What's it about? The Systems Leader (2025) explores how modern leaders can stay effective in a world of constant disruption and competing demands. It offers a practical framework for handling five tensions that show up across industries – like balancing short-term performance with long-term vision, or acting with both authority and empathy. Drawing on real-world examples, it shows you how to stay steady, think broadly, and make better decisions under pressure. Every year, hundreds of thousands of visitors flock to the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Germany to admire classic cars and celebrate one of the most admired brands in the world. With top engineering talent, loyal customers, and global prestige, the company seems like a symbol of lasting success. But behind the scenes, its leaders face hard choices. They’re under pressure to protect short-term profits while building electric vehicles, improving software, and adjusting to a changing industry. The company’s edge in the past doesn’...

What's it about? The Gift of Not Belonging (2025) introduces and defines the concept of the “otrovert” –⁠ someone who is socially skilled yet persistently detached from group identities. It differentiates otroverts from introverts and extroverts and shows how “not fitting in” isn’t a flaw but a form of freedom that enables original thinking, deeper individual connections, and a self-defined life. The Gift of Not Belonging It begins, for many, with a quiet ache –⁠ a sense of standing just outside the circle, watching life unfold through a pane of invisible glass. You laugh at the right jokes, show up at the right parties, and speak the right small talk. And yet, you feel it: the disconnect, the impersonation, the performative belonging that never quite fits. Enter the otrovert –⁠ a person who doesn’t face inward like an introvert or outward like an extrovert, but in a different direction entirely. Otroverts can be social, warm, and even magnetic in one-on-one settings, but t...

What's it about? The Insight-Driven Leader (2025) explores how companies can use people analytics to solve complex business challenges and drive performance. With real-world examples, it presents a practical framework for turning workforce data into strategic insights that inform better decision-making and lead to measurable impact. The Insight-Driven Leader Most leaders today are surrounded by more data than they know what to do with – metrics on operations, sales, customers, and employees flood in from every direction. But having data isn’t the same as understanding it, and far too often, the numbers collected about people end up being ignored, misused, or left disconnected from actual business decisions. Meanwhile, expectations keep rising. The speed of change, the pressure to perform, and the complexity of today’s workforce – from full-time employees to contractors and AI tools – demand sharper insight into how work really gets done. That’s where Workforce Analytics comes i...

What's it about? Doing Life with Your Adult Children (2019) addresses the complex transition parents face when their children become adults, offering practical guidance for navigating altered relationship dynamics while maintaining connection. It provides strategies for common challenges like setting boundaries, distinguishing between helping and enabling, handling value conflicts, and supporting adult children's independence while preserving the parent-child bond. Remember those sleepless nights when your babies were small? Back then, it was all about milk, stuffed animals, and endless diaper changes. But what about when your kids are grown? You might still have sleepless nights, but for entirely different reasons. These days, you're probably lying awake wondering: Is my son making the right career choices? When will my daughter finally land a steady job? Should I say something about my kid’s relationship, or keep quiet? Welcome to parenting adult children – a phase nob...

What's it about? The Tinnitus Book (2024) provides clear, practical guidance for anyone who’s tired of the constant ringing in their ears and just wants relief. It breaks down the science of what exactly tinnitus is, why and how it can occur, all while offering hope through proven, step-by-step strategies for treatment. Whether your tinnitus is mild or overwhelming, it helps you take back control so you can start living your life fully again. The Tinnitus Book If you’ve ever felt trapped by that relentless ringing in your ears, you’re not alone. For millions of people, tinnitus isn’t just a background noise – it’s a daily struggle that can affect sleep, concentration, mood, and overall quality of life. But here’s the most important thing to know: you don’t have to stay trapped. While tinnitus can feel overwhelming, there is real hope in understanding what’s happening behind it and discovering practical, science-based tools to manage it. That’s exactly what this lesson is here ...