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Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. Audiobook
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Brené Brown has taught us what it means to dare greatly, rise strong, and brave the wilderness. Now, based on new research conducted with leaders, change makers, and culture shifters, she’s showing us how to put those ideas into practice so we can step up and lead.
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Leadership is not about titles, status, and wielding power. A leader is anyone who takes responsibility for recognizing the potential in people and ideas, and has the courage to develop that potential.
When we dare to lead, we don’t pretend to have the right answers; we stay curious and ask the right questions. We don’t see power as finite and hoard it; we know that power becomes infinite when we share it with others. We don’t avoid difficult conversations and situations; we lean into vulnerability when it’s necessary to do good work.
But daring leadership in a culture defined by scarcity, fear, and uncertainty requires skill-building around traits that are deeply and uniquely human. The irony is that we’re choosing not to invest in developing the hearts and minds of leaders at the exact same time as we’re scrambling to figure out what we have to offer that machines and AI can’t do better and faster. What can we do better? Empathy, connection, and courage, to start.
Four-time #1 New York Times bestselling author Brené Brown has spent the past two decades studying the emotions and experiences that give meaning to our lives, and the past seven years working with transformative leaders and teams spanning the globe. She found that leaders in organizations ranging from small entrepreneurial startups and family-owned businesses to nonprofits, civic organizations, and Fortune 50 companies all ask the same question:
How do you cultivate braver, more daring leaders, and how do you embed the value of courage in your culture?
In Dare to Lead, Brown uses research, stories, and examples to answer these questions in the no-BS style that millions of readers have come to expect and love.
Brown writes, “One of the most important findings of my career is that daring leadership is a collection of four skill sets that are 100 percent teachable, observable, and measurable. It’s learning and unlearning that requires brave work, tough conversations, and showing up with your whole heart. Easy? No. Because choosing courage over comfort is not always our default. Worth it? Always. We want to be brave with our lives and our work. It’s why we’re here.”
Whether you’ve read Daring Greatly and Rising Strong or you’re new to Brené Brown’s work, this book is for anyone who wants to step up and into brave leadership.
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"Review of Dare to Lead by Brené Brown - I recently finished listening to Dare to Lead and found it an enlightening, impactful listen. This book is most definitely essential reading for anyone hoping to become a stronger leader, especially during these times of uncertainty where job security is getting harder and harder to come by.At the core of her work, Brown offers powerful insights about developing true leadership skills and cultivating courage in the face of fear. Drawing on her rich research and experience as a professor and mentor in psychology, she seamlessly interweaves anecdotes from business professionals with stories from her personal life. The result is a clear, engaging narrative that illustrates how effective leadership can be developed over time. In addition to providing practical advice on how to lead effectively, Brown also delves into underlying psychological issues that can get in the way of successful leadership such as vulnerability and shame. With plenty of concrete examples and actionable advice throughout the book, I found Dare to Lead to be an informative yet accessible read with plenty of meaningful insight into what makes strong leaders great. Her narrative style is easy-to-follow yet packed with depth and thoughtfulness; this was one audiobook I literally couldn’t wait to listen every day!"
— Bethany Trinity (5 out of 5 stars)
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“Brené’s unique blend of warmth, humor, and ass-kicking makes her the perfect person to inspire us.”
— Harriet Lerner, PhD, New York Times bestselling author, on Daring Greatly -
With Dare to Lead, Brené brings decades of research to bear in a practical and insightful guide to courageous leadership. This book is a road map for anyone who wants to lead mindfully, live bravely, and dare to lead.
— Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook, founder, LeanIn.Org and OptionB.Org -
Brené visited Pixar to talk with our filmmakers. Her message was important, as movies are best when they come from a place of vulnerability, when the people who make them encounter setbacks and are forced to overcome them, when they are willing to have their asses handed to them. It is easy to sit back and talk about the values of a safe and meaningful culture, but extraordinarily difficult to pull it off. You don’t achieve good culture without constant attention, without an environment of safety, courage, and vulnerability. These are hard skills, but they are teachable skills. Start with this book.
— Ed Catmull, president, Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios -
Whether you’re leading a movement or a start-up, if you’re trying to change an organizational culture or the world, Dare to Lead will challenge everything you think you know about brave leadership and give you honest, straightforward, actionable tools for choosing courage over comfort.
— Tarana Burke, senior director, Girls for Gender Equity, founder, the Me Too movement -
We asked Brené to bring her work on courage and vulnerability to our Air Force base. This is a tough audience, many of them with significant combat experience. Within five minutes, you could have heard a pin drop. Brené cuts through the noise and speaks to what makes us human and makes the mission happen. Dare to Lead is about real leadership: tenacious, from the heart, and full of grit.
— Brigadier General Brook J. Leonard, United States Air Force -
Brené is Google Empathy Lab’s Obi-Wan Kenobi. She has profoundly inspired our product leaders to design in and embrace vulnerability, rather than engineer it out. It’s a critical and transformative act to bring your alive, messy, wholehearted human self to work every day. Dare to Lead is the skillful and empowering Jedi training we have all been waiting for.
— Danielle Krettek, founder, Google Empathy Lab -
Applying the principles from Dare to Lead to my work as a principal has transformed the way I show up with parents, students, and colleagues, and how I lead. Brené’s words, stories, and examples connect with our hearts and minds, and her actionable approach gives us the tools to be braver with our lives and our work.
— Kwabena Mensah, PhD, assistant superintendent, Fort Bend ISD, Principal of the Year, Katy ISD and Texas Alliance of Black School Educators -
Brené truly gives it all away in Dare to Lead. Courage is a set of teachable skills, and she teaches us exactly how to build those muscles with research, stories, examples, and new language. The future belongs to brave leaders, and she’s written the ultimate playbook for daring leadership.
— Scott Harrison, founder and CEO, charity: water
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An iBooks bestseller in Audiobooks
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O Magazine Pick of Best Self-Help Books
Dare to Lead Listener Reviews
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Janise Ochoa, 8/7/2024
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Daniel Conley, 9/13/2023
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Mary Taegel, 2/24/2023
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" Dare to Lead is an empowering and inspiring experience. It encourages readers to take charge of their lives, overcome their fears and doubts, and step out of their comfort zone in order to become successful leaders. Brown's deep understanding of how people develop courage, cultivate empathy and resilience, and build strong relationships is evident throughout the audiobook. There's plenty of practical guidance on tap for how to effectively lead through difficult conversations, conflict resolution, accountability practices, and decision-making processes. I found this advice to be most helpful at my job. On top of that Brené’s voice is captivating and her ability to weave personal stories with research results makes it easy to follow her advice in everyday life. This one's definitely a keeper! "
— River, 1/19/2023 -
" The advice in this awesome book helped me get a promotion and raise so it gets 5 stars for that! Thank you so much Brené and Audio Book Store! "
— SoHappy, 6/12/2022 -
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Kelsey crawford, 1/31/2022
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" Dare to Lead is an absolutely outstanding audiobook IMHO. A masterful combination of riveting narration and captivating content, this book is essential listening for anyone trying to make a positive change in their workplace or personal life. From start to finish, Dare to Lead offers a memorable journey of self-discovery. Brené Brown's distinctive writing style is both engaging and inspiring as she dives into her trademark mix of research, stories, and honest insights from her own life experiences. Her signature humor brings some much needed levity to even the most difficult topics without ever losing its power or importance. Brown doesn't shy away from difficult conversations either - she encourages us to have them openly and honestly so we can all benefit in the long run. This is the most inspiring book I’ve read in quite some time and it’s especially great in this audio format since Brené reads it herself! "
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Amanda Neanor, 11/22/2019
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" I thought I knew so much since I’m a psychologist and was supposed to be good at human relationships. This is my shame speaking and yet this new learning I have gain make me want to cry and be hopeful at the same time. There is so many mistakes I have done in my journey with this thing called life. I am humbled and grateful of this learning and know I have work to do to be the person and leader I know I can be. The first lesson is self forgiveness and a commitment to learning about other people.. "
— John S, 6/9/2019 -
" In my opinion There is a lot of doctor talk from studies. I found it harder for me to relate to it. I got more from the book Extreme Ownership. Maybe because I was in the military and can follow the line of comparison easier. "
— Richard, 12/30/2018
About Brené Brown
Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW, is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. A nationally renowned teacher and speaker, she is also the author of The Gifts of Imperfection and I Thought It Was Just Me (But It Isn’t). Her groundbreaking work has been featured widely in the media, including PBS and NPR.