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Growing @ the Speed of Change: Your Inspir-Actional How-To Guide for Leading Yourself and Others Through Constant Change Kindle Edition

by Jim Clemmer (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Growing @ the Speed of Change builds upon many of the personal growth and self-leadership concepts introduced in Growing the Distance: Timeless Principles for Personal, Career, and Family Success. But what's especially exciting and different about Growing @ the Speed of Change are the hundreds of practical action ideas that make this book "inspir-actional."

Growing @ the Speed of Change is required reading for anyone dealing with the pressures brought about by constant change and uncertainty.

This practical guide, uses the tools of personal growth and development to help readers find balance and thrive in a world where the accelerating pace of change is the new normal.
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"This book is brimming with practical advice and abundant wisdom. For those embarked on transforming organizations there couldn't be a more useful tool to inspire and outline the leadership behaviors needed across all levels and positions." --Jack Zenger, CEO of Zenger Folkman, and co-author of the best-selling The Extraordinary Leader and The Inspiring Leader

"There is no doubt, change is a constant. However, what we need today is transformational change -- change that produces profound personal, organizational, and even global results. Jim Clemmer's newest book "Growing @ the Speed of Change" can help both individuals and organizations achieve the level of remarkable change they desire. This book chalk full of helpful advice, proven theory, and practical application. In a world in need of transformational change agents, Jim is your guide, and this book is your roadmap to a better future." --Mark Rodgers, PhD Habitat for Humanity Canada, Vice-President Product Description

"Change is inevitable. This is an excellent handbook to prepare people to thrive through change." --Jim Estill, Former CEO of SYNNEX Canada and RIM Board Member

"Change is here to stay! Learn how to successfully handle it with this practical and enjoyable guide." --Marshall Goldsmith - million selling author of What Got You Here Won't Get You There, Succession: Are You Ready? and the upcoming MOJO.

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.... and Dickens was talking about the times of the French Revolution when you could see things as awful or wonderful and it is really from your own perspective. Jim Clemmer uses this type of example and takes it to the next level, keeping you entertained as he teaches you how to lead. I would use brilliant but I would prefer to say this is the type of book to keep handy in the office and to read snippets to keep energized and leading in the best way possible. So I'm off the pity bus and heading for Winner's Circle." --Jacoline Loewen, Managing Director, Loewen & Partners Inc.

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Here are some other features that will make this book a unique and treasured addition to your library:
- "Browser's digest" or magazine-style format with three main streams.
- Short sections of easily digested commentary, observations, and advice.
- Condensed sidebars with stories, fables, "wise words," or how-to points.
- Classical or modern quotations summarizing or underscoring the key message of the section or sidebar.
- "Edutaining" conversational style with liberal doses of humor and personal stories.
- Dozens of how-to practical applications to move you from inspiration to application.
- "To Keep You Growing" section at the end of each chapter links to dozens of articles, books, workbooks, and website sections so you can dig deeper.
- Over 150 footnotes of all quotations, studies, and references that can be used for further study.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B007NARV3O
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ TCG Press (September 24, 2009)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 24, 2009
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 386 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 242 pages
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Jim Clemmer

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I have a lifelong passion for personal, team, and organization development. My research, writing, workshop/retreat facilitation, and keynote presentations focus on “inspir-action” — practical approaches proven to move leaders from inspiration to implementation.

My international best-selling books (over 400,000 sold), blog, columns, and newsletters have helped hundreds of thousands of people worldwide.

I've delivered over 1,500 keynotes, workshops, and retreats. I can shamelessly drop big names if you’re interested. I am all too aware that the danger of long experience is staleness and getting stuck in a rut (which can become a grave with the ends knocked out).

To avoid marinating in my own seasoning, I am constantly writing, updating, researching, and expanding my material and approaches. Besides lots of war stories and a few battle scars, I've developed a sizeable toolkit of development exercises, assessments, learning methods, strategic frameworks, and implementation processes. Among my achievements, I am especially proud of tripling the size of my forehead!

My wife, Heather, and I live in the center of the universe -- Kitchener, Ontario (just west of Toronto, Canada). Despite years of enduring my Dad Jokes, our three adult children are all married and living in Waterloo Region. They’re now repaying us for those teenage years with the smartest, cutest, and most advanced grandchildren ever born. (less)

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John W. Pearson
3.0 out of 5 stars Conflicted, Yet Moments of Brilliance
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2010
I devour management and leadership books. I think I've read most of the great ones. This is pretty good, but I'm conflicted.

