Leading Without Authority: How the New Power of Co-Elevation Can Break Down Silos, Transform Teams and Reinvent Collaboration, by Keith Ferrazzi, is an essential guide to cultivating a culture of collaboration and elevating individual team members to become influential leaders. By demonstrating how the power of collaboration leads to trust and respect, Ferrazzi provides the tools needed to break down silos, foster a more engaged workforce, and drive positive change.By challenging traditional thinking, Ferrazzi shows how we can become more effective collaborators by understanding the lessons of co-elevation factor: listening, visoning, and empowering. Ferrazzi shares real world stories from his experience and provides actionable advice for understanding the value of collaboration and developing a culture of shared leadership roles. He emphasizes the importance of creating an environment in which each individual feels valued and is willing to take ownership of the direction and success of their team.Leading Without Authority offers powerful strategies to help teams achieve success without sacrificing individual ideals or ambition. Ferrazzi combines data-driven insights, business acumen, and personal experience to demonstrate how leaders can build trust and collaboration without relying solely on positional authority. In offering innovative and practical strategies for transforming teams and building a more effective, collaborative culture, Leading Without Authority is an essential guide to effective leadership and collaboration.
Add missing EndorsementFerrazzi is breaking new ground in defining what leadership can mean in the emerging world of work. He shows that humility, curiosity, and candor can serve as the connective tissue binding us to our mission, to one another, and to a sense of purpose larger than ourselves.
Ferrazzi has gone into the trenches to figure out what it really takes to empower people and make teams more than the sum of their parts. This book will be a staple in every leader’s library.
Leading Without Authority is the must-read guidebook for radical transformation. Keith Ferrazzi’s concept of co-elevation provides an actionable methodology for any team to thrive during the decade of exponential change ahead.
I’m excited to bring ‘co-elevation’ (as a new word, as a new book, and as a concept) to Zappos to help bring our culture and our business to the next level.