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The Hidden Leadership Variable: Why Consciousness, Not Competency, Determines Leadership Effectiveness
by Gretchen Griffin and Mark Yeoell
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About the book
The Hidden Leadership Variable
The biggest determinant of your leadership effectiveness is the variable you couldn't see—until now.
In a world of nonstop complexity, even the most experienced and highly skilled leaders are hitting a wall. When pressure rises, leaders don't rise to their skills or experience.
They fall to the level of their consciousness.
Across a $366 billion leadership development industry, one variable has been missing — the unseen factor driving your leadership from the inside out. The one that shapes how you think, decide, communicate, and respond under pressure.
Gretchen Griffin and Mark Yeoell — drawing on decades of leadership science and their work with thousands of leaders — make it visible and chart a path to develop it.
The Hidden Leadership Variable introduces the HLV3x3™ Framework — a research-grounded map of how your level of consciousness shapes your leadership effectiveness. It gives you a mirror to see your leadership and a compass to shift it. Designed for immediate application — in your next conversation, decision, or moment of pressure.
Inside, you'll find:
- Relatable scenarios that illustrate how reactivity surfaces under pressure — and how to shift it before it derails your leadership
- A revealing self-assessment that exposes the unseen patterns shaping your leadership effectiveness
- Proven practices for expanding your awareness and developing the capacity for highly effective leadership
- A dynamic framework built for the complexity of leadership today — grounded in adult development theory, neuroscience, and decades of real-world practice
Competencies matter. So does training. But on their own, they aren't enough. The next frontier of leadership development is consciousness — and learning to develop it will transform how you lead.
This is a breakthrough book for leaders, executive coaches, HR partners, and organizations ready to move beyond outdated competency models and finally address the variable that matters most.
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- Publisher
- Wiley
- Authors
- Gretchen Griffin, Mark Yeoell
- Format
- Hardcover
- Release date
- Nov 17, 2026
- ISBN-13
- 9781394391967
- Pages
- 272
- Carton quantity
- 18 copies
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| Copies | Price per copy | You save |
|---|---|---|
| 25 – 99 | $19.80 | 34% off list |
| 100 – 249 | $19.20 | 36% off list |
| 250 – 499 | $18.60 | 38% off list |
| 500 – 999 | $18.00 | 40% off list |
| 1,000+ | $17.40 | 42% off list |
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