The Ring in the Rubble: Dig Through Change and Find Your Next Golden Opportunity
Gary Bradt





Format: Paperback, 208pp.
ISBN: 9781259589645
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date: April 10, 2015

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Description and Reviews
From The Publisher:

When unexpected change reduces your best-laid plans to rubble, golden opportunities always lie beneath the surface.

It's up to you to find them.

Change always creates hidden opportunities. A leader's job is unearthing them. In The Ring in the Rubble, change authority Gary Bradt reveals the secrets to moving beyond the rubble of disruption, fear, and uncertainty that change often creates, to finding the golden ring of opportunity that always lies beneath.

Each chapter of this breakthrough book delivers a powerful principle for leading change, supported by engaging real-life experiences of the author and other well-known business executives that illustrate how to put principles into action. Bradt asks penetrating questions that help you “dig deeper” and pinpoint the best ways for applying these principles to your specific change effort.

You will discover how Richard Schulze weathered a devastating event that threatened to destroy everything he'd worked so hard to build-and became the founder of Best Buy in the process. You'll see how a 65-year-old man, nearly broke after having suffered a string of disastrous setbacks, dug through the rubble to emerge as Colonel Harland Sanders, who remains the face of Kentucky Fried Chicken to this day. Change itself doesn't dictate the eventual outcome of your situation; how you think about and handle change is what makes all the difference. You'll never find the ring if you don't start digging!


Reviews

It's up to you to find them.“Bradt's message in this excellent and inspiring book is a 'golden ring' itself amidst the rubble often permeating our lives. It not only speaks true but makes you strive for more.”

—Stephen R. Covey, author, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

“Beautifully written and full of wisdom, The Ring in the Rubble is a gem.”

—Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One Minute Manager and Leading at a Higher Level

About the Author

Gary Bradt is one of today's most popular speakers on the leadership circuit, addressing corporate audiences around the world. His clients include IBM, General Motors, American Express, General Electric, eBay, FedEx, and NASA.


Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	ix
	My Story	1
	Introduction	5
	You'll Never Find the Ring if You Don't Start Digging	13
	Let Go	23
	Latch On to What Matters Most	37
	Don't Manage Time, Invest It in People	49
	Don't Forget to Invest in Your Precious Gems at Home	63
	Repeat After Me: You Are Not the Center of the Universe	77
	Finding the Ring Requires Teamwork: Engaging Others to Dig for the Ring	89
	What to Do When the Rubble Is Deep, Your Patience Is Short, and the Odds Are Long	103
	There's a Fortune in Failure	115
	The Secret Fears That Keep You Up Digging Well Past Midnight	127
	Moving from Pain to Gain When Things Change	141
	No Excuses: Love What You Do or Find Another Place to Dig	155
	But I'm Afraid: Pick Up the Shovel and Dig Anyhow	171
	Rings Don't Come Free; Make Sure the Price You Pay Is Worth It	183
	Epilogue	191

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