#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Brené Brown has taught us what it means to dare greatly, rise strong, and brave the wilderness. Now, based on new research conducted with leaders, change makers, and culture shifters, she’s showing us how to put those ideas into practice so we can step up and lead.Look for Brené Brown’s new podcast, Dare to Lead, as well as her ongoing podcast Unlocking Us!NAMED ONE … ongoing podcast Unlocking Us!
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Leadership is not about titles, status, and wielding power. A leader is anyone who takes responsibility for recognizing the potential in people and ideas, and has the courage to develop that potential.
When we dare to lead, we don’t pretend to have the right answers; we stay curious and ask the right questions. We don’t see power as finite and hoard it; we know that power becomes infinite when we share it with others. We don’t avoid difficult conversations and situations; we lean into vulnerability when it’s necessary to do good work.
But daring leadership in a culture defined by scarcity, fear, and uncertainty requires skill-building around traits that are deeply and uniquely human. The irony is that we’re choosing not to invest in developing the hearts and minds of leaders at the exact same time as we’re scrambling to figure out what we have to offer that machines and AI can’t do better and faster. What can we do better? Empathy, connection, and courage, to start.
Four-time #1 New York Times bestselling author Brené Brown has spent the past two decades studying the emotions and experiences that give meaning to our lives, and the past seven years working with transformative leaders and teams spanning the globe. She found that leaders in organizations ranging from small entrepreneurial startups and family-owned businesses to nonprofits, civic organizations, and Fortune 50 companies all ask the same question:
How do you cultivate braver, more daring leaders, and how do you embed the value of courage in your culture?
In this new book, Brown uses research, stories, and examples to answer these questions in the no-BS style that millions of readers have come to expect and love.
Brown writes, “One of the most important findings of my career is that daring leadership is a collection of four skill sets that are 100 percent teachable, observable, and measurable. It’s learning and unlearning that requires brave work, tough conversations, and showing up with your whole heart. Easy? No. Because choosing courage over comfort is not always our default. Worth it? Always. We want to be brave with our lives and our work. It’s why we’re here.”
Whether you’ve read Daring Greatly and Rising Strong or you’re new to Brené Brown’s work, this book is for anyone who wants to step up and into brave leadership.
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My son and daughter-in-law gave me Dare to Lead after I requested any books by Brene Brown on my Christmas list. I’m a retired teacher, so I wasn’t sure I would how beneficial this book would be for me now since I’m out of the workforce. But I figured it would help in my role as secretary for my writing chapter. The benefits of this book extend far beyond any role in leadership. Brene Brown’s insights on how we behave based on our vulnerability was insightful. Her book made me search for how I can be courageous, open, and vulnerable, not only in any leadership role, but in any context. I began to look at my interactions through the lens of this book, and realized when I was reacting with anger or defensiveness, I was “armoring up.” I began quoting her when I recognized one of the points she made in the book related to what was happening at the moment. Often when I read non-fiction books, I cherry-pick rather than read cover-to-cover. I select chapters or sections that relate to whatever interests or applies to me. Dare to Read needs to be read from the first word to the last. I highly recommend it to anyone, in leadership or not.
This is a great book if you want to become the leader that you never thought you could. I feel that many leaders need to read this in order to make workplace environments better to be in.
Informative and powerful. Definitely a book I will be returning to.
Brene is great, but I’m not sure leadership is her forte. It might work with her team, but I’m not falling for it in corporate America.
We need conscious leaders seeking the greater good over ego fulfillment. Read this on your way up the ladder and become a prepared leader.
I feel like I could read this 20 times and learn something new every-time. I like to listen to these kinds of books and she has activities to do on her websight. I feel like this book would take lots of time to pull apart and digest. I am not a leader in the business sense or even in the world sense. I am a mother who leads my home, I am a church leader who leads my class and who contributes where I can there. I am a worker at my office who tries to lead with a smile and compassion. I read this book to help me with the relationships I have in every part of my life. You really need to listen with an open mind and the knowledge that you are not doing everything right and everyone can learn from this book. I loved it, at times I felt deeply involved in what she was saying. I am glad it was Brene who read her book, no one can say it quite like she can:}
Insightful. Motivational. Inspirational. Reading this and watching Brene Brown’s Netflix special are two of the best things I’ve done this spring.
There’s a lot of great material in this book. The author has a warm presentation style and the knowledge to back up what she says. Sometimes I caught my mind wandering as I listened, but I found the book effective in learning to work with groups of people in business settings, which never has been high on my list of strong points.
I love Brene Brown and Dare to Lead encompasses some stories from her past books. Fantastic if you want to know more about shame, empathy and so much more!
Very good book. Read it with friends, talk about your learnings and grow
When it comes to looking forward to a new year, there’s always the thought of resolutions. If I had to make a recommendation, then it’s read more, smarter, and surround yourself with positive, uplifting people. Anyone can nay say, so it takes a special someone to convince an audience that it’s possible to do it better, regardless of your immediate situation and that someone is Brené Brown, especially in her book Dare to Lead. Her sound advice stresses it isn’t about having the perfect solution, but being open to connections, to ‘walk in your neighbor’s shoes’ and most of all finding the courage to try. Great book, fantastic author!
If you lead anything–even your own family–you will love this book. Brene takes principles from Daring Greatly and brings them into the world of leading people. She addresses four skill sets we need to lead with courage, trust, and vulnerability. I love the concept of group rumbles and how to reach a consensus that is a win for everyone. She also talks about the common ways that leaders “keep people in line” and how to overcome that practice with courageous interactions. Highly recommend. I got the audio book because Brene narrates her own books and it adds a layer of enjoyment.
Brené Brown is an important thought leader, and her most recent book is very timely in our current cultural climate. Nearly all adult Americans live most of their lives in aworkplacee. Brown’s new book tackles exactly the issues that face so many people as they navigate issues raised by polarizing politics and the #MeToo movement, as well as systemic problems of, for example, racism.
If you work with other people in any type of work environment, this book may be helpful to you. It shows that everyone has an opportunity to lead, and that empathy is not a weakness in a leader, but rather a strength.
I highly recommend this book to everyone.