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Eugene B. Habecker

Marylou Habecker

The Softer Side of Leadership

Essential Soft Skills That Transform Leaders and the People They Lead

&lt;p&gt;Dedication and Acknowledgments&lt;br /&gt;
    Introduction&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Section I: Soft Skills: The Personal Dimension&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Effective Leaders . . .&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    1. Protect Sacred Space and Enable Deep Thinking&lt;br /&gt;
    2. Build a Foundation for Leadership&lt;br /&gt;
    3. Welcome Self-Discovery Learning&lt;br /&gt;
    4. Stay Connected to the Heart&lt;br /&gt;
    5. Practice Consistent Fitness Renewal&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Section II: Soft Skills: The Organizational Dimension&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Effective Leaders . . .&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    6. Cultivate Creativity&lt;br /&gt;
    7. Enhance Trust&lt;br /&gt;
    8. Ensure Personal and Organizational Accountability&lt;br /&gt;
    9. Embrace the Power of Forgiveness&lt;br /&gt;
    10. Follow and Lead, Lead and Follow&lt;br /&gt;
    11. Understand That the Greatest Soft Skill Is Love&lt;br /&gt;
    Conclusion&lt;br /&gt;
    Endnotes&lt;/p&gt;

Your growth is real. So is the pressure to bend on hiring, honesty, and culture to keep it. This book is about staying built to bend without ever quietly breaking.

Every founder starts with a quiet promise: build this the right way. Built to Bend is about what actually happens to that promise between the founding and everything after - not in one dramatic moment, but in a series of specific, survivable-seeming decisions: the hire you almost regret, the investor pitch that rewards a little shading of the truth, the sales call that tests your spine, the layoff you didn't see coming, the star performer whose behavior is quietly poisoning the team.

Written by a founder-advisor who has sat across the table for exactly these moments, this book skips the abstract "stay true to your values" advice and gives you something more useful: a clear-eyed account of what compromise actually looks like when it's dressed up as necessity, and a concrete way to choose differently, before you're standing in the room under pressure with no time to think.

What's inside:

- Why the first hire you're tempted to overlook a red flag on almost never turns out to be worth it
- The specific spectrum between honest framing and quiet deception in a fundraising pitch - and a test for knowing which side of the line you're on
- How to say no to a customer's unrealistic ask without losing the deal or your integrity
- Building a real values filter for hiring, instead of a poster on the wall
- Handling layoffs, star-performer problems, and board updates with honesty that actually builds trust
- Why reputation is the most durable, compounding asset your company has - and the fastest one to lose
- A founder's guide to staying honest all the way through an exit

BUILT TO BEND

ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 'BEST BOOKS TO DIP INTO THIS SUMMER' 'The Bowie you thought you knew is recast completely' The Spectator 'A transfixing look at David Bowie's life through a spiritual lens... fresh and revealing' Publishers Weekly How David Bowie's search for meaning inspired him to write the music that defined a generation. In this wide-ranging biography, Peter Ormerod explores the quest for spirituality that powered David Bowie's creativity from his earliest recordings to his death-defying final album. Bowie's genre-expanding, era-crossing genius had an extraordinary impact on popular culture but his life-long search for spiritual truth and enlightenment has been overlooked. From Bowie's first musical encounters as a choirboy, this book traces his spiritual obsessions over the years. As a young musician at the start of his career, he was enraptured by Tibetan Buddhism. It was the first step in a spiritual journey that would generate his most profound lyrics and music. From the Kabbalah-influenced tracks of Station to Station to Ziggy Stardust's messiah complex and the profound affinity between Heroes and Christian thought, Ormerod sheds new light on the spiritual traditions behind Bowie's genius. Taking Bowie's spiritual explorations and faith seriously, Ormerod shows us how this quest for meaning propelled him through his darkest moments and biggest successes, lending his music a timelessness and depth that has spoken to so many people across the world. Whether experiencing a dark night of the soul in LA during his occult phase or reciting the Lord's prayer in front of thousands of concertgoers, Bowie was always searching for that universal truth that lies beyond everyday reality.

A spiritual meditation on his music and creativity

David Bowie and the Search for Life, Death and God

'This book will give you clarity, confidence and a serious edge . . . The straight-talking, practical career guide we all need right now' - Chris Donnelly, host of Wake Up With Chris Donnelly and Secret Leaders From the bestselling author of No Bullsh*t Leadership comes the ultimate guide to career success. Success isn't luck. Whether you're at the start of your career, an ambitious young leader, an entrepreneur or on the brink of the boardroom, the fundamentals that make for career success don't change. This book strips away the jargon, clickbait and corporate bullsh*t to reveal what really works, including how to: ¿ Get hired (and get ahead) ¿ Become an indispensable team member ¿ Manage your boss (instead of being micro-managed) ¿ Network like a pro (without feeling fake) ¿ Negotiate the pay rises you deserve ¿ Maximise your productivity ¿ Work hard without burning out Nobody cares about your career as much as you do - so take control, cut through the noise and make yourself Indispensable. 'Cuts through the noise and reminds you what really matters at work . . . No-fluff, real-world advice that shifts how you show up - and stay indispensable' - Harpreet Kaur, winner of The Apprentice UK

The No Bullsh*t Guide to Career Success

Indispensable

An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew Vienna well or who wish to discover another facet of the city. A magnificent private palace that can be visited by reservation, a crocodile mummy in a private library, a chocolate house, an alchemical ceiling in Schönbrunn, one of the most beautiful pharmacies in the world, an exceptional Art Nouveau church, the tomb of a fish that would have converted to Judaism, a jazz museum in public toilets, a public dump that can be visited like a museum, the oldest organ in Vienna hidden behind a painting, an empress dressed as a nun, the mystery of the symbol 05, a masculine sex discreetly sculpted on the cathedral of Vienna, a surprising private museum of billiards, an incredible bouquet of flowers made from butterfly wings, a source of water that reveals the winning lotto numbers, an extraordinary underground annex at the Mauthausen camp where the world’s first jet was built, a charming historic ‘love hotel’...

Secret Vienna

Artificial intelligence (AI), mass layoffs, restructuring-the disruptions keep accelerating, and that adaptability is fast becoming the leadership skill this moment demands.Women's skills, talents, and experience don't disappear between roles-they resettle into something new every time. Their personal throughline makes sense of it all.That's what This Kaleidoscope Career: Empowering Women to Build Unconventional Careers and Redefine Success is about. The book introduces real women with real experience who continue to push the lens and find bold new images-sometimes with challenges, often with wins, but always exciting. Their stories are authentic and vulnerable. With curiosity and resilience, they have risen to the heights of public office, the C-suite in multiple industries, founded and sold businesses, and become sought-after experts in a broad range of occupations. This book is for women at any age and stage, whether corporate executives and entrepreneurs, working moms, singlewomen, gay and straight, ethnically diverse, from Millennials to Boomers. The challenges they face have accelerated. In addition to a fact-based narrative, the book includes the Reframe Lens a 7-step exercise that guides you from reconsidering your past to reclaiming your throughline, and the TKC Power Tools Kit to help early-, mid-, and late-career women stepping into their 3rd/Third proudly position their nonlinear careers.

Empowering Women to Build Unconventional Careers and Redefine Success

This Kaleidoscope Career

'Compassionate, pragmatic wisdom' - Alain de Botton An empowering guide to managing conflict. As much as we may try to avoid it, disagreement is inevitable - from work to family life, friendships and even internal dilemmas. But how many of us actually know how to deal with conflict effectively? How can you stop a disagreement escalating to an argument? And how can we all learn to communicate better? World-leading conflict mediator and psychotherapist Gabrielle Rifkind is here to help you navigate the discords of daily life with her groundbreaking book How to Agree to Disagree. This book is a comprehensive, accessible and practical handbook, covering a wide range of different types of conflict. From finances to families, world issues to the workplace, Gabrielle is an encouraging guide through a modern world of conflict, empowering you to be confident when dealing with disagreements and to get along with - almost - anyone.

Turning Conflict into Connection

How to Agree to Disagree

**This edition will be released in March 2027. If you want to get a copy ahead of then, have a look at our hardback edition, released in May 2026.** 'If you're worried about wasting your life, read this book.' Rutger Bregman, author of Humankind A ridiculously in-depth guide to finding a fulfilling and impactful career in an age of AI. You have about 80,000 hours in your career: 40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year, for 40 years. This means your choice of career is the most important decision you'll ever make. Choose well, and you can have a more rewarding, interesting life, and also help solve some of the world's most pressing problems. Choose poorly, and you could waste decades. So what should you do? Most advice is based on no research, instead offering (misleading) platitudes like 'follow your passion'. It's surprisingly out of date, focusing on traditional paths rather than those most likely to thrive in an age of AI. And if you want to help others, the advice is even more simplistic: telling you to choose careers like nurse or doctor, when there are paths in which almost anyone can save more lives. In fact, some careers have hundreds of times more impact than others, but most of us have no idea which ones. Benjamin Todd is the founder of 80,000 Hours, a non-profit that's spent over ten years researching how to have a meaningful and impactful career. Here he introduces a tried-and-tested toolkit framework that has already led thousands of people to change their path. It covers:<ul><li>What really makes for a dream job, and why finding it probably doesn't involve 'following your passion'.</li><li>How to identify which global problems are most pressing, and why they might involve AI as much as climate change.</li><li>Which roles are likely to be automated, and how to ensure yours isn't among them.</li></ul> It's also full of practical tips and tools. You'll come away with a plan to use your 80,000 hours in a way that's rewarding and fulfils your potential to make a difference. 'This career guide is among the most thoughtful and grounded I've seen.' Cal Newport, author of Deep Work 'A remarkably rigorous guide about how to find that perfect career for you.' Ali Abdaal, author of Feel-Good Productivity 'Based on evidence and good sense, not platitudes.' Steven Pinker, author of The Better Angels of our Nature 'The most informative book you can read if you're stuck trying to make one of life's most important decisions.' Hannah Ritchie, author of Not the End of the World

How to Have a Fulfilling Career That Does Good

80,000 Hours

A practical method, backed by peer-reviewed research, for reimagining work to create your most distinctive, creative, energetic, and relatable professional self.In far too many organizations, the idea of bringing your 'full self' to the job is a liability.Emotion beyond enthusiasm for the task at hand is deemed unprofessional. Personal identity must be compressed into a carefully curated bio: relatable yet inoffensive.When people are conditioned to flatten the full social and emotional complexities of themselves, spirits dull and progress stalls, in life and in the workplace.But for a growing number of people, especially younger generations, this form of workplace culture no longer works. Surveys show that fewer individuals are willing to sacrifice their time and quality of life for a career, let alone an organization. With an increased focus on purpose, meaning, and mental health, many refuse to scrub their emotions, or the full range of their identities, to keep their professional lives separate.At the same time, in more progressive settings, the encouragement to bring people's full selves to work has sometimes unleashed more authenticity and personal revelation than managers and teams know how to handle.So how do we get it right?Lively and accessible, Human Mode features vibrant stories, expert insights, evidence-based techniques, and 'ah-ha' takeaways you can use immediately.Discover how to engage your inherent superpower - being immensely human - to unlock progress, connection, and achievement in your working life.

Unlock Your Unique Edge and Transform Your World of Work

Human Mode

We say the word Integrity in the business context constantly. It appears on corporate websites and in mission statements, sits at the top of regulators' principles, and features in almost every leadership speech. Yet ask most people what integrity actually is -- how you build it, test it, or notice when it's gone -- and the answers run dry. This book sets out to fill that gap.The authors reframe integrity not as compliance, image or moral superiority, but as alignment: the quiet, demanding practice of keeping what we value, what we say and what we do in one piece, especially when pressure, ambition or fear pull them apart. This book's central insight is that integrity moves in two directions at once. It is built from the inside out, through our own values, choices and courage. And it is sustained or eroded from the outside in, through leadership, culture, incentives and power. To understand integrity, you have to understand both.

An Inside-Out Guide

Integrity

In collaboration with JVL Media—a captivating exploration of why many high-performing Black business leaders attribute their transformational leadership qualities to their experiences growing up in the Black Church and how we can foster these skills in younger generations despite waning church attendance.The Black church in the U.S. has long been a “one-stop shop” for developing Black leaders, teaching them many of the qualities required to lead effectively in today’s ultra-competitive, digital, and swiftly transforming corporate world. Many high-performing Black leaders benefited from their experiences growing up in this cultural institution steeped in rich history.Merging cultural study with applied neuroscience and tenets of positive psychology, L. Michelle Smith dissect how these qualities are demonstrated by leaders across industries, from resiliency to their sense of undeniable purpose, their ability to build community and collaborative environments, the delivery and language of their speaking style to their unique leadership flair. She reveals how this historic institution has served as a timeless wellspring of leadership development, empowerment, and cultural preservation and ultimately, is Black leaders’ “secret sauce.”Call and Response also explores whether the Black Church will be able to continue to ingrain these skills in future generations. Smith examines how cultural shifts have resulted in a decline in church attendance, how online attendance has risen since the Covid pandemic, and finally, how Black leaders may—or may not—be passing these traditions down to their children.

10 Leadership Lessons from the Black Church

Call and Response

Ethics in the Modern Business Environment explores the evolving role of ethics in modern day's dynamic business landscape and interconnected complexities. It covers a wide range of areas, from real-world high-profile scandals to the drivers behind sustainable efforts and the exceptional rise of artificial intelligence affecting organizations and their ethical practices.This book critically examines the different types of ethical dilemmas shaping modern businesses. Through a practical lens, and by using real-life case studies and existing frameworks to address cross-industry challenges, the book enables entrepreneurs, policymakers, and leaders to find ways to deal with ethical complexities.Thus, this book serves as a navigating tool for practitioners, business leaders, and future-preneurs, while it is also a practical study guide for academics and students to gain understanding about modern day ethics management. The forward-looking perspective of this book explores emerging trends, best and sustainable practices, and consumer sovereignty, while emphasizing the importance of cultural awareness, leadership, and integrity in building an ethical and sustainable future.

Ethics in The Modern Business Environment

A unique look at crisis leadership and the hard but invaluable lessons that can be learned in difficult and uncertain times. Our fascination with leadership runs deep and has done so for centuries - just witness the books on Nelson, Churchill and Thatcher. But what exactly are the attributes and competencies that separate those who lead effectively from those who won't, don't or can't? For many people, the acid test of true leadership comes during moments of crisis, when the stakes are highest and the decisions most difficult. It's no surprise, then, that our fascination with stories of leaders overcoming great adversity is endless. This interest has been exacerbated in recent years as every organization in the world has found itself in a crisis at some level, whether due to a collapse in sales, an unexpected spike in demand, a logistics nightmare or the sheer uncertainty that the Covid-19 pandemic wrought. Leading from the Frontline offers multiple perspectives of leadership from across multiple types of crisis. Each chapter tells the story of a leader who steered their organization through a particularly tumultuous period. It looks at the challenges they faced, the decisions they were forced to make, the personal pressures they encountered, the lessons they learned and the mistakes they made. It also examines how the crisis they responded to subsequently changed their organization or the environment in which they operate. Including issues of a medical, socio-political, environmental and military nature, while featuring a range of reputational crises case studies, Leading from the Frontline is essential reading for any leader to prepare their organization for uncertain futures.

Leadership Lessons from Times of Crisis

Leading from the Frontline

The Softer Side of Leadership

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