Constellation: Leadership reimagined for a connected age - Softcover

Wareham, Danny

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1836887973 ISBN 13: 9781836887973

Publisher: Firgun Publishing, 2025

Synopsis

What if leadership didn't need a leader?
For decades, leadership studies have circled the same questions: how individuals influence, how authority is shared, how teams perform.
But what if the most effective form of leadership lies not in individuals at all, but in the spaces between them?

Constellation presents the first research into a model of leaderless leadership - where purpose, culture and context, rather than people at the top, become the guiding forces.

This ground-breaking study draws on psychology, organisational science, and fresh empirical evidence to reveal a revolutionary approach to leadership for a world too complex for hierarchies to keep pace.

This is not a reworking of old theories. It is a new map.


Praise for Constellation:
‘Constellation Leadership may well be the leadership of tomorrow. It takes you on a thought-provoking journey through leadership history, relatable case studies, and an invitation to explore the real power of organisational culture.’
- Jo Garland
Director, Customer Engagement (EMEA), the LEGO Group

‘Constellation leadership is a wonderful book that shines light on how leading can work collectively. We know that leading is a collective process but struggle to find ways to make that practice tangible and accessible. This book is giving you access to the why and the how of leading by the many. It nudges you to learn and put your reading into practice, which is, to me, a must for any good book.’
- Professor Bernd Vogel
Director, Henley Centre for Leadership UK & Africa, Henley Business School, University of Reading

‘Grounded in research yet highly readable, Constellation explores leaderless leadership with clarity and engaging prose, offering fresh insights for navigating today’s connected world.’
- Melanie Robinson
Deputy CEO, The Institute of Leadership

‘It’s so practical, relatable, and beautifully underpinned by research. One of the clearest and most usable explanations I’ve seen of what actually needs to be true for psychological safety to exist – especially in distributed and hybrid teams.’
- Marion Anderson
HR Leader & PhD Researcher in psychological safety at Glasgow Caledonian University

‘In an age where the contact centre evolves with technology, I love hearing of new approaches to enable individuals to excel within their roles. Constellation leadership definitely gives food for thought and to think about organisation structure a little differently.’
- Kate Knowles
Services Director, Contact Centre Management Association (CCMA)

‘The way it connects history, research, and practical insight makes what could be complex ideas accessible, without ever dumbing them down. Reframing culture as a leader in its own right, is a refreshing new perspective that will resonate strongly. Constellation will be powerful and relevant for leaders and organisations’
- Martin Teasdale
Founder of The Team Leader Community™ & Get Out Of Wrap podcast

‘Constellation Leadership is a fascinating concept. The book takes the reader on a voyage of exploration, showing how leadership can be reimagined in fresh and thought-provoking ways.’
- Judith Germain
Leadership Impact Catalyst and Founder, The Maverick Paradox

About this title

About the Author

Danny believes that happy bees make tasty honey. With a purposeful culture, strategy and support systems, high performance becomes a side effect.He is a Certified Business Psychologist, accredited coach, and psychometrician whose work lies at the intersection of leadership, culture and personality, with a focus on individual differences - especially the "dark triad" traits of narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism. An expert in culture and leadership dynamics, Danny has been recognised among the Global Top 25 Thought Leaders on Culture and the Top 50 in Leadership and has spent nearly 30-years in contact centre, retail and fintech industries, designing cultures, leadership systems, and strategies in which energy, clarity, and collaboration multiply success.He is the founder of Firgun, a consultancy whose Hebrew name captures his core motivation: "the genuine, sincere and pure happiness for another person's accomplishment or experience", whose clients include Worldpay, M&G Investment Bank, and LEGO.

Edition details

• Publisher: Firgun Publishing
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1836887973
• ISBN 13: 9781836887973
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 298