Leading Out Loud
A Guide for Engaging Others in Creating the Future

This was a rabbit hole book...Lee Cockerell relayed in his The Customer Rules something he read in this book, so I read it. BLUF*: When it was first published (1995), I wouldn't have appreciated it; when this new edition came out (2003) I probably would have gotten more out of it, but I've learned a......more

I read this for a business communications class. The first part is fair to middling, with the standard rebranding of ethos, pathos, and logos. He makes some decent points about using metaphor and analogy. The second half of the book should be 90% shorter than it is. Pearce rambles about creating a c......more

Read this in my one of my MBA classes. I appreciate the insights I gained from it on authentic leadership and also connection through writing. The process of writing what you believe and what to lead change on can be a revelatory experience and help clarify your own thoughts and motives before you b......more

Clear and helpful, not inspiring or life-changing. Would appreciate a single-page note sheet of the highlights for reference. (I read the audiobook, which makes high-level structures tough to envision, and those would be useful here.) I find it interesting how much of this—especially the section on......more

I listened to an audiobook version of this for school, which made it easier to get through it quicker while taking notes. It was a very thoughtful book and had a lot of great points. However, I think the book could have the same effect in half the number of pages or less. The overall summary this bo......more