Stepping Up : How Taking Responsibility Changes Everything. / John B. Izzo, Ph. D.

1. The Five Rows of Responsibility -- 2. It's Not My Job, It's Not My Fault -- 3. I am Only One Person -- 4. Only Naive People Change the World -- 5. The 100/0 Perinciple: 100 percent Responsibility/Zero Excuses -- 6. Do Something-Do Anything -- 7. Always Begin in the Room You Are In -- 8. Leadership Is Not a Position -- 9. Stepping Up or Stepping Back: How to Know the Difference -- 11. Creating a Company Culture of Stepping Up -- 12. Who Am I to Step Up? -- 13. One Person Always Matters -- Self-Assessment: Stepping Up -- Self-Assessment: Creating a Culture for Stepping Up -- Stepping Up for Change -- Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

"All too often, the challenges we face seem overwhelming. Where do we start? What if we fail? But bestselling author John Izzo argues that almost every problem, from personal difficulties and business challenges to social issues, can be solved if all of us look to ourselves to create change rather than looking to others. And with the research to prove it, Izzo shows that by seeing ourselves as the locus of control rather than the victims of change, we are happier, less stressed, and more powerful.Izzo shows how taking responsibility changes our careers, our companies, our lives, and our communities. This book is filled with stories that illustrate the incredible power of stepping up: a homeless man who started a recycling revolution, a middle-aged Italian shopkeeper who fought back against the Mafia, two teenagers who ignited an antibullying movement, an executive who turned a dying division into a profit center, and a few employees who created a multibillion dollar product for Starbucks, and many more. This second edition includes a new chapter on the Stepping Up Continuum, a model that looks at six ways to know if you are stepping up or stepping back, as well as fresh stories and a self-assessment tool for helping leaders create a culture for stepping up in their organizations. We have the power within ourselves to move mountains—we just have to decide that we are the ones to do it." -- Provided by publisher.

Dr. John Izzo is a bestselling author, a community leader, a journalist, a change agent, exec-utive coach, and one of North America’s most sought-after speakers on leadership, corpo-rate culture, personal develop-ment, and socially responsible business. Each year he speaks at over one hundred events around the world challenging people to step up to the challenge of leadership. ... Over the past twenty years he has spoken to over one mil-lion people, taught at two major universities, and helped over six hundred organizations create sustainable cultural change including WestJet, Tim Hortons, Hewlett Packard, TELUS, Applebee’s, IBM, Walmart, the Mayo Clinic, and Clorox. His work has been featured by the likes of CNN, CBC, the Wa l l Street Journal, Fast Company, and Ma c l e a n’s .Izzo holds a bachelor of arts degree in sociology from Hofstra University, a master’s in theology from McCormick Theological Seminary, and a doctorate from Kent State Uni-versity. He has served on the board of several large nonprofit agencies including United We Can, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, and BeadforLife.

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