
The ChangeThis Manifesto
August 21, 2019
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Choose the Hard Path
By Mike Hayes
The hardest choices we make are often the ones that involve going out on a limb, bucking conventional wisdom, or standing up to people in positions of authority when they’re telling you something you simply don’t believe.
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The Disruptor’s Dilemma: Hard Truths about Big Change—and More Sustainable Ways to Invent the Future
By William C. Taylor
"Even if you aspire to vast structural change, progress begins by convincing flesh-and-blood individuals of the virtues of your cause and persuading them to take steps towards solutions."
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The Roadmap to Resilience in the New Normal
By Jennifer Ashton
"I’ll be the first to admit I don’t have all the answers—no one does. And the thing is, no one ever will—which is why it’s never about having all the answers in the first place and instead about knowing the right questions to ask."
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The Zero-Sum Paradigm vs. the Solidarity Dividend
By Heather McGhee
It is progressive economic conventional wisdom that racism accelerates inequality for communities of color, but what if racism is actually driving inequality for everyone?
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How Effective Leaders Model Healthy, Mindful Behavior
By Naz Beheshti
Part of being an excellent leader is modeling healthy, mindful behavior. A culture of wellness will not take root in a company if the leader’s choices run counter to it. Conversely, if you commit fully to it, that investment will pay off exponentially, both for you and your company.
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How to Improve Feedback
By Therese Huston
Most of us think of feedback as a one-way communication. If I have feedback to give, then I tell, you listen. … It’s gloriously simple and it’s often ineffective.
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Decoding Family Businesses
By Josh Baron, Rob Lachenauer
Outsiders often scratch their head at how family businesses seem to defy conventional business rules. That’s because family businesses are different.
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The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership
By James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner
These behaviors are universal, and they have stood the test of time and place. Moreover, hundreds of independent scholars have validated this framework in their own studies investigating the central role leadership plays in personal well-being, organizational productivity, and effectiveness. The evidence is clear: exemplary leadership is found in every corner of the globe, every sector of society, every community, every organization, and every type of individual.
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Will You Emerge Stronger Through Adversity?
By Joseph Michelli
You will be remembered more for what you do in a crisis than what you do in calm. Effective leaders identify how they want to be remembered after the crisis ends. They take action to achieve their desired impact. We will all leave a legacy as a leader. The question is whether that legacy will be by design or default.
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Overcoming Bias Traps
By Pamela Fuller, Mark Murphy, Anne Chow
We can’t see our own biases when we’re surrounded by them. When we demonstrate empathy toward others, we’re suspending our own beliefs, agendas, and interests in an effort to understand those of others. We make space for real breakthroughs to occur.
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.