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Right Leader, Wrong Arena
Why identical capabilities produce excellence in one environment and friction in another.
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Two books form the intellectual core of Summary Leadership.
Right Leader, Wrong Arena examines alignment between the person and the environment. Close the Loop examines whether the organization can detect error and correct course.
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Alignment and adaptation.
P×E
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Close the Loop
Leadership as the discipline of staying connected to reality. Sense earlier, decide better, and correct faster.
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Trust, pressure, failure, and history.
Three earlier books examine the problems that led to the current P×E and feedback-loop research program.
2025Available now
The 12 Ordeals of Leadership
A practical guide to the recurring tests of uncertainty, trust, conflict, delegation, and balance.
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2025Available now
You Don’t Know Sh*t About Leadership
A blunt examination of why leaders fail and how trust, cohesion, excellence, and purpose are actually built.
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2024Available now
The Leadership Incompetence Index
A field guide to diagnosing bad leadership early by finding root causes, red flags, and remedies.
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