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GLENN LLOPIS (pronounced ‘yō-pēs) is the Chairman of the Glenn Llopis Group— a nationally recognized thought leadership, human capital, and business strategy consulting firm. As a senior advisor and speaker to Fortune 500 companies and beyond, Glenn is known as the “Opportunity Expert” for his ability to identify and solve for opportunity gaps that others don’t see. He then guides leaders at those 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 Entrepreneur.com, 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 in Inc. magazine.
who has worked with many companies and publishing houses. This is his first book with Glenn. InnovationMentality.com Facebook.com/glennllopisgroup @GlennLlopis Cover design by Andrew Welyczko
“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.”
“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.”
MIKE FERNANDEZ
“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.”
“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.”
Chairman, MBF Healthcare Partners
GISEL RUIZ
Executive Vice President, International People Division at Walmart
THE INNOVATION MENTALITY
ROBERT W. STONE
President and CEO of City of Hope, A Cancer Research and Treatment Institution Dedicated to Innovation in Biomedical Research
FRED DIAZ
Vice President and General Manager, North America Trucks and Light Commercial Vehicles, Nissan North America, Inc.
ISBN-13: 978-1-59918-603-0 ISBN-10: 1-59918-603-9
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ARE YOU MISSING GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU? Today’s marketplace growth and business evolution requires leaders to immediately identify and close opportunity gaps by leveraging the full potential of their workplace culture, employees, teams, partnerships, and client and consumer relationships. This requires leaders to take ownership of a new mindset: the innovation mentality. In this insightful yet practical book, Glenn Llopis brings attention to the alarming leadership identity crisis plaguing today’s businesses and articulates the mindset behind The Innovation Mentality to help leaders like you recognize and capitalize on growth opportunities. Llopis delivers an in-depth look at what it really means to be a leader and invites you to discover and implement six essential strategies designed to disrupt the status quo and reinvent the way you work. These six strategies will help you:
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JIM EBER is a veteran business writer
The Innovation Mentality is a transformational journey—an urgent call-to-action for leaders like you to immediately apply evolutionary thinking, strengthen your wisdom, achieve significance, embolden business models, and reinvent the workplace to create and sustain a real competitive advantage in the marketplace.
THE INNOVATION MENTALITY
GROWTH AND EVOLUTION IN TODAY’S BUSINESS REQUIRES A NEW LEADERSHIP MINDSET
$24.95 US Business / Leadership
six strategies to disrupt the status quo and reinvent the way we work Glenn Llopis with Jim Eber
• Discover your leadership identity and what you solve for • Define your workplace culture to attract and develop talent that best serves the marketplace • Move employees from the fringe to the center of your growth strategy • See diversity and inclusion as a profit center rather than a cost center Break free from the one-size-fits-all templates and have the wisdom and courage to help your business, brand, and employees evolve. It’s time to embrace The Innovation Mentality.