Books that ignite new ways of thinking
Thought-provoking, research-based concepts that encourage leaders to contemplate what it means to be a leader in today’s world.


Leading Strategic Shifts
Nine Make-or-Break Behaviors That Drive Successful Transformation.
Most organizations are not facing one challenge at a time. They are navigating multiple strategic challenges all at once. In fact, 87% of organizations are currently going through strategic shifts, according to our most recent research. From market disruption and technology change to talent pressure, geopolitical uncertainty, and rising expectations, the pressure to adapt has never been greater.
In Leading Strategic Shifts, Vince Molinaro shows why these moments are never just shifts in strategy. They are leadership shifts. This book helps leaders understand what strategic shifts demand, how leadership accountability shapes success, and which behaviors matter most when the stakes are high.
Key Takeaways
- Understand why strategic shifts require leaders to rethink not only strategy, but how they lead, align, and work together.
- Learn the Define, Align, Embed framework for creating clarity, accelerating execution, and sustaining momentum.
- Explore the nine make-or-break leadership behaviors that help organizations navigate transformation with greater accountability and confidence.
Available February 9, 2027. Read the first chapter free

Community of Leaders
What it takes to drive strategy, culture, and change
Do the leaders in your company work together towards a common goal? Do they trust one another? Are they accountable not only individually but also as a team? These are just a few traits found in community-minded leaders, the kind of leaders essential to grow your organization.
Leadership is best executed with collaboration in mind. If you’re ready to transform the leadership culture in your organization to foster a strong community, Community of Leaders™ is the place to start.
Key Takeaways
- Understand why having a strong leadership culture in your organization is critical, how to build it, and how to sustain it for long term success.
- Gain practical tools to accelerate the creation of community in your organization through detailed, accessible strategies, and awareness of common complications.
- Learn real-world stories and researched statistics that will give you a glimpse into community-based leadership in action and a clear understanding of exactly how it can benefit your team and your business.

Accountable Leaders
Inspire a culture where everyone steps up, takes ownership, and delivers results
Accountable Leaders is the real-world guide to propel your business to extraordinary levels of performance and achievement.
Effective teams need responsible and accountable leaders―the solution seems simple. Yet, thousands of businesses are struggling with mediocre performance and widening gaps in leadership.
This essential resource provides practical and no-nonsense strategies to transform any organization into a cohesive, highly motivated culture of accountable leaders and fully committed teams.
Key Takeaways
- Build strong leadership accountability to leverage competitive advantage, increase team performance, and close the leadership gap in your organization.
- Understand why gaps in leadership occur and recognize accountability issues in your own organization.
- Develop an effective strategy to instill a culture of accountability and responsibility in your business.
- Identify and implement organizational practices that encourage accountable leadership throughout your management structure.

The Leadership Contract
The fine print to becoming an accountable leader
Great leadership doesn’t happen by accident. It’s more than just being in charge; it’s a decision, an obligation and potentially your legacy.
It is the only differentiator between an organization’s success and failure, and it has been entrusted to you. Will you step up to the challenge? Can you execute strategy while inspiring peak performance, nurturing top talent, managing complexity, creating value, conquering uncertainty, and yes, developing new leaders?
In today’s business climate, organizations need stellar leadership. If you’re not exceptional, step up or step aside. The Leadership Contract® provides you with a proven and practical framework used by companies and leaders around the world.
Key Takeaways
- Learn how a leadership contract is vital for truly accountable leadership.
- Discover the mindset and practices needed to be a deliberate and decisive leader.
- Communicate to inspire, motivate, and drive successful performance.
- Become the leader your organization needs today and into the future.

The Leadership Contract Field Guide
The personal roadmap to becoming a truly accountable leader
The Leadership Contract Field Guide provides a practical blueprint for implementing The Leadership Contract®. It summarizes what you learned and integrates that knowledge into real-world actions making you more effective. It also includes research and case studies from major organizations to give you fresh perspective and valuable insight.
Leadership is a privilege and a responsibility, and The Leadership Contract Field Guide shows you how to move from conceptualizing “great leadership” into practicing great leadership—starting today.
Key Takeaways
- Review the major tenets of great leadership, internalize them, and look around at your organization.
- Identify and accommodate organizational needs. What does your organization currently need the most? Where is the clear deficit? This is where you’ll start.
- Focus on accountability and fulfilling obligations.
- Implement The Leadership Contract and become a more effective leader.



