As an award-winning writer and author of Work, Pause, Thrive: How to Pause for Parenthood Without Killing Your Career, and her newest book, Intentional Power: The 6 Essential Leadership Skills for Triple Bottom Line Impact, Lisen sheds light on how leaders can - and must - be committed to sustainable solutions for the benefit of people and the planet, while focusing on delivering prosperity for all.

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Intentional Power: The 6 Essential Skills for Triple Bottom Line Impact

Inspired by the Stanford class on modern leadership that Lisen co-teaches with JeanAnn Nichols, and in response to the thousands of clients and leaders around the globe who are eager to use their power with intention, this book is a roadmap for best-in-class leadership.

Chock-full of real life examples of modern leaders who are driving change within their organizations and beyond, Intentional Power gives readers the insights, tools, and answers they need to up-level their leadership for the new world of work. 

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Work Pause Thrive: How to Pause for Parenthood Without Killing Your Career

We used to think women who “opted out” were failures. Now we know them for what they are: inspiring career innovators who trail-blazed non-linear paths that the next generation is already following.

In her book, Work Pause Thrive, Lisen surveyed nearly 1,500 successful women to understand how they have integrated kids with their careers. She learned true trailblazers don’t climb the ladder - they disrupt the traditional career paradigm to achieve their personal and professional goals. And by creating their own self-defined, non-linear career path, they are able to integrate work and family.

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  • "Ask yourself two questions. Do you want women to make as much impact as they can on society? Do you want men to fully engage as fathers? If your answer is "Yes" to either or both questions then read this book! And buy a copy for your daughters and sons."

    Guy Kawasaki, Chief Evangelist of Canva and former Chief Evangelist of Apple

  • “Work Pause Thrive is a landmark! It's the must-read manual for working women who don't want to look back with regret on either career or family choices.”

    Nancy Vonk, co-founder of Swim, and author of Darling You Can't Do Both (And Other Noise To Ignore On Your Way Up)

  • “Lisen Stromberg understands today's fathers are a critical part of the solution.”

    Josh Levs, author of All In: How Our Work-First Culture Fails Dads, Families, and Businesses—And How We Can Fix It Together

  • “Lisen Stromberg takes the prevailing cultural narrative that anything other than working all-out, all-the-time in our punishing American work culture is a career killer … and turns it soundly on its head.”

    Brigid Schulte, award-winning journalist and author of the New York Times bestselling Overwhelmed, and director of The Better Life Lab at New America

  • “Take heart, somewhere in these pages is a brave example that will work for YOU!”

    Lisa Stone, Co-founder, Chief Investment Officer and General Partner/VC at BrainTrust Founders Studio

Anthologies

Lisen’s essays have been anthologized in numerous books. Recently, her essay, “Won’t Let Down the Team, This Time” appears in Love Her, Love Her Not: The Hillary Paradox  and her essay, “Staying the Course” appears in Nothing But The Truth So Help Me God.