The Authentic Shift : Inner Development for a Changing World

This book helps anyone who wants - and dares - to achieve the insight and motivation to be a positive agent of change.
Anders Wijkman, Honorary President of the Club of Rome

As the world becomes increasingly complex and turbulent, it is clear we are facing a paradigm shift. Not only a technological shift, but also a shift in consciousness and personal leadership. To be sustainable and to live meaningful and impactful lives in this accelerating world, we need to grow faster and more deliberately than ever within ourselves.

In The Authentic Shift, Carl Lindeborg condenses twenty years of experience of supporting people on personal growth journeys, often in contexts of change and transformation.

In this practical guidebook, he illustrates why inner development is so crucial today and outlines the vital keys and resources that help you grow an inner core of strength, clarity and authenticity, and boost your capacity to be truly impactful.

The Authentic Shift is for you who are looking for the next leap in your development as human being in a demanding and distracting world. It is written for you who have realised that significantly bigger impact does not necessarily come from running a little faster, but from the creation of a longer lever, anchored deep inside yourself. It is for you who is longing for a life with more meaning, connection and flow where your inner world shapes the outer world.

The book is written as a development program, designed to help you take further steps in your 'adult development" (or 'vertical development") and grow in your most important roles, such as leader, colleague, friend or parent. It contains a mix of inspiring stories, enlightening theory and many concrete exercises and questions to reflect on.

The 'keys" covered in the book are:

1. Inner System Awareness
2. Climate for Growth

3. Active Resonance

4. Balanced Intelligence

5. Inner Unlimitation

6. Value-Driven Authenticity

7. The Source of Meaningfulness

8. Creating the Future

9. The Hero"s Journey

As a complement to "The Authentic Shift", there is also a 'Workbook for Reflection" available. Here you find space to write down your insights and intentions, chapter by chapter.
 

Advance Praise

The most honest and best guide to authentic leadership I believe can be written.

Anna Serner, Board Executive and former CEO of the Swedish Film Institute

Carl gives us the unique tools to dig into ourselves and discover our authentic leadership, the leadership we need to navigate the multifaceted future we face.
Vanessa Butani, Head of Global Sustainability, Volvo Cars

An exciting journey of discovery that helped me develop my work as a leader. If you are interested in leadership and curious to blaze new trails, I recommend you read this!
Jenny Rundbladh, Executive Vice President Storebrand Group 

A sustainable transformation of the world will be much more difficult unless people can find themselves and be guided by good values. Carl Lindeborg provides concrete tools for this journey.
Gustaf Lind, CEO, WWF Sweden
 

If you are going to read one book for your own development, I highly recommend The Authentic Shift - a handbook for those who want to understand what it means to be part of the new paradigm of leadership.

Lasse Wrennmark, founder of Companions for Leadership

I have long been interested in adult development, and combining theory with method in this way makes Carl"s book one of the most important I have read.

Liselotte J Bate, Culture and Sustainability Manager, Granitor

In The Authentic Shift I could easily relate to the author's life reflections, get deep insigh