Connected Leadership

Collaboration Is Powerful

Learn to share the decision-making process and get team buy-in through collaboration. When you share leadership with your team, you engage the power of collaboration and enable your team to lead themselves.

“Francis Eberle’s unique model of collaboration for Connected Leadership provides a framework for thinking and taking action that will benefit every leader.” —Marshall Goldsmith, Thinkers50 #1 Executive Coach and the only two-time #1 Leadership Thinker in the world

“Leadership skills must evolve to engage our cross-generational workforce teams to achieve business goals. The Connected Leadership model will guide leaders through the leadership evolution.” —Connie Yuen, Vice President of Finance, GreatHorn, Inc.

“2020 has shown the extreme need for nontraditional, flexible, and collaborative leadership to overcome unpredictable events. Dr. Eberle’s Connected Leadership teaches how to engage self-leading teams.” —Ramin Karimpour, Founder and CEO of Applied LifeSciences & Systems

“In Connected Leadership, Francis Eberle goes beyond simply highlighting the value of collaborative, servant leadership—he offers practical guidance on how leaders can effectively connect with their teams and stakeholders.” —Brian MacLeod, Head of Specialized Service, Wayfair

“Strong relationships help you tap into a diverse matrix of thoughts, making you a more competent and confident leader who can effectively lead others to their purpose. A clear purpose will engage the power of the team.” —Gretchen McDade, Vice President/General Manager, Sales, Constellation Brands

“Each decision a leader makes has a ripple effect. Connected Leadership clarifies the benefits to an organization of a collaborative leader who works in a connected fashion. This skill is essential for all leaders.” —Mark R. Proctor, M.D., Neurosurgeon-in-Chief, Boston Children's Hospital, Franc D. Ingraham Professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School

“Francis Eberle gets at the heart of collaborative leadership with authenticity and simplicity. It is a must read to succeed in our planned collaborative efforts with others.” —Sadhana Hall, Deputy Director, Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences

“I loved the ideas Francis Eberle shared with us about collaborative leadership in today’s new workplace. He is a smart and seasoned leader and that comes through in Connected Leadership.” —Ron Price, Founder, President & CEO, Price Associates

“Connected Leadership: Engage Your Workforce to Lead Themselves is a manager’s guide to engaging a team that collaborates effectively and emphasizes shared leadership. It is full of tools, ideas, and advice that can help anyone understand what it means to build a successful team. It also challenges many traditional management concepts by breaking down psychological barriers and showing how managers can best serve their employees by helping them solve problems. Connected Leadership is a valuable resource with actionable steps to enhance workplace collaboration.

The book is organized into several parts, focusing on team creation, goal setting, and how to pay attention. Each chapter had valuable insights that weren’t age-old pieces of advice. For example: don’t select only all-stars for the team. One should think about how people’s personalities mesh or what attributes are needed for projects. This enhances collaboration and discourages internal competition, which can stifle an organization’s success.

Connected Leadership is a well-written, approachable and inspirational guide to leadership. The author, Francis Eberle, has a great deal of leadership experience, including roles as an executive, teacher, nonprofit leader, and membership on boards of directors, that add credibility to his advice. This book reads like a “how to be a good manager” - though Eberle points out that leadership does not need to come from managers. Rather, it can and should be found in collaboration amongst teams. The book serves as a helpful guide for how to approach conversations with staff, and even how to run a productive meeting. It challenges concepts that many may have learned in traditional management training, or through observing other managers, by providing sound reasoning on why Eberle’s approach is superior.

Eberle spends time discussing people’s motivations, and how to uncover them. Extrinsic motivators such as money and recognition are not always the most valued by employees. In fact, contributing to a common goal and working as a team can be larger motivators for many. Connected Leadership focuses a lot on understanding people and paying attention, rather than establishing dominance or authority. The concept of shared authority is introduced, and Eberle’s examples and data bring this concept to life.

Overall, this book covers a lot of simple concepts that we should focus on, but often don’t when facilitating teams. Tactically, this book is a great resource as it contains flow diagrams, worksheets, thought exercises, and specific questions to consider to aid in the collaborative leadership journey. In addition, it references a lot of great books, podcasts, other media that I took note of to learn more. Eberle’s approach to leadership really sparked my interest. I highly recommend this book for managers and employees alike, as it has terrific suggestions on how to build strong teams.” —Alex Malm, Manhattan Book Review

“Connected Leadership: Engage Your Workforce to Lead Themselves is a book on leadership that answers one of the most crucial questions of all times: How can contemporary leaders build teams that win and empower team members to take the lead on every aspect of one's business? The book articulates the concept of collaborative leadership in a mesmerizing, practical, and unique manner, identifying the key components of effective leadership and what it takes to build synergy within an organization. In this book, the author explores the changing leadership dynamics and superbly demonstrates the shift in leadership that wins, providing topics that are not just relevant but inescapable for leaders who are driven and who strive to create teams that thrive.  

Francis Eberle writes Connected Leadership: Engage Your Workforce to Lead Themselves with a deep insight into the future of organizations and interpersonal relationships at work. He brings in his expertise of over 25 years working with startups to deliver a unique book about leadership and interpersonal relationships in the workplace. In this easy-to-read book, Eberle guides his readers with practical examples to effectively connect to team members and build a winning. This book explains why it is important for leaders to repress their innate desire to always be at the forefront and instead share leadership with their team.

This book deals with putting the focus on teamwork while rejecting the conventional hierarchy that has always been present in the workplace. Connected Leadership: Engage Your Workforce to Lead Themselves by Francis Eberle teaches readers to connect with their team and stakeholders in an effective way while putting the company's needs first. A perfect read for managers and forerunners in any organization, it informs the reader when to step up as a leader and when to pass on the torch to someone more experienced and competent. If you are looking for a book to improve your leadership and teamwork skills in the workplace, Connected Leadership: Engage Your Workforce to Lead Themselves is the perfect book for you. Written in a conversational tone and an accessible style, this book brings to readers groundbreaking tools to transform leadership into an experience that helps everyone in a team to bring out the best in themselves.” —Franklin Bauer, The Book Commentary