Book Review Archives - aleanjourney

Book Review: The Four Languages of a Leader 0
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- October 14, 2026
Good leaders know what they want to communicate, but great communicators also recognize how the moment needs to be communicated. That distinction is at the heart of Mark Wessner’s The Four Languages of a Leader, a practical leadership book that explores why even well-intentioned communication can miss its mark. Wessner’s central idea is that
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Book Review: Create Your Own Luck – How Leaders Leverage the Intersection of Preparation and Opportunity 0
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- October 12, 2026
What if what we call luck is actually preparation finally meeting opportunity? That question sits at the heart of Dr. Jeremy S. Owoh’s Create Your Own Luck, a leadership book that challenges readers to stop waiting for the right moment and start preparing for it. Owoh, an educational leader and superintendent, builds his philosophy
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Book Review: Who Leads When AI Thinks? — Leadership, Judgment, and the Art of Problem Framing 0
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- August 10, 2026
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming part of everyday business decision-making. From data analysis and forecasting to content creation and problem solving, leaders are increasingly being asked to determine how AI should fit into their organizations. While many books focus on the capabilities of AI, Adrian Wolfberg’s Who Leads When AI Thinks? takes a different
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Book Review: Essential Leadership – The Missing Dimension of Lean Leadership?0
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- August 3, 2026
What the Book Is About Leadership has never been easy, but today’s leaders face a unique combination of complexity, uncertainty, and relentless pressure. As organizations strive for better results, most leadership books focus on strategy, execution, communication, and organizational systems. Marc Inzelstein’s Essential Leadership: Practicing L.O.V.E. in Turbulent Times takes a different approach. Rather
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Alchemy of Adversity: A Leadership Book That Starts Where Most Don’t 0
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- July 27, 2026
Most leadership books begin with frameworks, models, and tools. Alchemy of Adversity by Sarah Staley takes a very different path—it begins with a deeply personal story of loss, trauma, and survival, then builds toward what leadership looks like on the other side of it. This is not a typical leadership playbook. It’s a raw, human
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Book Review: PROACTIVE Problem Solving — A Fresh Take on Building a Problem-Solving Culture 0
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- June 22, 2026
Stop Fixing Problems. Start Fixing Systems. Most organizations don’t suffer from a lack of problems. They suffer from a lack of people who feel empowered to solve them. Walk through almost any workplace and you’ll hear employees complain about inefficient processes, unnecessary bureaucracy, recurring mistakes, and frustrating workarounds. Yet many of those same employees
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