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Master persuasion as a leadership practice to spark change that sticks, turn resistance into collaboration, and move teams from compliance to lasting commitment.
Most change efforts fail not because of poor strategy but because leaders struggle to win genuine commitment. Between 60 and 70 percent of major organizational change initiatives fall short or fail outright. The missing ingredient? Constructive persuasion.
Drawing on over two decades of research and coaching thousands of executives worldwide, Dr. Jay Conger shatters outdated myths about persuasion as manipulation or performance. Instead, he reveals persuasion as the essential leadership practice that transforms resistance into collaboration, ideas into action, and plans into sustained progress.
Readers will learn to do the following:
Each chapter delivers field-tested frameworks, readiness checklists, and real-world cases from banking, healthcare, technology, and beyond. The result is a transformative playbook that elevates persuasion from soft skill to the decisive force behind leadership success in the 21st century.
Most change efforts fail not because of poor strategy but because leaders struggle to win genuine commitment. Between 60 and 70 percent of major organizational change initiatives fall short or fail outright. The missing ingredient? Constructive persuasion.
Drawing on over two decades of research and coaching thousands of executives worldwide, Dr. Jay Conger shatters outdated myths about persuasion as manipulation or performance. Instead, he reveals persuasion as the essential leadership practice that transforms resistance into collaboration, ideas into action, and plans into sustained progress.
Readers will learn to do the following:
- Map influence networks and identify key decision-makers who can tip organizational support
- Build credibility through humility, transparency, and demonstrated expertise rather than positional authority
- Frame problems that invite collaboration instead of triggering defensiveness
- Craft compelling evidence that combines data with emotional resonance
- Orchestrate the emotional arc that moves teams from uncertainty to confidence and commitment
- Remain open to being influenced themselves—the mark of truly persuasive leaders
Each chapter delivers field-tested frameworks, readiness checklists, and real-world cases from banking, healthcare, technology, and beyond. The result is a transformative playbook that elevates persuasion from soft skill to the decisive force behind leadership success in the 21st century.
Learn how to lead in uncertain times, build resilience, and generate credible hope when chaos threatens-using practical faith-based leadership tools and AI-powered imagination to navigate the future with confidence.
You're facing unprecedented chaos. Faith and hope are collapsing worldwide. The institutions, norms, and alliances that once felt stable are fracturing. As a leader—in business, government, nonprofits, or faith communities—you're struggling to inspire confidence in any future at all. Your people can't work toward futures they can't imagine or trust futures they haven't been invited to shape.
What you need is a new path forward. This book gives you practical tools to generate credible hope when everything feels uncertain:
Following two personas navigating leadership in chaos, Johansen, Doyle, and Kirshbaum show you how to treat imagination as a leadership practice and make repair something visible, communal, and real. You'll learn to generate and share calm trust in futures worth striving for—giving your people the credible hope they desperately need.
You're facing unprecedented chaos. Faith and hope are collapsing worldwide. The institutions, norms, and alliances that once felt stable are fracturing. As a leader—in business, government, nonprofits, or faith communities—you're struggling to inspire confidence in any future at all. Your people can't work toward futures they can't imagine or trust futures they haven't been invited to shape.
What you need is a new path forward. This book gives you practical tools to generate credible hope when everything feels uncertain:
- The Credible Hope Compass—a practical framework for making leadership decisions when faith has been weaponized and hope feels naive
- Methods to use generative AI to envision alternative futures and expand your team's imagination
- Faith-enhanced leadership practices that move you beyond denial or despair into action
Following two personas navigating leadership in chaos, Johansen, Doyle, and Kirshbaum show you how to treat imagination as a leadership practice and make repair something visible, communal, and real. You'll learn to generate and share calm trust in futures worth striving for—giving your people the credible hope they desperately need.
Learn how to create belonging, trust, and lasting impact through 3 simple questions that transform how you lead, serve, and connect—from a hospitality pioneer who turned radical care into business success.
Exhausted by leadership that demands you perform instead of connect? Tired of chasing metrics while losing the human touch? Ready to lead with heart without sacrificing results?
This book introduces a revolutionary framework for leadership rooted in real hospitality: Did you show up? Did you make room? Did you build belonging? These are the daily practices that transformed Abode Luxury Rentals into an Inc. 5000 company with celebrity clients and a culture people never want to leave.
Through behind-the-scenes stories from running one of America's most sought-after vacation rental brands, Rachel Alday reveals how she built a business on presence, care, and connection. You'll discover how to
Paired with expert insights from leadership consultants Linny Jones and Harte Logan—who've worked with Google, Disney, and The Getty Leadership Institute—each chapter ends with practical tools you can use immediately to start turning small moments of genuine care into extraordinary results.
Stop managing like the old guard. Start leading with your humanity.
Exhausted by leadership that demands you perform instead of connect? Tired of chasing metrics while losing the human touch? Ready to lead with heart without sacrificing results?
This book introduces a revolutionary framework for leadership rooted in real hospitality: Did you show up? Did you make room? Did you build belonging? These are the daily practices that transformed Abode Luxury Rentals into an Inc. 5000 company with celebrity clients and a culture people never want to leave.
Through behind-the-scenes stories from running one of America's most sought-after vacation rental brands, Rachel Alday reveals how she built a business on presence, care, and connection. You'll discover how to
- turn mistakes into loyalty,
- set boundaries that build trust, and
- create the kind of experiences people remember for life.
Paired with expert insights from leadership consultants Linny Jones and Harte Logan—who've worked with Google, Disney, and The Getty Leadership Institute—each chapter ends with practical tools you can use immediately to start turning small moments of genuine care into extraordinary results.
Stop managing like the old guard. Start leading with your humanity.