The BOLD Leader: Decide What Matters and Deliver What Counts (eBook)

Leigh Burgess (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
390 Seiten
Wiley (Verlag)
978-1-394-34348-5 (ISBN)

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From the USA Today bestselling author of Be BOLD Today, Leigh Burgess
Bold leadership doesn't happen by chance, it happens by choice. Boldness isn't something you're born with. It's something you build.

The BOLD Leader is the neuroscience-based leadership guide for executives, entrepreneurs, and emerging leaders ready to create high-performance momentum and the results that matter most.

Grounded in real-world tools and the signature D90 Method, this book helps you improve decision-making, lead under pressure, and activate bold, strategic leadership that fuels both personal growth and sustainable success.

Bestselling author and Bold Industries Group founder Leigh Burgess delivers a transformative approach informed by neuroscience, leadership psychology, and decades of lived experience. Using the BOLD Framework-Believe, Own, Learn, Design-and the D90 Method, you'll adopt a bold mindset and strategy that drives real, measurable change for yourself and your teams.

Inside, you'll learn how to:

• Use fear as a signal, not a stop sign, to lead with clarity under pressure
• Navigate high-stakes conversations with trust and presence
• Make confident, aligned decisions without overthinking
• Accelerate your impact with tools to expand your capacity and sharpen your edge
• Create lasting momentum in just 90 days using the D90 Method

The BOLD Leader gives you the mindset, structure, and tools to meet the moment and lead boldly, fueled by intention, not reaction. This is a system built for today's complexities and tomorrow's unknowns.

Your next level is calling. Being bold isn't a one-time act-it's a rhythm, a standard, and now, your leadership advantage.

LEIGH BURGESS is the founder and CEO of Bold Industries Group and the creator of the BOLD Framework and D-90 Method, used by leaders across industries globally. A trusted advisor to Fortune 500 organizations and high-performing executives, entrepreneurs, and teams, she blends neuroscience, leadership psychology, and strategy to elevate how leaders show up, think, and lead, with presence, clarity, and purpose.

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Introduction

You did not pick up this book by chance.

You are here because you are already leading.

It is a team, a business, a vision, or it is the quiet, daily decision to show up when it would be easier to shrink back. Whatever the setting, your choices ripple outward. People look to you. Outcomes depend on you. And that weight? I know it well.

Because I have been where you are.

Not leading from a title, but from the thick of it.

When the pressure is real.

When the stakes are high.

When the answers aren't obvious and the voices around can be loud.

This book is not about the kind of leadership that rewards performance or perfection. It is not about mastering someone else's blueprint or pretending to have it all figured out.

It is about something far more powerful:

• Leadership that is true to who you are.
• Leadership that is fully aligned with your values.
• Not fearless, but fiercely present.
• Not loud, but unmistakably clear.

The world needs leaders who are willing to show up real, ready, and willing to choose courage over certainty.

If that is what you are here for, you are not just ready to lead.

You are ready to lead boldly.

And that is exactly what we are going to do, together.

Everyone's leadership journey is unique and not many start at the top. My first job was mowing lawns. Later, I unloaded trucks for FedEx and UPS, often the only woman on the shift. I became the only woman promoted to lead the overnight operation, directing a crew that processed hundreds of thousands of packages nightly.

I worked my way up through schools, hospitals, and research centers, collecting every lesson, every challenge, every hard‐earned win, and building a career that never fit neatly into any box.

But even as I climbed, I realized I was not following the traditional playbook. I have always felt a little outside of “the popular leader club.” Different. I was open to failure, willing to try new things, move faster, and would say the unpopular thing. I stood up for what was right even when it conflicted with organizational politics. I took big swings to create better outcomes.

At times, I felt like I did not fit the mold of what was expected of me. I felt at times, I was expected to keep my head down, go along with the popular vote and fall in line when directed.

And to be honest? I am glad I did not fit in.

Because I believe that bold leadership is not about checking boxes or fitting neatly anywhere.

“Bold leadership is not a one-time act of courage, it is a muscle, built decision by decision, through insight, intention, and practice.”

It is about standing strong in the messy moments and choosing to move forward anyway.

It is trusting your voice even when fear is loud.

It is building something meaningful, especially when it's hard or uncertain.

And if I have learned anything, it is this: bold leadership does not come from perfect timing, perfect plans, or perfect confidence. It comes from learning how to act with clarity, courage, and conviction, especially when fear is in the room.

Every journey that matters begins at the edge of your comfort zone. As soon as you decide that good enough, average, and mediocre will not guide you to greatness, you open yourself to powerful new possibilities.

That is exactly why I wrote this book.

It will not give you another set of rules or tell you how to look more confident on the surface. Instead, I want to give you a real, practical framework you can lean on when things get tough. I will show you how to use fear as fuel, how to keep moving forward even when you are unsure, and how to define success in your way, not by someone else's checklist.

You do not need permission.

You just need to decide.

Then take action.

No one can make you bold.

It is your choice.

What Bold Leadership Means to Me

Let me paint a picture for you.

You are sitting at the head of the table. Everyone is looking at you, not just for answers, but for direction. The room is tense. The stakes are high. And the truth is: you do not have all the answers. But you do have something more valuable.

Clarity.

You are locked in on your goals.

And you are willing to take action.

That is bold leadership.

It does not wait for all the data or depend on perfect certainty.

It steps in when others stall out.

It says, “This is what we know. Here is what we are going to do next.”

Bold leadership is not about being louder. It is not about titles or always knowing what to say. It is about showing up clearly when it counts and doing the hard things others avoid.

Let me show you what that looks like in real life:

• When your team is stuck spinning in analysis, you draw a line, set a deadline, and move forward.
• When a project is unraveling, you do not double down to protect pride, you make the call to stop.
• When someone is not delivering, you step in early and have the direct conversation no one else will.
• When a new opportunity shows up and everyone hesitates, you trust your instincts and take the lead.
• And when your values and the profitable path collide, you choose alignment because long‐term trust beats short‐term gain.

This is leadership with weight behind it. Leadership that does not rely on noise, but on knowing.

It is not reactive. It is responsive.

It is not about constantly pushing, it is about knowing when to press and when to pause.

This is what I call operational boldness.

Less about the speech. More about the choice.

Less about being impressive. More about being intentional.

Bold leaders do not just create results.

They build trust, momentum, and a ripple effect that outlasts any one meeting, moment, or title.

That is the kind of leadership this book will help you claim.

Decision by decision.

Moment by moment.

Exactly where you are.

Why This Book Exists

This book began with one unshakable truth: Playing it safe is no longer safe.

In a world moving faster by the day, more noise, more pressure, more uncertainty, waiting feels like the responsible thing to do. But hesitation? It is expensive.

Not just in missed opportunities, but in clarity, momentum, and trust.

We have been sold a version of leadership that says:

Wait until you are 100% sure.

Play it safe until the room agrees.

Hold the role, even if you are crumbling inside.

That is not leadership. That is performance.

And it is exhausting.

This book is about something far more powerful.

Leadership that is rooted in truth, guided by aligned action, and brave enough to move, even when certainty never shows up.

Because bold leadership looks different.

It is not louder. Not tougher. Not shinier.

It is clearer.

More intentional.

More grounded in what matters most and more willing to deliver what actually counts, not just what looks good from the outside.

Let me be clear:

Bold leadership isn't about being fearless.

It's about being present with fear and still choosing to act.

It's not about having all the answers.

It's about having the courage to ask better questions, take the next step, and stay in integrity while you do it.

So how do you know if you are actually leading boldly?

How do you measure leadership in a way that goes beyond performance reviews, promotions, or profitability?

That is what this book is here to answer.

Because bold leadership is not just a mindset, it is a measurable, repeatable, and deeply human.

And it is the kind of leadership the world needs now.

The BOLD Leader: Decide What Matters and Deliver What Counts was born from one unshakable truth, that playing it safe is no longer safe.

“In a world of constant disruption, noise, complexity, and acceleration, hesitation will cost you far more than a bold move ever could.”

And yet, so much leadership advice still clings to tired myths: Wait until you are sure. Play it safe until you have all the answers. Perform the role even if you are doubting everything inside.

You will not find that advice here.

This book is about a different kind of leadership, a leadership rooted in truth, aligned action, and the courage to move even when certainty is impossible. The traits of a bold leader are different and different for a reason (Figure 0.1). You do not need to be louder, flashier, or tougher to lead boldly. You need to be clear, aligned, committed to what matters most and brave enough to deliver what counts, not just what is expected.

Bold leadership is not about fearlessness. It is about fear presence.

It is about leading through fear, not away from it.

Figure 0.1 The 5 Traits of Bold Leadership

But, how do you know if you are leading boldly? How do you measure growth that goes beyond traditional success metrics? What I have learned is that discomfort is not danger, it is data.

Bold Brain 101

Let us start with something simple and true.

You cannot lead boldly if you do not understand how your brain works.

Not because you are doing it wrong—but because, biologically speaking, your brain...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.11.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: 90-day leadership plan • Bold leadership • Business Leadership • Cassandra Worthy • executive decision-making • founder leadership • high-performance leadership • Leadership communication strategies • leadership development • Leadership Framework • leadership guide • Leadership mindset • Leadership Systems • Leadership Transformation • Leadership Under Pressure • Neuroscience-based leadership • personal leadership growth • strategic leadership tools • Women in Leadership
• ISBN-10: 1-394-34348-5 / 1394343485
• ISBN-13: 978-1-394-34348-5 / 9781394343485