Choosing to Lead Against the Current
The Courageous Operating System for Changemakers--Empowering leaders to transform the world with integrity, impact, and purpose
by Eveline Shen
You must sign in to see if this title is available for request. Sign In or Register Now
Send NetGalley books directly to your Kindle or Kindle app
1
To read on a Kindle or Kindle app, please add kindle@netgalley.com as an approved email address to receive files in your Amazon account. Click here for step-by-step instructions.
2
Also find your Kindle email address within your Amazon account, and enter it here.
Pub Date Aug 05 2025 | Archive Date Aug 04 2025
Talking about this book? Use #ChoosingtoLeadAgainsttheCurrent #NetGalley. More hashtag tips!
Description
In the face of complex challenges, capable leaders need more than a simple box of leadership tools. They need an internal system of leadership, a tested operating system to help them navigate successfully through forces of oppression, while staying connected to their purpose, values, and vision.
In Choosing to Lead Against the Current, award-winning movement leader, social change strategist, and executive director Eveline Shen shares her Courageous Operating System, a revolutionary system designed to help positive transformation leaders cultivate their power, sustain themselves both mentally and physically, and create lasting conditions for success.
With inspiring stories and case-studies drawn from her own experiences, as well as, from her work with other change leaders, topics include how to:
- Turn encounters with adversity into sources of strength
- Redefine success on one’s own terms
- Build creative momentum against forces of oppression
- Transform failures into progress
- Prioritize short and long-term self-care
Shen’s system has been taught to leaders in over 200 organizations across the U.S. and global South. It’s holistic in nature, with different elements designed to work as one. Choosing to Lead Against the Current takes readers through the system's components, with exercises at the end of each chapter to help integrate them into any leadership style.
Shen’s offering teaches anyone leading against the current how to harness their full leadership power to build a future that values the liberation of all people and life on this planet.
A Note From the Publisher
For more information or for a physical copy, please email publicity@northatlanticbooks.com.
Advance Praise
This book is a manifesto for every leader fighting to dismantle oppressive systems and build something bold, just, and liberatory. Eveline Shen’s Courageous Operating System is more than a framework—it’s a call to action for those of us who refuse to bow to the forces of greed and brutality. This is the blueprint we need to lead with audacity, transform oppression into power, and ignite a future rooted in collective liberation.
LATEEFAH SIMON, US Congress member and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow
This book is an extraordinary gift to movement workers everywhere. Choosing to Lead Against the Current is a must-read for anyone harnessing people power for justice and social change in the twenty-first century. With a masterful blend of history, strategy, and actionable advice, Eveline offers an indispensable guide for change-makers determined to transform our world. Eveline’s humble and remarkable guidance has profoundly shaped my life and leadership. I’m thrilled that her invaluable lessons are now accessible to a broader audience through this book.
SHANELLE MATTHEWS, former director of communications for the Movement for Black Lives and distinguished lecturer in anthropology and interdisciplinary studies at City College of New York
Marketing Plan
PPC ad campaign
Social media advertising
Goodreads giveaway
Influencer outreach
PPC ad campaign
Social media advertising
Goodreads giveaway
Influencer outreach
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9798889842118 |
| PRICE | $20.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 330 |
