Dare to Lead : Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.

Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. is a leadership book by Brené Brown. It focuses on leadership as accountability, curiosity and the development of human potential.

Key details

• Author: Brené Brown
• Centres on leadership beyond titles, status and power
• Draws on two decades of research into emotions
• Informed by seven years of observations across a wide range of organisations

Synopsis

This book presents leadership as the practice of recognising potential in people and ideas, and taking responsibility for developing it. It is written for those who are prepared to choose courage over comfort, make a difference and lead.

It describes “daring” leadership as staying curious rather than claiming to have all the answers, asking better questions, and treating power as something that grows when it is shared. It also addresses the need to engage with difficult conversations and situations, leaning into the vulnerability required to do good work, particularly in cultures shaped by scarcity, fear and uncertainty.

About the author

Brené Brown has spent the past two decades researching the emotions that give meaning to our lives. Over the past seven years, she found that leaders across organisations including start-ups, family-owned businesses, non-profits, civic organisations and Fortune 50 companies have been asking the same questions.