Brent Lowe - Lead Together: The Bold, Brave, Intentional Path to Scaling Your Business

Just the table of contents is a treat! Every chapter is well structured, directly applicable and peppered with interesting examples. If I were out there trying to build a different kind of organization, I would take this book on my journey and go back to it all the time.

Frederic Lalouxauthor of Reinventing Organizations

Theres a calling in the world for new-century leadership. So many hear it, long for it and need it. Many leaders live the values underlying this boldly collaborative way of being. Yet we still enact old ways of operating our businesses for lack of new, values-aligned patterns. Lead Togetherprovides those patterns, along with the inner practices, that allow them to work.

Lyssa Adkinsauthor of Coaching Agile Teams

The authors bring such an ethical framework to commerce that businessno longer has to be considered a dirty word. This is twenty-first-century thinking, in which scaleno longer means growing your business as big as possible, butlike any living thingas vibrant and vital as it can manifest.

Douglas Rushkoffnamed one of the worlds ten most influential intellectuals by MIT and host of NPR s Team Human

The time has passed for investing in businesses applying extractive philosophies and methodologies to scaling. Lead Togethershows leaders howbeyond the critical pairing of money and talentto innovate the ways we work to be more human, purposeful and values-aligned. If you are a leader who, like me, dreams of scaling companies that are fun, inspiring and contributing meaningfully to people, planet and healthy profits, this is the book for you. Lead Togetheris practical, refreshing and whats needed for this time. The authors have done a superb job.

Mike Winterfieldfounder and managing partner, Active Impact Investments

Who knew that joy could be a serious pursuit of business leadership? Or that hierarchy isnt the best way to build a strong, adaptable team? You did. You always knew there was a better way. Now you have a great book to show you how others have done it. More importantly, Lead Togetherauthors Brent Lowe, Susan Basterfield and Travis Marsh share their collective wisdom and give you ample reflection moments so you can unleash the change agent burning inside of you. Get reading, start changing!

Richard SheridanCEO and chief storyteller, Menlo Innovations, and author of Joy, Inc.

There is a growing community of leaders who desire to fulfill bold purposes beyond the goals of traditional business. These leaders see the need to shift business norms, assumptions and patterns. Lead Togetheroffers concrete, practical, hands-on approaches for enacting this shift, and is an essential resource for every leader who believes the world is ready for and in need of businesses that are a force for good.

Ryan Honeymanpartner/worker-owner, LIFT Economy, and coauthor of The B Corp Handbook

Ahhh, the authors pull back the curtain on a dream coming true. No-holds-barred, Lead Togetherurges us to include all voices in organizing and managing our work now. Without glossing over any of the transformational challenges, we are guided along a path to distribute more freedom and more accountability to every person. Festooned with practical advice, short chapters illuminate how to scale this work up and out. The focus on leaders learning how to be in charge but not in control is particularly useful. This is a perfect moment for Lead Togetherto inspire deeper change.

Keith McCandlesscoauthor of The Surprising Power of Liberating Structures