, missteps can have catastrophic results. When we think of high-stakes most of us can name the obvious situations. Too often, we think that people who lead in high-stakes matters are special people. They
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The Expectant Non-Profit: A Guide for Navigating the Healthy Growth of Organizations
By Maxine Harris PhD
"Non-profit organizations can be fragile things. In the beginning, they need a lot of tender loving care. But just because you make it out of that first rough year, don't expect smooth sailing. Fewer than 50% of all non-profits make it to their 5th birthday! Not exactly a mortality rate to be proud of.
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What Your Career Needs Now Is Some Relational Intelligence
By Angie McArthur, Dr. Dawna Markova
"Likely you have been schooled in many rational strategies, but you probably never received any training that fosters relational intelligence. Relational Intelligence is the ability to connect with those who think differently through communication, understanding, learning and trust. It is what enables
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Creating Change from the Inside-Out
By Todd Davis
"You may have heard the phrase that people are an organization's greatest asset. As a human resource director for many years, that philosophy guided my professional decisions. But after 14 years as a Chief People Officer, I see things a little differently. I've learned that it's not only the people who
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Think Bigger! Change Your Thinking. Change the World.
By Michael W. Sonnenfeldt
"Most people don't think big enough, which could be the biggest factor limiting their success. And, yes, that includes you.
Ponder that for a second.
Sure, there are lots of outside forces that could be holding you back—I am certain you could come up with a laundry list. And I -
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Archaic "Best" Business Practices Toxic to Resilience, Innovation, and Change (Plus, What To Do Instead!)
By Carol Sanford
"The concept of 'best practices' is no protection against toxic practices. Most of these 'Best Practices' have never been validated, and some are particularly toxic themselves—whether that is in how they develop strategy, lead people, or change an industry. Most are marketing hype invented by a
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Giving Voice to the Voiceless
By Parisa Khosravi
"My son is wise beyond his years, even if from the outside you might have a different perception.
Below is Payam's full message written on the alphabet board, it took about five minutes for him to spell it out letter by letter:
"I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO SEES THIS AND BEGINS TO SHIFT -
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Why We Need a Take Our Daughters to WORTH Day
By Nell Merlino
"The Take Your Daughter To Work Day movement has succeeded. Girls today can enter any professional they choose. They can start their own businesses, advance their careers, and assume leadership roles in their organizations. We have achieved so much.
But our work is not finished. I think we have -
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There Are No Strangers Here: A Rising Tribe Lifts All Boats
By Sally Haldorson
"Maybe my story wasn't a big story. I hadn't begun a new company, or invented a new product. I hadn't yet written a book. I didn't have as prominent a voice or as large a platform from which to speak as some of the others. But I did truly believe that my story was emblematic of the cumulative work all