Leadership Intelligence : Twenty-One Everyday Management Challenges and How to Master Them

‘If you want to become a wiser, more inspiring and resilient leader, this is the best book you can read‘ – Jonathan Haidt, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Anxious Generation

Lead with intelligence – not just instinct.

Renowned executive coach and bestselling author of How to Have a Good Day, Caroline Webb provides a science-backed playbook for leading in a workplace being reshaped by rapid technological change.

Webb distils three decades of experience into a practical guide for mastering twenty-one essential leadership challenges. Grounded in neuroscience, psychology and behavioural economics, Leadership Intelligence moves management away from guesswork and transforms it into a learnable craft.

Arranged under three core pillars – Wisdom, Inspiration and Resilience – this book provides the actionable tools needed to:

• Make consistently wise choices even amidst complexity and bias.
• Inspire peak performance by leveraging the brain’s reward system.
• Build team resilience to navigate uncertainty, crisis and burnout.

Featuring stories from real-life role models at organizations including Google, X and L’Oréal, Webb shares indispensable lessons for leaders at every level.

Practical enough for the heat of a crisis and broad enough to guide your entire career, Leadership Intelligence is the definitive handbook for the modern era.

‘Caroline Webb has a quite exceptional range of organizational experience‘ – Peter Day, BBC Business Correspondent