Reclaiming Higher Ground: Creating Organizations that Inspire the Soul [Hardcover] Secretan, Lance H.K.

Lance Secretan believes most organizations are soul-crushing by design — and it doesn't have to be that way. This book makes the case for leadership that goes beyond profit margins and quarterly targets, arguing that truly great companies inspire rather than manage. Secretan, a former CEO turned leadership consultant, lays out a framework for building workplaces rooted in values, authenticity, and purpose. He's direct about what's broken in corporate culture — the jargon, the politics, the empty mission statements — and prescriptive about what replaces it. Think less TED Talk, more boardroom manifesto. If you're a manager tired of disengaged teams or an employee wondering why work feels hollow, this makes a compelling argument for a different way. Idealistic? Yes. But grounded in decades of real-world experience.