Stephen Shapiro was a superstar. With an Ivy League degree and a hot job at a big consulting form, he spent most days jet-setting around the world, re-engineering business processes to help firms become more productive and efficient.
He liked the work, and he was good at it. Then one day a news story changed his path. A project he had worked on had resulted in 10,000 layoffs and there, on the TV, he saw first-hand how the executives’ lives were still shattered a year later.
Steve was devastated. He took a 6-month leave of absence during which he made a decision: He would no longer help companies shrink, he would help them grow.
Today, 30 years and seven books later, he still at it, travelling around the world, helping companies solve big problems. His newest book, “Pivotal, shows how you can stop spinning and pivoting and create a stable, lasting competitive advantage.
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