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Take it as you will, and remember itвЂ™s merely free advice. However, after decades of leading successful companies large and small, IвЂ™ve learned a thing or two along the way and feel obligated to share those lessons. ItвЂ™s also not lost on me that this article purports that I am an expert myself вЂ“ even though thatвЂ™s not my intention. Just as you would approach any business deal, do your homework and check sources. As such, entrepreneurs must approach all вЂњexpertsвЂќ with healthy skepticism. ItвЂ™s a double-edged sword вЂ“ an open platform where anyone can tout their brilliance, whether legitimate or not. ItвЂ™s not lost on me that many of these claims happen on this platform, LinkedIn. Many of these shrill sales pitches are usually. They are not hard to identify if you know what to look for. Too often, unsuspecting entrepreneurs fall victim to gimmicky self-promoters promising quick returns. While that belief may occasionally be challenged, and even fade from time-to-time, itвЂ™s something that canвЂ™t be extinguished if you expect to succeed. Success takes work, study, time, determination, grit, courage, experimentation, resilience.and a belief in yourself. DonвЂ™t be misled by all the snake oil being sold. Despite the вЂњgrowth hacksвЂќ that some вЂњexpertsвЂќ advocate, thereвЂ™s no secret sauce or easy path. Much more than cogent analysis, No Shortcuts explains exactly how progressives can go about rebuilding powerful movements at work, in our communities, and at the ballot box.This article elaborates on my LinkedIn post last month that seemed to have struck a chord.ДonвЂ™t be fooled вЂ“ despite what many so-called вЂњgurusвЂќ would have you believe, it takes hard work and tenacity to grow a business or a career. She ultimately concludes that, in order to win, progressive movements need strong unions built from bottom-up organizing strategies that place the power for change in the hands of workers and ordinary people at the community level.Beyond the concrete examples in this book, McAlevey's arguments have direct implications for anyone involved in organizing for social change. McAlevey makes a compelling case that the great social movements of previous eras gained their power from mass organizing, a strategy today's progressives have mostly abandoned in favor of shallow mobilization or advocacy. Drawing upon her experience as a scholar and longtime organizer in the student, environmental, and labor movements, McAlevey examines cases from labor unions and social movements to pinpoint the factors that helped them succeed - or fail - to accomplish their intended goals. Why do progressives in the United States keep losing on so many issues?In No Shortcuts, Jane McAlevey argues that progressives can win, but lack the organized power to enact significant change, to outlast their bosses in labor fights, and to hold elected leaders accountable. Meanwhile, promising movements like Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter lack sufficient power to accomplish meaningful change.

Labor unions now focus on the narrowest possible understanding of the interests of their members, and membership continues to decline in lockstep with the narrowing of their goals.

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Today's progressives now work for professional organizations more comfortable with the inside game in Washington DC (and capitols throughout the West), where they are outmatched and outspent by corporate interests. The crisis of the progressive movement is so evident that nothing less than a fundamental rethinking of its basic assumptions is required.

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