CHAPTER 6

Change Is Here to Stay

In this chapter, we’re going to explore one of the most difficult aspects of leadership, especially for entrepreneurs: CHANGE. Not many people like change. Do you ever wish that things could just stay the same? You have your business, it’s doing fine, and then along comes something that changes everything. A simple example is, say you’re an oil company and then all of a sudden (or not all of a sudden, you just didn’t notice it), solar panels and wind turbines are popping up everywhere threatening your oil company profits. You can struggle to hang on and push your product as the only solution, or you can jump into the development of solar and wind energy. For a big oil company, that’s a slow change they have to ...

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