What if the path to achieving our full leadership potential wasn’t in a business school classroom but in our childhood home? Veteran executive coach Pam Manfredo Curtis, Ph.D., brings the therapist’s couch to the corner office, revealing how our earliest experiences are the most significant predictor of our leadership style.
The Origin of a Leader guides readers on a revelatory journey into their past. Readers will explore specific childhood environments and discover how they shaped their strengths, communication patterns and hidden limitations. Drawing on decades of experience coaching the world’s most influential CEOs and executives, Manfredo Curtis moves beyond theory, providing powerful, actionable tools to help readers identify and overcome personal blocks, have truly authentic conversations, and foster psychological safety within their teams.
The Origin of a Leader: Transforming Family Patterns into Leadership Power
Pam Manfredo Curtis, Ph.D.
$30 HC Simon Element / Simon Acumen
Available 9/1/2026
320 Pages
