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"Who needs help dealing with the constant change that is happening in our lives, our organizations, and our world? We all do! Leverage Change is a much-needed guide for dealing with change, no matter when or where it appears. Jake Jacobs’s 8 Levers will help you adjust the ways you already manage change to make them work better for you. Read this book, embrace change, and step into a more secure future!"
Ken and Margie Blanchard, cofounders of The Ken Blanchard Companies® and coauthors of Leading at a Higher Level
Why I Wrote This Book:
Why do some organizations work and others don’t? I’ve been curious about that question since my first real job on the assembly line of an ice cream novelty manufacturing plant and my second, tending bar in college. As a pioneer in the field of large group interventions, I have continued my discoveries about better ways for people and organizations to change. My consulting, writing, and teaching have all helped me continue in answering that question.
About the Author
I’ve worked with some of the largest corporations in the world including American Express, Corning, Ford, The Home Depot, Marriott, Mobil, and TJ Maxx. I’ve also supported major change efforts with the City of New York, the U.S. National Forest Service and Environmental Protection Agency and the United Kingdom’s National Health and Employment Services.
I’ve authored and co-authored seven books:
- Real Time Strategic Change: How to Involve an Entire Organization in Fast and Far-Reaching Change,
- You Don’t Have To Do It Alone: How to Involve Others to Get Things Done
- The Change Handbook
- Positively M.A.D.: Making a Difference in Your Organizations, Communities, and the World
- Organization Development at Work
- The Conscious Consultant and
- Change Champions
Notre Dame’s Executive Education Program, the U.S. Navy’s Postgraduate Institute, Roffey Park Management Institute in England, and St. Thomas University have all been opportunities to continue my own learning while teaching others.
Before starting my firm, I worked as an internal consultant at Ford, director of the University of Michigan’s Athletic Tutorial Program, an investigator at the Institute for Social Research, and an interior garage painter (my first entrepreneurial business).