"In this powerful and engaging book, Traci Fenton lays out how we can actually bring the ideals of democracy to our workplaces—and why everyone from CEOs to workers to communities stand to benefit."
—Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of When and Drive
 
"If you’re not leading with freedom, you’re leading with fear . . . We believe in the principles of Freedom at Work. Putting them into practice has helped us maintain our employee engagement of 93 percent and grow both our revenue and deliver value to our stakeholders."
—Garry Ridge, CEO and chairman of The WD-40 Company and coauthor of Helping People Win at Work
 
Discover the leadership strategy our fear-based world desperately needs right now.
 
Whether it shows up as stress, top-down leadership styles, drama, or uncertainty, fear kills good decision-making, dampens morale, lowers employee engagement, and hurts bottom-line growth.
 
The good news is that there’s an antidote: Freedom at Work.

In this groundbreaking book, Traci Fenton brings together decades of original research, based on her team’s work with hundreds of top companies around the world, such as The WD-40 Company, Mindvalley, DaVita, Menlo Innovations, Zappos, HCL Technologies, and more, revealing the proven pathway to leadership success. 
 
This powerful strategy will benefit any leader at any level in any type of organization, from entrepreneurs to mid-level managers to the C-suite.
 
Freedom at Work is based on three key pillars: 

   • Freedom-Centered Mindset: Break through limitations, make better decisions, and act with clarity and confidence
   • Freedom-Centered Leadership: Lead yourself and others from a place of freedom rather than fear
   • Freedom-Centered Design: Develop a world-class culture based on the 10 Principles of Organizational Democracy 

Freedom at Work is a revolutionary guide that will help make any organization high-performing and highly profitable, while creating a culture people love. This book will help passionate leaders weave freedom and democracy into our global tapestry through the way they run their teams and organizations—ultimately transforming our world for the better.

Traci Fenton is the founder and CEO of WorldBlu, a global leadership membership for CEOs, leaders, and their teams teaching how to lead with the proven Freedom at Work leadership model. Traci is also a globally recognized speaker, author, and transformational coach to CEOs and top leaders worldwide. Traci is a “Thinkers 50 Radar” award winner, received the Game Changer award for “Outstanding Results in Shaping the World,” was named a “World-Changing Woman in Conscious Business” has been recognized in Inc. Magazine as a “Top 50 Leadership Thinker,” and as a Marshall Goldsmith “Top 100 Coach.” Traci and her team have helped hundreds of top companies and leaders at world-class organizations such as The WD-40 Company, DaVita, HCL Technologies, Mindvalley, Pandora, Podio, RevAsia, Zappos, and more in over 100 countries worldwide.
 
Traci developed the groundbreaking Freedom at Work leadership model based in part on the WorldBlu 10 Principles of Organizational Democracy as well as numerous mindset, leadership, and organizational design courses, all of which are delivered on the cutting-edge gamification learning platform she developed called BluSpark. Traci frequently speaks to top leaders around the world and has spoken at hundreds of events such as South by Southwest, Harvard, Yale, the CIA, Yahoo, TEDx and the US Naval Academy to leaders worldwide. Traci and WorldBlu’s work has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, the Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times, Inc., BusinessWeek, the BBC, NPR and dozens of other media outlets around the world. Traci holds a BA in Global Studies and Entrepreneurship from Principia College and an MA in International Development from American University in Washington, DC.