Description:
Becoming a Changemaker is a radically inclusive playbook for leading positive change. It's a fresh, inspiring, and research-backed guide to developing the mindsets and leadership skills needed to navigate, shape, and lead change and to thrive amidst uncertainty.
A faculty member at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, Budak created and teaches the wildly popular course "Becoming a Changemaker," which has quickly grown into one of the most highly-rated courses anywhere on campus. It's regularly heralded by students as "transformative" and "life changing" but to date has only been accessible to students attending UC Berkeley.
Budak is driven by the belief that anyone--regardless of title, personality, race, gender, age, or class--can be a changemaker. This inclusive vision of leadership is the beating heart of the "Becoming a Changemaker" course, and is the driving force for the book as well. Tailored to the millennial/Gen Z set who are exiting school and entering the workforce, this book makes the lessons, insights, examples and excitement from class accessible to all.
Brief description:
ALEX BUDAK is a social entrepreneur and a professional faculty member at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, where he created and teaches the transformative course, "Becoming a Changemaker." He previously co‐founded StartSomeGood and held leadership positions at Reach for Change and Change.org. He teaches, speaks, consults, and advises organizations around the world, with the mission of helping people from all walks of life become changemakers. He's a graduate of Georgetown University and UCLA and received UCLA's recent graduate of the year award. He loves spending time with his two favorite changemakers: his wife, Rebecca, and their baby son. More at http: //alexbudak.com.
Review Quotes: In Becoming a Changemaker, Alex Budak issues a compelling challenge--be the leaders we wish we had and enact the change we want to see. Drawing on behavioral science and rich examples, he offers the tools you need to step up, play bigger and increase your impact. Truly the world is ready for this book!-- "Liz Wiseman, New York Times bestselling author of Multipliers and Impact Players"