Z-Axis
The Missing Link in Leadership
- Work, Money & Leadership
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Published: 2025
FritzSearch.com earns a commission on purchases made through Bookshop.org links.
Publisher's Description
Most leadership assessment stops at performance and potential. Z-Axis: The Missing Link in Leadership introduces a third dimension: personhood. Recognizing the roles of identity, integrity, and personal flourishing in leadership, this fresh framework moves beyond skill and capacity to embrace the whole person. The Z-Axis integrates competence, capacity, and character for lasting impact by strengthening motivation, enhancing culture, and securing the future. Executives, HR professionals, and organizational leaders will discover how to develop resilient, authentic leaders who not only deliver results but also inspire flourishing in their teams and organizations. This is an invitation to move past managing performance to forming leaders who leave a legacy of success and significance.
Endorsements (4)
“There are many books on effective management. In this very short narrative, Kevin does a great job addressing the need for leadership, and how the ‘Z Axis’ is a critical component.”
“Kevin Mannoia’s call to focus on the character of the leader beneath the surface—that unseen part of the iceberg that represents the character, stability, and strength of the leader—is so important. It’s a call to deep reflection and growth at the most fundamental levels of the soul. I highly recommend this wonderful work, with gratitude for its author’s example.”
“Z-Axis is more than a book; it’s a new operating system for leadership. Mannoia challenges us to integrate competence, capacity, and character into a single, synergistic model. The wisdom in these pages offers a roadmap for leaders to not only achieve extraordinary results but to do so from a place of deep authenticity, purpose, and wholeness.”
See something wrong on this page? Report a problem