Best-selling authors Karen and Henry Kimsey-House (Co-Active Coaching, 170,000 sold) bring the wildly successful co-active model to the theory and practice of leadership.

Over and over, Karen and Henry Kimsey-House's clients told them that they found traditional, top-down models of leadership to be divisive and isolating, that they would welcome a more inclusive, holistic approach. So this book begins with a new and expanded definition of leadership: 'Leaders are those who are responsible for their world.' Co-Active means 'being in action...together.' In Co-Active Leadership everyone is a leader in different ways. We each play different leadership roles in different situations, and these roles are continually shifting.

There are five dimensions of co-active leadership. 'Co-Active Leader Within' is the foundation-you must live with full self-authority, modeling acceptance and integrity 'Co-Active Leader from the Front' means pointing the way and inviting and inspiring, not compelling, others to follow. 'Co-Active Leader from Behind' means serving others, supporting them and growing their leadership capacity. 'Co-Active leader from Beside' means fully partnering with other members of your team, without egos or agendas, a dance in which both partners lead. And finally, 'Co-active Leader from the Field' means slowing down long enough to capture the insights and wisdom available beyond our rational mind. Co-Active Leadership is the only model to celebrate and honor these different expressions of leadership. It allows collaborative solutions to emerge that would never have been possible otherwise.