Persuadable, Al Pittampalli
Persuadable, Al Pittampalli
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Persuadable
How Great Leaders Change Their Minds to Change The World

Author: Al Pittampalli

Narrator: Al Pittampalli

Unabridged: 7 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 01/26/2016


Synopsis

As a leader, changing your mind has always been perceived as a weakness. Not anymore. In a world that’s changing faster than ever, successful leaders realize that a genuine willingness to change their own minds is the ultimate competitive advantage.Drawing on evidence from social science, history, politics, and more, business consultant Al Pittampalli reveals why confidence, consistency, and conviction, are increasingly becoming liabilities—while humility, inconsistency, and radical open-mindedness are powerful leadership assets.In Persuadable, you’ll learn how Ray Dalio became the most successful hedge fund manager in the world by strategically curbing confidence. How Alan Mullaly saved Ford Motor Company, not by staying the course, but by continually changing course. How one Nobel Prize-winning scientist discovered the cause of ulcers by bravely doubting his own entrenched beliefs. You’ll learn how Billy Graham’s change of heart helped propel the civil rights movement, and how a young NFL linebacker’s radical new position may prove to alter the world of professional football as we know it.Pittampalli doesn’t just explain why you should be persuadable. Distilling cutting edge research from cognitive and social psychology, he shows you precisely how. Rife with actionable advice, Persuadable is an invaluable guide for today’s data-driven, results-oriented leader.

About Al Pittampalli

Al Pittampalli is the author of Read This Before Our Next Meeting, a manifesto for transforming the way organizations hold meetings. As a business consultant, Al has helped organizations like NASA, Boeing, Hertz, and Nokia adapt to a fast-changing world. He is a former IT advisor at Ernst & Young LLP and lives in New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Poonam on July 26, 2021

With books that have the summary in the title, like Persuadable does, I often wonder why anyone would want to read 200 pages telling you to do just that – be persuadable? In such instances, the author, personally, must do much more than just tell me – the reader, the benefits of doing what he wants......more

Goodreads review by Soundview on March 19, 2019

Persuadable: How Great Leaders Change Their Minds to Change the World by Al Pittampalli was chosen by Soundview Executive Book Summaries as one of the Top Business Books of 2016. THE SOUNDVIEW OVERVIEW: As a leader, changing your mind has always been perceived as a weakness. Not anymore. In a world th......more

Goodreads review by Andy on August 04, 2024

The general idea of this book is nice. Humility is the mother of all virtues, as the Tao says. I'm open to being persuaded that this guy has a method for helping people to change their minds away from BS and toward reality. The book has some cherry-picked anecdotes about some people who were persuad......more

Goodreads review by Ro on March 23, 2020

It took me about a year to complete this one, slightly more to do with me picking up other reads and a bit about how the content is laid out by the author here. I personally found the examples quoted not convincing, but net net it draws the point across. My key take away been - what evidence will I......more