"Wallowing, Following and Leading"--is brilliant. The best writers and motivators grab you with memorable words that paint a picture. Just showing this W-F-L list to a non-performing team member will clarify the situation immediately. Good stuff.

"Wallow Words: The Tempting Ten" (I am not a born leader. I don't have the authority. I am overloaded and overwhelmed, etc.) takes a blue sky concept and makes it meaningful to folks in the trenches.

Best line in the book: "Leadership is an action, not a position." Amen. Plus, the insights in "Manage Your Own Time or Someone Else Will" and the sections on leading your boss are worth the price of the book. The "I am avoiding the moose-on-the-table" self-assessment is a winner.

But I'm conflicted. Coming from a faith-based core value system (see my book,  Mastering The Management Buckets: 20 Critical Competencies for Leading Your Business or Non-profit ), I had a disconnect in seeing the author's extensive use of references and quotations from the Dalai Lama, 13th century mystics ("The eye with which I see God, is the eye with which God sees me" -- not true, for which I'm grateful!), Buddha, etc. I don't find that these references (and the author's reliance on the teachings of Buddism) are in alignment with my understanding and spiritual convictions that inform leaders and managers in how to lead and bless team members in the workplace.

So, I won't be recommending the book to my eNews readers or my clients. But, like I said, I'm conflicted. As much as I don't like author photos on the front cover or too much self-promotion (there's a lot), Jim Clemmer packs up a lot of value in just over 200 pages.
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Barton Breen
4.0 out of 5 stars Get Past the Shtick and the Content is Good
Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2009
I am reviewing this book at the request of the publisher who sent it to me in return for this review. No promises were made or implied and this review represents my personal opinion of the content and value of this book.

I will confess that my first impression of the book as I received it and examined the cover was to heave a sigh of resignation. Another self-help book, with a marketing bent to promote other materials from the same author and organization was my first impression. A quick scan through the material seemed to confirm that first impression as it is indeed, very much a book that by its own admission is something of a road map to the other works and resources of this author and practically every chapter concluded with a list of related materials.

I was tempted for this reason alone, to limit my rating of the book as just another promotional tool and suggest that the average reader should save their time and money and watch an infomercial for free, (assuming you can avoid the impulse to order in the next 60 seconds while operators are standing by.)

Thankfully however, I don't review and evaluate books without first reading them, and I have to tell you, that I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the content, the references (although not in the context of direct recommendation to other works outside the author's own works) and the substance of much of the material did hit upon many elements that in my own professional development and personal growth I have found helpful.

First, the book is laid out very well and in short bite-sized pieces that will allow the average reader to move very quickly and comfortably through the subjects. Each chapter appears designed to stand on its own and allow the time challenged reader to pick and choose, if they so choose, what appeals to them. Indeed, this is not a bad approach to this book; although I did read it straight through and found it was an easy book to manage in the many short opportunities that present themselves through a day.

The text is laid out magazine style which subtly allows the reader to scan and retain more of the material and the context appears very purposely streamlined and segmented to allow the reader to "get in" and "get out" of any section with speed and ease.

Those elements in and of themselves are not enough to recommend the book but I did find them positive.

Moving to the content of the book, often these types of self-help books are exercises in rhetoric that seek to elicit some sort of motivational response in the reader. It in effect becomes the literary equivalent of a pep rally where emotions are stirred and some sort of elevation of purpose elicited. Again, this was not the case. I was impressed with the range of references to authoritative sources from several different fields and I was particularly impressed with the many references to the realm of cognitive therapy by the author as a strong resource for those seeking self-improvement. That alone to me was strong enough to elevate this from the typical motivational material that I, and I think many others as well, have heard enough of to where our internal filters kick in and take over.

What motivated me to give this book 4 stars as opposed to 5 stars however was the limitation of direct references to other materials to the author's material alone. It would not take a great deal of work on the part of the reader to track down the other materials referenced based upon the passing references, quotes and names which are indeed plentiful. However, for the price of the book, to use it as a marketing enhancer to this degree by limiting direct reference to only one's own material would argue that the book is as much a marketing piece to generate additional sales as it is a standalone contribution to the benefit of the reader on the book's own merits, and perhaps I'm just old fashioned enough that I would feel a little manipulated to pay full price for a resource to find I was paying for a significant level of "ads". Even movies, (usually) limit the direct appeals to the previews before the main event.

That said, however, I wouldn't be disinclined to read more of Jim Clemmer and this element in this context was not enough to overcome the positives I found in reading through the material. The personal and organizational skills referenced and explained, even at a high level should serve the average reader well and give them enough resources to pursue those elements that fit their personal needs.

4 Stars. A book well worth reading.

bart breen
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