The Innovation Mentality: Six Strategies to Disrupt the Status Quo and Reinvent the Way We Work

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Companies and their leaders need a new strategy for success because, without it, change is merely substitution, not evolution. Simply put, business is becoming less about the business defining the individual and more about the individual defining the business. As individuals creating shared cultures that drive change and foster growth, people feel they are making contributions and connecting to leaders and their companies. As a leader, you need the wisdom and courage to turn the spotlight of accountability on yourself. Problem is, most of us have no idea how to do this. That's where Glenn Llopis comes in. Featuring six ways to disrupt the status quo and reinvent the way we work, The Innovation Mentality gives entrepreneurial and corporate leaders the tools they need to work with colleagues and employees to harness the power of positive change for the long term.

Glenn Llopis (pronounced 'yo-pes) is the Chairman of the Glenn Llopis Group-a nationally recognized thought-leadership, human capital, and business strategy consulting firm. As a speaker, consultant, and executive coach to Fortune 500 companies and beyond, Glenn guides leaders and organizations to embrace a new type of thinking that helps them evolve and stay ahead of the rapid changes in the workplace and marketplace to drive growth. He is the best-selling author of the book Earning Serendipity and contributing writer to Forbes, Huffington Post, and Harvard Business Review. He has been recognized as a top 20 influential writer at Forbes and a top 100 leadership speaker and business thinker by Inc. magazine. His new book The Innovation Mentality (Entrepreneur Press) will release February 2017. Jim Eber is a veteran marketing writer and collaborator specializing in business and food. He has worked with many new and established authors on projects and served as the writer on the best-selling Think Big, Act Bigger by Jeffrey Hayzlett.

"The Innovation Mentality stands out from the rest by its elegant simplicity to point out the obvious: We are no longer what we used to be. Enterprises that are focused on the past and the present will miss the future. Llopis knows where America's profitable future will be. He has lived it." -Mike Fernandez, Chairman, MBF Healthcare Partners "Llopis has identified a winning strategy for 21st century leadership: be forward thinking, embrace diversity of thought, and commit to strategically aligning the needs of your people, consumers and business." -Robert W. Stone, President and CEO of City of Hope, a Cancer Research and Treatment Institution Dedicated to Innovation in Biomedical Research "Llopis approaches business issues of diversity, leadership, and innovation from a fresh perspective and has crafted a book that is both inspirational and highly applicable. The Innovation Mentality is a must read for anyone who wants to leverage rapid demographic shifts in the workplace and marketplace to achieve personal and professional success." -Taylor Flake, Vice President, Human Resources Global Groups at PepsiCo "Our evolution and growth as a business is founded on an unwavering commitment to putting people, Customers, and associates at the center of what we do. The six strategies in The Innovation Mentality elevate and strengthen our core values by reinforcing the importance of creating environments where authenticity is encouraged and deeply valued." -Gisel Ruiz, Executive Vice President, International People Division at Walmart "When it comes to our diverse, multigenerational workforce and customers, leaders have been solving for the wrong things far too long. The Innovation Mentality provides the wisdom to solve for the right things and guide companies of any size to seize one of the last remaining true bastions of growth opportunity." -Fred Diaz, Vice President and General Manager, North America Trucks and Light Commercial Vehicles, Nissan North America, Inc. "The Innovation Mentality clearly identifies how diversity of thought drives people and business to grow and evolve together. Llopis guides organizations to renew and reinvent how they lead to establish competitive advantage in today's fiercely competitive marketplaces." -David L. Casey, Vice President, Workforce Strategies and Chief Diversity Officer at CVS Health "We need time-sensitive and people-sensitive leadership strategies to drive growth in more diverse workplaces and marketplaces. Llopis' breakthrough methodology provides that and reminds us that leadership must have intimacy with both the people and the businesses that we lead and serve." -Jorge Caballero, Senior Tax Partner at Deloitte Tax "Llopis knows first hand that what moves people's minds and hearts is what moves business. In a world of accelerating and volatile change, any company that ignores the lessons of this book does so at their own peril." -Robert C. Wolcott, Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and Cofounder and Executive Director of the Kellogg Innovation Network "Glenn Llopis tells it like it is: businesses are creating opportunity gaps rather than seizing the right Opportunities for growth. This book not only tells us why but also shows how the workplace and marketplace must embrace the courage diversity of thought brings to rebuild an organizations' and leaders' mindset to seize previously unseen strategies for growth." -Victor Crawford, COO at Aramark "The Innovation Mentality captures exactly what is missing in business today: an investment in people, competency requirements, and an overall mindset that converges workforce and marketplace and places people at the center of our capital management and growth strategies." -Nik Modi, Managing Director at RBC Capital Markets "A new set of skills and strategies are required to be successful in the Reinvented American economy. Glenn Llopis clearly maps out these strategies and teaches us how to operationalize them in a socially and ethically responsible manner. The Innovation Mentality is a must read for anyone looking to create true sustainable opportunity and growth." -Adlai Wertman, David C. Bohnett Professor of Social Entrepreneurship, Marshall School of Business at University of Southern California "The Innovation Mentality hits all the right notes when it comes to business growth. What makes Llopis' six strategies different is they're profoundly human. Leaders must have the courage to seize the demographic shift and make innovative thinking a core competency. Diversity of thought is a strategic imperative to building the future." -Stephanie Neuvirth, Vice President, Talent Acquisition at Mars Petcare