The Book

Chosen:

How Great Leaders Rise, Why Good Ones Stall, and How Organizations Create the Leaders They Need

December 1, 2026

Most people who make it to the top got there by accident, not by design. They stumbled into the right moves at the right time. This book is built on something different — being deliberate about what you do, and about the moments that actually move a career forward.

It challenges what you have been told. Much of the accepted advice about sponsorship, visibility, and hard work is wrong or incomplete. This book says so, and gives you what works instead.

Endorsement from Author

Chosen includes the principles of Chris's prior book, about which Professor

Jeffrey Pfeffer said:

“An amazingly practical, no-nonsense guide for navigating corporate careers.”
— Jeffrey Pfeffer, Stanford Graduate School of Business, author of *Power

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Organizations booking Chris can arrange bulk purchases at preferred pricing. Revenue sharing is available for host organizations.

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