What if you could have one of the world’s top leadership coaches in your pocket?
That’s what Leadership Intelligence gives you: A compelling playbook packed with science-backed strategies that leaders at all levels can use to raise their game.
Leadership can be deeply rewarding—but also deeply demanding. As a leader, you need to deliver immediate results, while also building for the long term. You have to lift yourself up to see the whole field of play, while also helping your teams move forward at ground level. Meanwhile, technology is changing faster than ever, and the division of labor between human and machine keeps shifting. What does it take to lead intelligently through all of that?
Powered by the science-based approach that made her first book, How to Have a Good Day, an instant and enduring success, Caroline Webb’s Leadership Intelligence enables leaders to excel at this unique time in history. Rooted in fresh insights from psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral economics, and brought to life by real stories of accomplished leaders, the book provides an integrated system full of original frameworks and tools that readers can put to work right away.
Arranged under three key strengths of a great leader—making wise choices, inspiring people to perform at their best, and building resilience to ups and downs—Webb distills her three decades of work advising senior executives into a guide for navigating common situations such as:
- Making important decisions and tradeoffs
- Giving feedback that drives action
- Managing conflict with key stakeholders
- Strengthening team collaboration
- Steering through uncertainty and upheaval
Clear enough to consult before a crucial meeting, but engaging enough to read in depth, Leadership Intelligence is an indispensable toolkit that successful managers will return to year after year as their roles and responsibilities grow.
The book has been described by Jonathan Haidt as “invaluable”, and by Marshall Goldsmith as "smart, insightful, and practical", written by "one of the best leadership coaches in the world". Leadership Intelligence will be published by Crown Currency in the U.S. on Sept 8 2026, and by Pan Macmillan in the UK and Commonwealth on 10 Sept 2026.
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Praise for Leadership Intelligence
Caroline Webb's first book, How to Have a Good Day, is so wonderful that I assign it in every course I teach at NYU-Stern. Now she's back with a terrific book for leaders. Every page of Leadership Intelligence offers invaluable advice drawn from her long experience as an executive coach, all grounded in current research on how the brain processes information, rewards, and threats—and I can personally vouch for the effectiveness of her advice. If you want to become a wiser, more inspiring, and more resilient leader, this is the best book you can read.”
Jonathan Haidt, NYU-Stern School of Business, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Anxious Generation and and The Righteous Mind
Caroline Webb's Leadership Intelligence is a masterful guide to creating the conditions for people to thrive and contribute their best. She shows us that the core leadership principles of building wisdom, inspiring others, and sustaining resilience can help any leader unlock the human magic that lives within their team. In a world that desperately needs purposeful, human-centered leadership, this book is an essential compass.
Hubert Joly, Harvard Business School, Former Best Buy CEO, Best-Selling Author, The Heart of Business
Caroline Webb is one of the best leadership coaches in the world. I know this because I've worked alongside her and watched her help leaders tackle some of their hardest business and behavioral challenges. Leadership Intelligence captures what makes Caroline so effective as a coach. It's smart, insightful, practical - and it will immediately improve the way you lead. Read it, use it, and give it to every leader you know!
Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, Thinkers50 #1 executive coach and New York Times bestselling author of Triggers and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There