Change Now, Better than Later

A new book, Firing Back: How Great Leaders Rebound After Career Disasters by Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Andrew Ward, outlines a roadmap for recovery from a career disaster. The book’s five-step approach (see below) could also apply to a change agent’s approach to success. Change agents should keep these in mind, and not wait until the game is over to start playing by the right rules.

“Fight, not flight”

“Recruit others into battle”

“Rebuild heroic stature”

“Prove your mettle”

“Rediscover the heroic mission”

See the Businessweek review.