Challenge Quest, LLC

Creating the conditions for sustainable change

A Leadership Paradox:

Influencing Others by Defining Yourself

Revised Edition

Times are such that organizations can no longer survive with leaders focused on telling others what to do and the rest of the organization allowing themselves to be taken care of by a leader. Differentiated leadership no longer places its faith in holding together this failed paradigm. Differentiated leaders recognize that they must begin the path of change by addressing their own anxiety and find a way to overcome their fear.  Their depth of learning, both about themselves and the challenges surrounding them, must grow.  As it does, they will be able to step out in courage and offer both the truth about current conditions and ask the questions which will allow a new vision to emerge.  Based on research inside a Fortune 500 company, A Leadership Paradox outlines and provides a model for achieving differentiated (defined) leadership.

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What people are saying about this book:

“A Leadership Paradox is an invaluable contribution to the Leadership literature. Clear and insightful, it offers a vital new way of seeing the role of a leader in today’s world.”

Ken Blanchard

Co-author - The One Minute Manager® and The Secret

“In a culture necessitating a leader’s ability to change, A Leadership Paradox provides a guide for making the change both meaningful and sustainable. The text is a brilliant progression of ideas presented using insightful definitions and theories that are demonstrated through practical application. It serves as an inspiration for leaders to first look internally when starting the process of change.”

Andy Wilson

CEO - Soderquist Center for Leadership & Ethics 

“Equipping People with the Transforming Power of Ethical Leadership”

“In this provocative book, Robinson and Rose challenge conventional wisdom about leadership. It is a must-read for leaders who already suspect that producing sustainable change will require different ways of thinking, hard work, and a dose of humility.”

Ellen Ralph

Principal - Meridian Resources