Becoming a Changemaker An Actionable, Inclusive Guide to Leading Positive Change at Any Level

by Budak, Alex

• ISBN13: 9781538707760
• ISBN10: 1538707764
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2022-09-13
• Publisher: Balance

Summary

“The tools you need to step up, play bigger and increase your impact.” —New York Times Bestselling Author Liz Wiseman
 
Hailed by CNBC as a “top 5 non-fiction book everyone should be reading about work,” Becoming a Changemaker is a call to action, showing how leading change from where you are can transform your career, community and even the world. Alex Budak, a celebrated UC Berkeley faculty member, distills the essence of successful changemakers in this accessible guide, unveiling the essential mindsets and leadership skills needed to spark change and create impact across roles, sectors, and hierarchies. Through a powerful blend of data-driven insights and diverse, relatable case studies, Budak builds a compelling case, one that frames being a changemaker as an inclusive, aspirational identity for everyone.
 
Inspired by the lessons and philosophies from Budak’s wildly popular course of the same name, which he created at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, Becoming a Changemaker will show you how to:

• Develop your own unique voice as a changemaker, to lead effectively, empathetically, and authentically in any setting.
• Transform setbacks into stepping stones and uncover the art and science of turning failures into powerful catalysts for growth and innovation 
• Influence without authority to inspire and mobilize others towards your vision – even when you're not in charge.
• Create a sustainable action plan to turn your aspirations for change into reality with the Changemaker Canvas tool and its tangible, manageable steps. 
• Pursue Your Purpose and learn to harness your individual strengths and passions to drive meaningful change from wherever you are, in a way that’s true to who you are.

To begin leading change, you don’t need a fancy title, or a perfectly polished idea.  But you do need to start. This book is your first step.

Author Biography

Alex Budak is a social entrepreneur and faculty member at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, where he created and teaches the transformative course, “Becoming a Changemaker.” Regularly one of Haas’s highest rated offerings, it is the first university course in the US created specifically for changemakers to learn mindsets and leadership skills for positive change across sectors and disciplines.
 
A Silicon Valley native, Budak helped Change.org raise $30 million from impact investors, and co-founded and now advises the social enterprise StartSomeGood.com, which has helped over 1,000 changemakers in 50 countries raise over $10 million.
 
He has written about leadership for Fast Company and the Guardian, lectured on social entrepreneurship in venues ranging from the White House to the World Bank, from Cambodia to Ukraine to the Arctic Circle, and his work as a changemaker and educator has been featured in publications including Forbes and the Washington Post.
 
Budak lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife Rebecca.