A transformational framework to help you live with intention and create meaningful impact.You're a high achiever on a successful career path-but something's missing. You have what many would consider to be a dream job, but you're feeling miserable and heading towards burnout-working from the crack of dawn to midnight every day, drowning in emails and meetings.You're working hard, but it lacks meaning. You know something must change, but you feel st...

"You start showing up as an adult when you take responsibility for your own freedom. This book is a resource to help build the insight and courage to make the braver choice."-Michael Bungay Stanier, best-selling author of The Coaching Habit—A transformational framework to help you redefine success when working harder isn't working.You're a high achiever on a successful career path—but something's missing. You have wh...

NOW A USA TODAY AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER!What are your limits? Care to break them?To inspire change in yourself and your team, you must break free from what's holding you down.In Elevate, award-winning CEO and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Robert Glazer reveals four life-changing principles—or capacities—that will allow you to overcome self-limiting beliefs, establish positiv...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERThe latest edition of the gold-standard guide for leadership developmentIn the new seventh edition of The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations, best-selling leadership authors and business scholars James Kouzes and Barry Posner deliver an essential strategic playbook for effective leadership. The book’s actionable advice is grounded in robust research and deep insigh...

Using empathy around the workplace.Empathy is credited as a factor in improved relationships and even better product development. But while it’s easy to say “just put yourself in someone else’s shoes,” the reality is that understanding the motivations and emotions of others often proves elusive.This book helps you understand what empathy is, why it’s important, how to surmount the hurdles that make you less empathetic—and when too much empathy is j...

How a million little things are dragging you down, and what to do about it.There's a force we encounter every day that we aren't aware of—and it threatens to derail otherwise promising careers and lives: microstress.This hidden epidemic of small moments of stress has insidiously infiltrated both our work and our personal lives with invisible but devastating effects. Microstress doesn't trigger the normal stress response in our brains to help us dea...

*Nonfiction Book Award Silver Medal**2023 NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite*The how-to guide for transformative leadershipEvery employee, at every level, wants to feel seen, heard, and respected. If we don't feel safe, we can't be our best selves or do our most creative work. This is why leaders must ensure psychological safety for everyone in their team. Whether you're a manager, CEO, or entrepreneur, The Psychological Safety Playbook is the guide you need to...

A leadership consultant shares the strategies to help people inspire positive change in business—and in life.Inspirational Presence is an invitation to create a new generation of leaders who are willing to challenge their ways of seeing the world and the people within it. These leaders will be appreciative of the global implications of their thoughts and actions, and know how to create profound change in themselves and in others. The methods and models pre...

At last a practical guide on intuitive decision-making for anyone in the business world to get to the answer they need faster.Intuition is the great differentiator in business. Listening to, trusting, and acting on your intuitive intelligence separates you from the pack as most people are not listening to theirs. Intuition is the one intangible skill that enables teams to function at a higher level and add more dimension and power to their ability to solve problems...

Furious customers? Missed deadlines? Failed products? The problems your business faces may stem from a single issue: lack of empathy.In this practical playbook for organizations of all types, Maria Ross pairs her knowledge as a branding expert with proven research and fascinating stories from executives, changemakers, and community leaders to prove that empathy is great for business—and may transform you at a personal level, too.Ross shows why your business needs to cultivate more ...

What does "making a difference" mean to you? How do you find your true purpose in life?There are hundreds of ways to make a difference in the world, and we are all hard wired to seek purpose and happiness. The expression of that purpose, however, differs from person to person. Whereas one person may find fulfillment in volunteering, another may create an impact by being an authentic leader. The question is-what works for you?Making a Difference by Being...

Why do people follow some leaders and not others?Why do your friends have so much influence on you?This book will discuss those topics and expand on these ideas, as well as others. We will point out how consumer behavior is directed by advertising, how you can become a more powerful influencer, and go into details about leadership qualities everyone should have. Some of these qualities can trigger one to become sneaky and subtle but powerful in their convincing methods....