Good authority

Why do so few workers feel real ownership of what they do? Survey after survey shows engagement stuck at discouraging levels, and Jonathan Raymond asks what leaders have been getting wrong. He challenges the usual beliefs about what a leader's job is and offers a fresh account of how cultures shift and how people grow. His central argument is that becoming a better professional and becoming a better person are not separate projects.

Raymond draws on his years as chief executive of a well-known business coaching brand. He is candid about the setbacks, missteps and hard moments, and about rebuilding both a company and himself along the way. He also shares his current work with clients, bringing the reader into the conversations leaders are having with their teams.

The book is filled with accounts of leaders making changes that matter and the actual language they use with their people. Readers who manage others, or who want to change the way their own team talks and works together, will find concrete examples to learn from.