Leadership on the Line

Ronald A. Heifetz, Martin Linsky

Leading real change is dangerous — it disrupts people's habits, beliefs, and sense of certainty, and they often push back hard against the person leading it. This book is a survival guide for exactly that kind of leadership.

A candid look at the personal and professional dangers of leading real change, distinguishing between technical problems with known solutions and adaptive challenges that require people to learn new ways of thinking — and offering practical strategies for surviving the risks that come with leading through them.