The Unbearable Lightness of Leading

Name: The Unbearable Lightness of Leading
Brand: BenBella Books
Price: 55.75 AUD
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When Your Workforce Is Restless, Resistant, and Rewired

By: Dan Rust

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Hardcover | 1 December 2026

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Hardcover

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22.86 x 15.24

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Available: 1st December 2026

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Learn to lead amid disruption and distrust in a world where your authority carries less weight.

Disruptive forces have converged upon today’s leaders and their employees: information and misinformation overload; AI rendering career plans and business strategies obsolete; social and generational shifts rewriting workplace dynamics; remote work atomizing workplace culture; increasing speed and complexity producing cognitive overload; economic uncertainty and income disparity driving mistrust and cynicism.

Leaders today work with employees who are fundamentally rewired in how they relate to work: burned out, deeply skeptical of authority, and resistant to traditional management approaches. The conventional leadership playbook—built for a different workforce in a different era—has lost its grip. The core challenge is learning to influence and engage without relying on positional power; to address real workplace cynicism, anxiety and productivity barriers rather than covering them over with old-school platitudes and directives.

The Unbearable Lightness of Leading provides leaders with practical strategies and skills. Learn to "matter deeply while holding authority loosely" as you:

Rebuild influence and engagement when traditional authority no longer works
Communicate and make decisions with cognitively overloaded employees
Navigate AI opportunities and pitfalls to enhance Human+AI effectiveness
Develop genuine connection and trust with skeptical employees
Revitalize remote work when physical proximity and spontaneous connection aren’t options
Build an energizing culture of accountability and productivity in this new world

If you sense the ground getting softer beneath your feet—your authority growing lighter, your old playbook turning to dust—The Unbearable Lightness of Leading shows you how to lead through the maelstrom with depth, with clarity, with trust.

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