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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – New Book Calls for “A Decade of Rebuilders” Amid Evidence, Insight on Critical Leadership Needs in the 2020s

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QUESTION: “How did you get to this leadership concept of ‘Rebuilders,’ because I understand this wasn’t the book you set out to write?”…

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“My work as CEO of the United Nations Foundation was about creating a fairer and more sustainable world through investment in people and their communities. It was always clear that the most important lever is leadership and Paul Shoemaker's book provides inspiration and a pathway for the 2020s”

KATHY CALVIN, CEO, United Nations Foundation, 2010-2020

“In my work at Ballmer Group, I see challenges and opportunities across America. The solutions are very complex but leadership will always be part of the equation. Paul’s years of collaboration with and counsel to leaders delivers invaluable lessons”

CONNIE BALLMER, CEO, Ballmer Group

“My greater purpose at Starbucks was helping people to reach their full potential. Shoemaker’s book is very resonant for me and supports many of my core beliefs about leadership and its importance for our future.”

HOWARD BEHAR, Co-founder Starbucks, Leadership mentor

"In his new book, Taking Charge of Change: How Rebuilders Solve Hard Problems, Paul Shoemaker offers us clear, deep fundamentals for how to lead impactful social change that mixes the rigor, insight and inspiration of my friends Bill Drayton and Jim Collins. When you finish reading his book, put on your shelf next to David Bornstein's How to Change the World as you will refer to it often."

William F. Meehan III, Raccoon Partners Lecturer in Strategic Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business, Senior Partner Emeritus, McKinsey and Co., Co-author, with Kim Starkey of Engine of Impact: Essentials of Strategic Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector