As the title implies, the focus of The Hope-Drive Leader is on the power of hope. However, the book doesn’t keep leadership at its center, it drifts off into general life skills and skims multiple psychological theories and papers to highlight trends. Each chapter gives a key takeaway, belief and behavior.

If you haven’t explored the power of hope at all, this book may be a good place to start. It covers the principles generally and encourages application. I didn’t find it particularly insightful as I have a degree in psychology and have spent years digging into leadership, I found the content light. Bearing that in mind, I have to give it a three out of five on the en-JOY-ment scale.

Leading yourself from the stand point of hope is a wonderful and good idea. This book from Libby Gil is full of practical wisdom about the importance of being hopeful of something great. She discussed this virtue under different settings.