Stepping Up

by IZZO, JOHN PH.D.

• ISBN13: 9781609940577
• ISBN10: 1609940571
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2011-12-30
• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Summary

Stepping Upargues that almost every problem, from global warming to personal issues to business challenges, can be solved if each of us were to look to ourselves to be the agent of change, rather than looking to others. The more each of us takes responsibility and chooses to step up and initiate change, the more we will find personal power and be able to influence change. And with research to prove it, John Izzo shows that by seeing ourselves as the locus of change rather than the victims of change, we are happier and less stressed. This book takes a look at what happens when we step up, what keeps us from stepping up and shows why when we do step up significant change occurs. Using examples from business and society, the book will both inspire and challenge while showing how to create a place where people are more likely to step up and create change. Stories range from that of a group of citizens who stepped up to improve the living conditions in one of the worst slums in the world in Sao Paulo to that of a group of secretaries who initiated significant change in their companies by taking the initiative.

Author Biography

John Izzo Ph.D. is a sought-after speaker and consultant, the bur or coauthor of four books including Awakening Corporate Saul, and host of the Biography Channel series The Five Things You Must Discover Before You Die.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
The Five Rows of Responsibility	p. 1
It's Not My Job, It's Not My Fault	p. 17
I Am Only One Person	p. 29
Only Naïve People Change the World	p. 39
100% Responsibility/No Excuses	p. 51
Do Something … Do Anything	p. 65
Always Begin in the Room You Are In	p. 77
Leadership Is Not a Position	p. 89
Stepping Up by Speaking Up	p. 101
Who Am I to Step Up?	p. 113
Creating a Culture of Stepping Up	p. 127
One Person Always Matters	p. 145
Resources
Stepping Up for Change	p. 153
Key Themes in this Book	p. 155
Acknowledgments	p. 157
Index	p. 161
About the Author	p. 165
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