Stop being nice!

Every great leader who changed this world for the better refused to be nice.

This is a book about performance, and human performance cannot excel if we are unhealthy. Far too many of our most important teams—from our families to our work units—are unhealthy and weak. What is to blame? Being nice!

How can this be? Our societies, organizations, leaders, teams, and families have been duped into believing nice is the best humanity can offer, but it’s not.

Discover what it really means for ourselves and for our teams when we choose to settle for nice. Nice too often brings out the worst humanity has to offer—cowardice, passivity, and the shortsightedness of accepting bad behavior. This is no way to lead. This is no way to build cohesive and high-performing teams.

Join author and acclaimed leadership coach Jim Uhl as he takes a deep dive into what “nice” really means for us as individuals and for our teams. Stop Being Nice is a thought-provoking and insightful conversation that provides a pathway to organizational, team, and family health. Painstakingly researched and laced with historical and contemporary evidence, Uhl opens and closes the case against nice.

This book is a call for leaders to stop being nice and start building teams that are cohesive, courageous, and kind.

Stop Being Nice will show you how.