Open Your Eyes and LEAD: Hardship and Wisdom Shape the Best Leaders in Life

Leadership is a highly intentional act. Open Your Eyes and LEAD reminds us that no matter where we are in life, we always have the power to make a positive change to improve our own lives and the lives of the people around us.

Capistran believes that leadership, at its core, is about empowering ourselves and those around us to face challenges and to achieve results, even with setbacks. The trajectory of leadership has been stifled due to the rapid changes and the resulting pressures of our modern world.

As demands on our society expedite, the overall quality of leadership is being impaired. In today's unprecedented environment, conventional leadership cannot take us into the future. We need to find new approaches if we aspire to dramatically increase our supply of self-aware agents of change. It is the design of Open Your Eyes and LEAD to offer us ways to embrace a change in leadership style that will undoubtedly impact us in every aspect of our lives.

Open Your Eyes and LEAD cuts through the roles that we find ourselves in every day and offers us powerful tools to expand our frame of reference so that we can effectively balance the art and science of leadership.

We all face adversity and have moments of self-doubt, but it is our own choice how we respond to those situations that make us who we are. This book's narrative empowers readers to identify their own personal weaknesses, create workarounds to roadblocks, and persevere despite the odds. People who are intentional about their direction can emerge successfully even when life escalates.

Capistran candidly shares stories of inspiration and advice that resonates with everyone who wants to increase their self-confidence, improve performance, and become a more balanced, thoughtful leader.