Eric Sanchez & Stacie Monahan
Invested
Leadership.
Empower your team to lead with heart.
The heart holds the antidote to toxic leadership.
The case
Your culture is suffering,
and no one can tell you why.
Low morale and employee disengagement are killing efficiency. Quiet quitting is the norm. Keeping people is as difficult as finding them.
Eric Sanchez and Stacie Monahan know that in today’s marketplace, employees will leave if they are unhappy, no matter how much you pay them. Caring about your team is important, but it will take more than mere leadership to transform your organization. It will take self-aware, empathetic Invested Leadership.
Discover why being authentic isn’t enough. Learn hard truths about the importance of practicing self-awareness and being willing to change and grow. Unpack the benefits of leading with empathy, and see how empowered Invested Leadership holds the key to your success.
What disengagement costs
Turnover in professional services in 2023.
Of all employees were not engaged, or quiet quitting.
Lost annually to unengaged and actively disengaged workers.
Sources: Awardco, 2024; Gallup, 2024. Full citations appear in the book.
Ways to work together
Bring them to your team.
The book is the argument. A keynote, a seminar, or a coaching engagement is how it becomes the way your organization actually runs.
Keynotes
Conference and firm-wide talks that leave a room with a method, not just a mood.
Read moreSeminars
Half-day and multi-day workshops that put a leadership team through the work in the room.
Read moreCoaching
One-to-one and leadership-team engagements for the leaders who set the tone.
Read moreThe Book
144 pages, six chapters, one method. Hardcover, paperback, and Kindle, plus bulk orders for teams.
Read moreThe method
Four moves. Repeat them.
Invested Leadership is not a challenging proposition. It’s rather straightforward. It merely requires effort and self-reflection.
Take inventory of yourself
Develop and cultivate self-awareness with the goal of identifying your interpersonal strengths and weaknesses, and those of everyone else on your leadership team. This is the step most leaders skip.
Learn how your people need to be cared for
Investigate how your employees actually need to be cared for, rather than assuming. Some people need a kick, others need inspiration, and some just need someone to be there. Often it is the same person at different stages.
Change what you can
Execute what you can on your own. Blind spots can be filled. Where you have the skillset, or can build it, do the work yourself and do it genuinely.
Partner to cover the rest
Fill the gaps by partnering with others on your leadership team who have different caring skillsets than you do. A CEO hires a CMO and a CFO. Interpersonal coverage deserves the same seriousness.
There are a variety of different ways to lead people, but innately, leadership should be about someone else.
Advance praise
What leaders are saying.
Invested Leadership introduces a refreshing approach to leadership, emphasizing empathy and self-awareness as key drivers of positive workplace culture and organizational change. This must-read for leaders provides a practical guide to cultivating a thriving and innovative environment where employees feel valued and empowered.Bakari Sellers Attorney, two-time New York Times bestselling author, CNN contributor, and former youngest member of the South Carolina state legislature
Invested Leadership offers a transformative approach to leadership, advocating for a ‘Cabinet of Rivals’ where diverse perspectives and honest feedback fuel organizational growth. This book provides a roadmap for leaders to identify their blind spots, leverage the strengths of their team, and create a culture of leadership where everyone feels empowered to contribute.Coleman Cowan Attorney, Duke University Senior Lecturing Fellow, and Emmy, Gracie, Murrow, Peabody, and Polk award winner for broadcast journalism
To combat disengagement and low morale, go beyond authentic leadership. Employees today want to feel valued. This book shows how self-awareness and empathy can revitalize workplace culture. Discover how Invested Leadership, built on care and growth, empowers teams to thrive.Chris Quinn Executive coach, former C-level executive, entrepreneur, and United States Marine Corps veteran
The authors
Two operators who fixed this for a living.
Eric Sanchez and Stacie Monahan spent nearly two decades as colleagues before becoming partners at Maestro Strategic Partners. Clients hire them to streamline operations, scale organizations, and implement new technology. Once they are in the door, the real work is almost always leadership and culture.
Eric Sanchez
Managing Partner. US Marine, named inventor on 30 patents, and the operator behind the claims process for a $1.25 billion civil-rights settlement.
Full bioStacie Monahan
Partner. Twenty-five years as a senior executive, and the first woman to reach vice president at one of the Southeast’s largest firms.
Full bioStart here
Bring Invested Leadership
to your organization.
Tell us what your team is up against. We will tell you honestly whether a book, a keynote, a seminar, or a coaching engagement is the right first move.