Finalist
Book Title:The Confluence Method™: How Courageous Leaders Transform Conflict Into Trust, Better Decisions, and Stronger Teams
Author:Hollie Rottman
Co-Authors:Jim Rottman
Published:2026
How is your book helping others?
The Confluence Method helps people stay human when pressure makes that hardest. When the stakes rise, we can narrow, protect, rush towards consensus or silence the voice that most needs to be heard. Yet that dissenting voice might change a patient's outcome, catch a critical design flaw or reveal something a team has missed. We believe conflict is not something to avoid, but a uniquely human capacity we need to strengthen. Through embodied practice, leaders learn to regulate their own nervous system, stay present with discomfort, invite challenge, repair trust and help others find their voice. The impact reaches beyond better decisions. It means people carrying enormous responsibility don't have to carry it alone. They can think together, challenge one another and stay connected through difference. As technology increasingly thinks alongside us, our ability to remain deeply human, courageous and connected may matter more than ever.