Lead Like A Human

Do you ever feel like you aren’t living your fullest at work? Or that you have to pretend to be someone else just to be successful? Adam Weber has made it his life’s mission to help people become their best selves and discover how their careers can become the answer to their purpose.

Through the sharing of personal and personable stories, Adam shows us not just how to lead like a human being but also the experience of doing so. His modeling of skills, vulnerability, character, and growth mindset invites us to lean into uncertain times and say “Yes!” to the opportunities life others. —Jim Marsden, principal, Reboot

Lead Like a Human provides realistic, practical advice for leaders in a changing world. Through the lens of the human element, Adam courageously shares his story to inspire others. The principles and tactics he shares will help you create a highly engaged team. —Christine Kaszubski, chief people officer, SalesLoft

Wow! It may very well be time for a radically different approach to leadership. Adam not only makes a compelling case for rethinking how we lead the next generation workforce, but also provides real-world experience and actionable steps to become that leader. —Rich Armstrong, president, The Great Game of Business

ADAM WEBER, As the chief people officer and cofounder of Emplify, ADAM WEBER helps lead an innovative, highly engaged culture and shares his learnings with strategic people leaders all over the world through speaking engagements. In 2020, Adam was named to Business Insider’s list of Rising Stars in Human Resources. Adam is a proud Ball State University alum. He lives with his wife, two sons, and dog in Zionsville, Indiana. His hobbies include camping with his family and backyard birdwatching. VERNE HARNISH is founder of the world-renowned Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO), with over 18,000 members world-wide, and founded and chaired for fi fteen years EO’s premiere CEO program held at MIT, a program in which he still teaches today. Founder and CEO of Scaling Up, a global executive education and coaching company with over 290 partners on six continents, Verne has spent the past four decades helping companies scaleup. The Global Scaleup Fellow at The Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard, he’s the author of Mastering the Rockefeller Habits; authored The Greatest Business Decisions of All Times, for which Jim Collins wrote the foreword; wrote Scaling Up (Rockefeller Habits 2.0), which has been translated into 26 languages and has won eight major international book awards including the International Book Award for Best General Business book; and is the co-author of Scaling Up Compensation. His latest book is Start to Scale. Verne serves on several boards including vice chair of The Riordan Clinic; co-founder and chair of Geoversity; and board member of the social venture Million Dollar Women. A private investor in many scaleups, Verne enjoys piano, tennis, and magic as a card-carrying member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians.