Leadership research, explained

What the research actually says

LeaderWise is built on 43 published leadership frameworks. These are plain-language summaries of what each one argues, and what it means on an ordinary Tuesday.

Summaries of published work, not advice, and not a substitute for your own HR or legal teams.

The Bridges Transition Model

William Bridges · Managing Transitions

A reorganization happens on a date. The transition happens in people afterwards. The three phases, and the one most managers never plan for.

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Psychological Safety

Amy C. Edmondson · The Fearless Organization

The most misquoted idea in management. What it actually means, the four things silence is buying, and which study the famous finding is really in.

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Adaptive Leadership

Ronald Heifetz & Marty Linsky · Leadership on the Line

Does this problem need a better process, or do people need to behave differently? The technical fix trap, and why resistance is really about loss.

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Radical Candor

Kim Scott · Radical Candor

Everyone remembers the grid and most people misuse it. The four quadrants, and why silence costs more than the conversation you are avoiding.

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Polarity Management

Barry Johnson · Polarity Management

Some tensions have answers. Others can only be balanced, and solving one is how an organization swings between two failures for a decade.

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