Leading in Chaos

Opioid crises in your workforce. Partisan politics infiltrating every decision. Bureaucracy strangling innovation. Toxic workplace dynamics you can’t name but feel every day. The leaders who survive aren’t the ones with the best plans—they’re the ones who can lead when everything falls apart.

Leading in Chaos gives you the battle-tested framework to do exactly that.

Drawing from real crises—employee overdoses, union lawsuits, political sabotage, and organizational dysfunction—this book reveals how to lead with clarity, conviction, and courage when the pressure is highest. These aren’t theories. They’re proven strategies from someone who turned a dysfunctional agency into a model of effective leadership.

You’ll discover:

• How to navigate employee problems that would derail most managers

• The leadership mindset that transforms crisis into opportunity

• Why conviction and fortitude matter more than consensus

• How to build teams that thrive in uncertainty, not just survive it

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by the chaos around you, this book will show you how to rise above it—and lead others through it.

Leading in Chaos is more than a book. It’s the foundation of the leadership development framework used by organizations nationwide through Onyx Rising “Read the insights. Then let’s implement them together.”

-- I. J. Neal