An important book for the complex and transformative times we are living and leading in. Carley Hauck charts a pathway forward of the essential, game-changing inner skills leaders and employees need to create a workplace and world that serves everyone. By embracing all parts of ourselves—the dark and the light—and leaning into learning new skills, Shine teaches that we can bring our best and whole self to work and to our changing world.” —Chip Conley, American hotelier, hospitality entrepreneur, speaker, and author of Wisdom at Work
“Shine is the book for you if you want to awaken the next level of leadership and business in yourself, at work, and be a force for good in the world. Carley Hauck illuminates a pathway for anyone with the call to lead with research, tools, practices, and compelling stories that will truly inspire you. You will never see leadership the same way.” —Sheryl O’Loughlin, CEO of REBBL, cofounder of Plum Organics, and former CEO of Clif Bar & Company
“Shine is a dynamic, practical, and visionary book at the cutting edge of a new wave of thought leadership centered on sustainability and self-awareness. Carley Hauck introduces innovative exercises that will help leaders with diverse lifestyles hone a solid foundation of resilience and tenacity, proving that the most effective leadership development begins within. The seamless blend between real-world stories and data-driven studies illustrates how the modern-day paradigms of power and business require a new standard of leadership, one that Carley is well equipped to usher in. More than an insightful toolkit for anyone looking to thrive in pressurized corporate environments, Shine is an emotional detox for the soul.” —Jennifer Brown, diversity and inclusion consultant and author of How to Be an Inclusive Leader
“Shine is an important book that highlights the essential leadership skills for today’s world. Carley guides you through the important inner game one must cultivate to lead consciously at work and in life. The practices, research, and authentic stories will inspire you to create a new kind of workplace and world that prioritizes people and the environment.” —Mike Robbins, author of We’re All in This Together
“In this illuminating and kind book, Carley Hauck provides a field guide, brimming with wisdom and practice, to 21st-century leadership. Shine is such a timely and deeply needed book, one urgently requiring attention during our complex times. This wonderful book will give you hope, courage, and a sense of wonder at what we might become.” —Dacher Keltner, PhD, director of the Greater Good Science Center and author of The Power Paradox
“An important contribution by Carley Hauck to help businesses and individuals live in authenticity and wholeness. Shine exudes an honest and earnest care, and blends science, personal story, interviews, and optimism in a mix that will help any who crosses its path.” —Fred Luskin, PhD, director of the Stanford University Forgiveness Projects and author of Forgive for Good
“Carley Hauck gives us a playbook to build our self-awareness, strengthen our resilience, and live and lead with our lights on. The world needs all of us to Shine a little brighter right now.” —Scott Shute, head of mindfulness and compassion programs, LinkedIn
“Carley Hauck offers us a valuable platform from which to both know one’s own self better, and then to bring that more aware self to the role of leadership by tuning in to what matters most. Shine will help us all realize exactly what we need to do first, next, and always to create a better workplace and world.” —Scott Kriens, cofounder of 1440 Multiversity, former CEO of Juniper Networks
“Carley Hauck has been teaching others how to use their gifts to make this a better world for a long time now. In Shine, she’s finally put her experience into a wonderful, engaging book that can show us how to bring out the best in ourselves to support the flourishing of our workplaces and planet.” —James Baraz, author of Awakening Joy and Awakening Joy for Kids, cofounder of Spirit Rock Meditation Center
“Carley Hauck has done the unimaginable. She has woven the practical and the spiritual, the mindful and the heartfelt, the individualistic and the relational, in the perfect sacred balance. With her tools and insights, we are finally ready to co-create the kind of conscious capitalism that is utterly essential for humanity going forward. Without this, we are lost. Shine lights the way home.” —Jeff Brown, author of Grounded Spirituality and An Uncommon Bond
“Carley Hauck has compiled an extremely useful collection of research-backed exercises and advice for anyone who wants to become a better, happier, more effective contributor to the lives of those they touch.” —Amy Edmondson, PhD, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School, author of the Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth