Don't Lead Alone

“By sharing their collective experience and wisdom, Cleveland Justis and Daniel Student have created a road map to finding big-picture, creative solutions to seemingly unsolvable business problems. It is this type of thinking that I brought to my work at Joie de Vivre and then as Head of Global Hospitality and Strategy at Airbnb. I wasn’t born with the skills to solve big challenges. I learned them over time. You can too. This is a must-read for any leader.”

—Chip Conley, New York Times best-selling author and former Head of Global Hospitality and Strategy, Airbnb

“Don’t Lead Alone provides leaders with a broad range of tools to tackle complex problems across sectors and geographies. It shows how innovators can build and enhance skills like curiosity, systems mapping, and empathetic listening to see challenges and possible solutions in new ways and to build complex partnerships with new allies to incorporate a greater array of ideas, experiences, and wisdom. A great resource for leaders seeking to solve the hard problems of our time.”

—Anne Marie Burgoyne, Managing Director, Philanthropy, Emerson Collective

“Cleveland Justis and Daniel Student bring their decades of experience as organizational leaders, business developers, and builders of successful private companies and nonprofits to Don’t Lead Alone, a detailed and perceptive exploration of innovation, collaboration, and creative leadership. They invite us into the worlds of leaders who have approached complex challenges with originality and vision, building successful startups and extraordinary partnerships along the way. At the same time, they guide us toward a comprehensive understanding and expression of our own leadership practices and principles, sharing the insight, inspiration, and wisdom needed to help us take our entrepreneurial ideas and collaborative skills to the next level.”

—Gary May, Chancellor, University of California, Davis

“The world we know is converging and multisectoral—but until now, we haven’t identified the skills leaders need to pioneer this new territory. Don’t Lead Alone (gratefully based on real leaders doing real work) is mapping the way for emerging leaders, changemakers, and their teachers in schools and leadership development programs everywhere. Thank you, Cleve and Daniel.”

—Nora Silver, Founder and Faculty Director, Center for Social Sector Leadership, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

“Cleve and his team have helped us navigate challenges and find creative solutions to entrenched problems through collaboration with business, government, and nonprofit partners. This journey isn’t always easy, but they open your eyes to new ways of looking at things and to see the potential to change, innovate, and ultimately find your own best path forward. Don’t Lead Alone will help you tremendously in your journey.”

—Jon Jarvis, Director (retired), National Park Service