Make Waves: Be the One to Start Change at Work and in Life

Make Waves encourages readers to step up and be the one to initiate change in their work and lives. Author Patti B. Johnson walks readers through the tools and techniques that they can use to create change in their own situations; elaborating on these tools gives readers a sense of how to encourage and instill these "wave-making" behaviors within their organization.

Using case studies as illustrative examples, Make Waves highlights the important steps that individuals can take toward positive change, bridging the gap between desires and actions necessary to realize bigger changes.

This new edition provides a more current and timely view of change with the expansion of the section on the mindset of a Wave Maker and more current examples.

New areas of focus are:

• How our thoughts drive our readiness to change
• Our personal "backpacks" and what we carry with us into every situation regardless of the facts, and the importance of knowing our "go-to’s" and triggers
• Our habits drive almost half of our daily decisions, yet a change requires us to approach our work and life differently
• The most common obstacles to thinking like a Wave Maker

Patti Johnson is an author, instructor, and the CEO of PeopleResults, a change and organizational development consultancy she founded in 2004. She consults, speaks, and writes about how individuals and organizations start and create the change needed to reach their goals.

Previously, Patti was a senior executive at Accenture, a global management consulting firm, where she played an essential role in creating new change service offerings, global talent programs, and providing expertise on complex changes with numerous clients over 17 years. After deciding to become an entrepreneur, she created PeopleResults and assembled a talented team of experts and trusted colleagues. PeopleResults has grown and now provides expertise to clients, such as PepsiCo, Frito-Lay, McKesson, 7-Eleven, Microsoft, and many others.

Patti enjoys being in the classroom and is an instructor on change for Southern Methodist University in Dallas and for the Bush Institute Women’s Initiative. She is also a frequent contributor and writer on change, leadership, and talent issues for national media, including Entrepreneur, The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, MONEY magazine, Fast Company, and SUCCESS magazine. After growing up in Ponca City, Oklahoma, Patti’s home is in the Dallas area where she lives with her husband, Jim, and sons, Patrick and Will, when in town, and their two dogs, Lucy and Pawly.