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Book Title:Spilling the Beans: Leadership Lessons About Clarity, Accountability, Conflict, and the Strange Things Humans Do at Work
Author:Marlene D Chism
Published:2026
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Spilling the Beans helps leaders and employees alike pause, reflect, and make wiser choices in the moments that shape their work and relationships. Through 52 concise lessons and thought-provoking questions, readers learn to recognize drama, challenge assumptions, communicate more clearly, take personal responsibility, and approach conflict with greater courage.
Created to address serious workplace patterns with both humor and humanity, the book contains 52 “beans," one for each week of the year. Each pairs a short narrative with a simple truth and an executive insight that can be used for individual reflection, coaching, team meetings, retreats, or leadership conversations. Readers can absorb one idea at a time, discuss it with others, and immediately apply it. The result is an approachable path to clearer communication, stronger accountability, healthier workplace relationships, and more courageous leadership.