HIGHLY COMMENDED: Business Book Awards 2021 - Change & Sustainability
Now, more than ever, how we work, the way we live, even how long we live are changing at rapid pace and only those who can embrace everything that's going on and reinvent themselves will survive and thrive. The Power to Change teaches you how to do just that.
Yet change - even good change - is tough. Most of us feel utterly powerless when confronted by it. But it doesn't have to be this way. The Power to Change will help you harness difficult situations and see new opportunities.
The Power to Change does more than simply enable you just to cope with change - it gives you the tools and approaches to embrace and celebrate change. Written by award-winning author, Campbell Macpherson, this book provides a genuinely unique approach to celebrating change that will resonate with readers, no matter what sort of change they have to confront. The Power to Change gives readers the permission to feel emotional and have doubts and fears about change. It provides a range of techniques to put change into perspective, and allows readers to embrace and prosper from the challenges it presents.
Chapter - 00: Introduction;
Section - ONE: Our rapidly changing world;
Chapter - 01: The technology revolution;
Chapter - 02: The age of the centurian;
Chapter - 03: Climate change: the dangerous power of denial;
Chapter - 04: Boyan Slat and the Millennials;
Chapter - 05: The way we work has changed forever;
Section - TWO: The psychology of change;
Chapter - 06: The power of the mind;
Chapter - 07: All change is personal;
Chapter - 08: All change is emotional;
Section - THREE: How we react to different types of change;
Chapter - 09: The Change Matrix;
Chapter - 10: The 'Burning Platform' Change Curve;
Chapter - 11: Personal reflections of reacting to Burning Platform change;
Chapter - 12: The 'Quantum Leap' Change Curve;
Chapter - 13: Life in the Quantum Leap Change Curve;
Chapter - 14: Returning to The Matrix;
Section - FOUR: Overcoming the barriers we erect to change;
Chapter - 15: Admitting denial;
Chapter - 16: Harnessing our emotions;
Chapter - 17: Confronting our fears;
Chapter - 18: Finding good tribes;
Chapter - 19: Reframing our identity;
Chapter - 20: Testing our doubts;
Chapter - 21: Detaching from our negative thoughts;
Chapter - 22: The power of yoga;
Section - FIVE: Be your own Change Catalyst;
Chapter - 23: Resilience;
Chapter - 24: Creating favourable conditions for change;
Chapter - 25: Finding the help you need;
Chapter - 26: Helping others;
Chapter - 27: My personal change plan;
Chapter - 28: Be your own change leader;
Section - SIX: The secrets to embracing change;
Chapter - 29: Notes;
Chapter - 30: Index
