The Living Room Leader

Book excerpt: "Instead of thinking about how you can 'get back to normal, ' challenge yourself and your people to keep stretching toward a new paradigm." The pandemic proved that companies can pivot their business models faster than anyone thought possible, and in the process, leaders uncovered innovative ways of managing their teams, boosting productivity, and engaging clientele-often from the living room or kitchen table. The Living Room Leader from Jack Hammer CEO Debbie Goodman is an illuminating exploration into the status-quo-shattering lessons learned in 2020 that can-and should-prevail beyond the era of the pandemic. Goodman uses anecdotal interviews with extraordinary business leaders from all over the world plus scientific studies and her own wealth of experience to distill the positive takeaways from COVID's catalytic impact on how companies conduct business. Along the way, she also underscores the continued value of familiar practices that have stood the test of time. The Living Room Leader is the perfect "user manual" for forward-thinking business leaders who are ready to take stock of what worked, pare away what didn't, and pursue with gusto new opportunities worth exploring and exploiting-from the living room, boardroom, and anywhere in between.