The Seventh Force. Kevin Hancock

Kevin Hancock chronicles a journey of more than 15,000 miles, from his hometown of Casco, Maine, to a remote Native American school on the edge of the Colorado Plateau, and then finally to Kyiv, Ukraine. This unexpected journey is like a puzzle, full of clues to the nature of “power,” and how to best harness it and distribute it widely. Along the way, the author meets inspiring people and exceptional communities that are changing the traditional frameworks of organizational excellence, leadership, and following. These encounters ultimately yield insights about how CEOs and other leaders can elegantly break with the hierarchical model of management that has taken hold across the planet and instead establish a new set of rules that includes greater inclusion, shared leadership, decentralized authority, and respect for all voices.