Librería Samer Atenea
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Librería Kolima (Madrid)
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'A practical, story-driven guide to humane leadership - learn how presence, humility, and small acts build trust, transform teams, and replace control with commitment.' To Lead, First Be Human offers a clear, urgent reframe of modern leadership: authority isn’t earned by title or technical skill alone - it’s earned through presence, humility, and care. Drawing on hard-earned stories from military service, diplomacy, and public-sector leadership, Otsuko Notoma shows that leadership is less about commanding and more about creating safety, trust, and belonging so people bring their best work. Through candid episodes - the shame of choosing image over integrity, the small acts (brewing coffee, bringing sandwiches) that build trust, the discipline of admitting what you don’t know, and the hard truth that emotional labor is real work - Notoma teaches practical reflection and short action steps readers can use right away to shift how they lead and how their teams respond. This is for first-time supervisors, seasoned managers who’ve lost touch with purpose, and any professional who wants tools to move from compliance to commitment. Readable, grounded, and quietly powerful, To Lead, First Be Human invites you to trade control for connection, and to grow leadership that lasts - not because of rank, but because of resonance.
