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About When Everyone Leads
In their bestselling book, Ed O’Malley and Julia Fabris McBride present a revolutionary approach to leadership. Neither position nor authority, it’s an activity open to anyone who can see and seize their moments to lead and engage differently. In a culture where everyone leads, individuals, organizations and communities make more progress on what matters most.
O’Malley and Fabris McBride have led thousands of people to engage in the act of leadership through programs at the Kansas Leadership Center. They have seen remarkable results with people from all walks of life.
Full of specific examples of challenges and solutions from nonprofits, school boards, the healthcare industry and the corporate world, When Everyone Leads offers a proven, actionable approach to navigate the world’s most pressing challenges.
When Everyone Leads made the bestseller lists for new business releases on Amazon and Porchlight Books, was a winner in the Non-Obvious Book Awards for the best nonfiction works published in 2022, earned a Bronze Medal in the 2024 Axiom Business Book Awards, and was a finalist in the “Business: Management & Leadership” category at the 20th Annual “Best Book” Awards sponsored by American Book Fest.
About the Authors
President and CEO of the Kansas Health Foundation, Ed O’Malley was founding president and CEO of the Kansas Leadership Center, where over 15,000 people have attended programs from around the world since 2007. A former state legislator and gubernatorial aide, Ed has co-authored three other books including Your Leadership Edge and For the Common Good.
Julia Fabris McBride is chief civic leadership development officer of the Kansas Leadership Center and a certified coach. The programs Julia has developed at KLC have drawn people to Kansas from five continents. She is a co-author of Teaching Leadership and splits her time between Wichita and Matfield Green, Kansas.
Endorsements for When Everyone Leads
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When Everyone Leads in the News
20th Annual "Best Book” Awards: Finalist, Business: Management & Leadership
2024 Axiom Business Book Awards: Bronze Medal
10,000 Swamp Leaders podcast with host Rick Torseth: Why civic leadership is important
Brian Dodd on Leadership: 15 New Business Books Leaders Should Be Reading
Business Management Today: Resources for Leaders
Business NH Magazine: The BNH Book Review
Business Owners Radio: How to make progress on your toughest challenges. w/Julia Fabris McBride
Derby Informer: Kansas Leadership Center launches new book
Eric Jacobson on Management and Leadership: The Benefits of When Everyone Leads
Fast Company: How to Avoid the Most Seductive Leadership Mistake
Forbes: Fact: More Good Stuff Gets Done When Everyone Leads - Q&A with Rodger Dean Duncan
Grace Under Pressure: LinkedIn Live with Julia Fabris McBride & John Baldoni
Hutch Post: When Everyone Leads is new book from Kansas Leadership Center
I’d Rather Be Reading podcast with host Rachel Burchfield: Julia Fabris McBride on Leadership -- and How Everyone Can Lead
Idaho Press: The Bookworm Sez: 'When Everyone Leads,' it might as well be you
Inc.: 3 Powerful Ways to Show Others You're Cut Out to Lead
Investor's Business Daily: Become An Influencer Not Just On TikTok, But At Your Company
KAKE TV: Morning Show Interview with Julia
LeadershipNow: When Everyone Leads the Toughest Challenges Get Seen and Solved
Leading with Questions: Everyone Can See the Gap
Midwest Book Review: Monthly Roundup of Business Books
Monday Morning Radio Podcast: Stop Waiting For Someone to Anoint You a Leader, and Just Become One
On Compassion with Dr. Nate Podcast: Leadership Is An Activity, Not A Position, with Ed O’Malley and Julia Fabris McBride
Porchlight Books - ChangeThis Blog: Redefining Leadership: a 10-point Manifesto by Ed & Julia
Punk CX with Adrian Swinscoe: We need to move leadership from the job of one to the job of the many – Interview with Julia Fabris McBride
Real Relationships, Real Revenue podcast with host Mo Bunnell: Why Everyone Should Lead and How to Get Them To with Julia Fabris McBride
Rounding The Bases with Joel Goldberg: The Art of True Leadership (with Ed O’Malley)
SHRM, the Society for Human Resource Management: Leadership Comes in Little Moments
Startup Savant: Ed O'Malley and Julia Fabris McBride Urge Everyone to Become Leaders, Regardless of Position
Stonemaier Games: What Is Your Most Important Challenge?
The Leadership Podcast: Ed O'Malley on the Over-Reliance on Authority
TK Business Magazine: Start Authorizing Yourself To Lead
Training Industry (Sarah Gallo): The Leadership Readiness Gap: Core Causes and Possible Solutions
Training Industry: Developing Leadership at All Levels: 7 Questions to Assess Potential
Wichita Business Journal Podcast: 16 years of the KLC wrapped up in 250 pages
Wichita Business Magazine: Start Authorizing Yourself to Lead
Wichita Chamber Business Accelerator: Episode 115 with Julia Fabris McBride
Working on Purpose with Dr. Alise Cortez: Leadership as an Activity Where Everyone Leads (with Julia Fabris McBride)
World Finance: The most successful leaders in history
Wyoming Business Report: When Everyone Leads' turns leadership upside down
Press Kit
Download the press release, a summary of the book’s key concepts, an author Q&A and a list of endorsements.
