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This book is not about leadership, (at least in the way we normally think about it).
Leadership is not about position, or authority. It’s not about big speeches or grand visions.
Leadership is about engaging others to solve daunting challenges. Those challenges appear in our professional lives, in our communities, and in our families.
Leadership is an activity—small actions taken in moments of opportunity. You can learn to see more of these moments and actively seize the opportunities for change. More importantly, you can help others learn to see these moments and give them the confidence to make changes. No matter what role they are in within your organization, neighborhood, or family, their many small actions will combine to produce the power needed to resolve the biggest problems.
Because when everyone leads the toughest challenges get seen and solved.
"We change the world one soul at a time, and I would consider When Everyone Leads to be a must-read primer for anyone seeking to make a positive difference in our world."
-U.S. Senator Jerry Moran, Kansas
"With this book Ed and Julia help us cultivate the courage and practice the skills we so desperately need to make progress on the toughest challenges facing organizations and communities. Their ideas were incubated in Kansas and now serve to empower teams across the US and around the world. I recommend When Everyone Leads to anyone who is working to improve lives and advance the common good."
-Pete Manzo | President & CEO | United Ways of California
"When we share power to let people lead it becomes much more likely that the tough challenges facing our communities will get solved. Ed and Julia’s examples show how everyone has a role to play in creating significant, positive change."
-India Pierce Lee | Senior Vice President, Program | The Cleveland Foundation
"The ideas and practices will move many presently overwhelmed by leadership challenges to a place of new energy, impactful collaboration and hope. If real change is going to happen, it's going to have to start with us and engage others, that journey starts anew with these trustworthy coordinates."
-Retired Rev. Robert Wright | Episcopal Bishop of Atlanta
"This book highlights the complexities of leadership while sharing valuable leadership tools with readers. Throughout the book the authors share real life examples which makes the content relatable and directly applicable to life and work situations. I believe the information in the book can empower readers to embrace leadership challenges and affect positive change."
-Holly Mercer | President of Kansas Library Association
Ed O’Malley is president and CEO of the Kansas Health Foundation. He previously founded the Kansas Leadership Center, serving as president and CEO for 15 years. Ed has co-authored four other books, including the KLC title Your Leadership Edge. He has authored two additional books, including his debut book at KHF, Leading Health.
Julia Fabris McBride is chief learning and development officer at the Kansas Leadership Center, where she created three professional leadership programs which draw national and global participants. Julia has been in executive roles at KLC for over ten years and during that time has co-authored and authored two additional books, Teaching Leadership and Your Leadership Edge: Teacher Companion
Dr. Kaye Monk-Morgan serves as president and CEO of the Kansas Leadership Center, where she brings three decades of leadership in higher education, nonprofit governance, and civic engagement to expand leadership capacity and community prosperity, in Kansas and beyond.
1 (Re)Defining Leadership: A Manifesto
Part One: Identify The Gap
- 2 Seeing The Gap
- 3 The Gap Starts with Concerns
- 4 The Gap Is Fueled By Aspirations
- 5 Everyone Can See The Gap
- 6 Adaptive Challenges and Technical Problems
Part Two: Barriers to Progress
- 7 Our Toughest Challenges Involve Loss
- 8 Values Clash When You Seek To Close The Gap
- 9 Quick Fixes Make The Gap Wider
- 10 Authority Is Never Enough To Close The Gap
- 11 Leadership is Risky
Part Three: Start With You
- 12 Start Authorizing Yourself To Lead
- 13 Start With Your Challenge
- 14 Start Where You Have Influence
- 15 Start With Your Part of The Mess
- 16 Start Engaging Others
Part Four: Use The Heat
- 17 Work Avoidance: When The Heat Is Too Low
- 18 Tempers Flare: When The Heat Is Too High
- 19 In The Productive Zone
Part Five: Everyone Can Lead
- 20 Everyone Can Ask Powerful Questions
- 21 Everyone Can Make Multiple Interpretations
- 22 Everyone Can Act Experimentally
- 23 Make Leadership Less Risky for Others