The GreenLight Factor: A Leadership discernment framework for navigating transition, calling, and career inflection points.: Leading Through Transition With Clarity and Courage - Softcover

Cameron, Dr Shelly M

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798234087737

Publisher: Authors in Press, 2026

Synopsis

Are you ready — but still waiting?
You have the talent. You have the experience. You may even have the opportunity sitting right in front of you. But something keeps holding you back — a quiet voice that says not yet, not now, not you.

That voice is your red light. And it is time to move past it.

In The GreenLight Factor, award-winning author, Certified Master Coach, and HR leader Dr. Shelly Cameron introduces a powerful three-part leadership framework built from two decades of real-world experience and groundbreaking research on what the most successful leaders actually do differently.

The red light reveals what is really keeping you stuck; the fears, limiting beliefs, and need for external validation that have been quietly running the show.

The yellow light slows you down just long enough to do the inner work; clarifying your values, defining your leadership identity, and building the conviction to lead on your own terms.

The green light moves you forward, with strategy, confidence, and momentum, even when conditions are not perfect and no one has officially told you that you are ready.

Because here is the truth: that permission was never theirs to give.

The GreenLight Factor is for the emerging leader stepping into their first role, the mid-career professional ready for more, the entrepreneur who keeps starting and stopping, and anyone who has ever felt capable but somehow frozen. It is especially powerful for first-generation leaders and those from underrepresented communities who have been conditioned to wait for approval before acting.

This is not a book about working harder. It is about leading differently, from the inside out.
The green light was always yours. It is time to use it.

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About the Author

Dr. Shelly Cameron is an award-winning author of twelve books spanning leadership, success, and personal inspiration and the creator of The GreenLight Factor(TM), a leadership framework that helps individuals and organizations move from potential to purposeful performance.As Founder and President of Global Coaching Corner and a Certified Master Coach, Dr. Shelly has spent over two decades developing leaders across the global pharmaceutical and healthcare industry before dedicating her work fully to coaching, writing, and speaking. Her coaching methodology is grounded in lived experiences. She has led teams, navigated transitions, and coached high-achieving professionals at every level of the organizational ladder.Her landmark research on Caribbean American leaders, published in the Journal of American Academy of Business (JAABC), uncovered the hidden success strategies of accomplished leaders. A Research that continues to inform her writing, her coaching, and the development of The GreenLight Factor framework.Dr. Shelly serves as Chief Judge and Advisor for the 30 Under 30 Changemakers' Program at the Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS) in Washington, DC, a role she has held since the program's inception. A decade of evaluating hundreds of emerging leaders ages 18-30 gave her a unique lens into what separates those who are already leading from those who are still waiting and that insight lives at the heart of every page she writes.She is President of the Writers Group of South Florida, a recognized community leader, and a recipient of the Exemplary Public Service Award (2024). In 2026 she was honored as a Featured Author at the Africana Arts and Humanities Festival's 250th Anniversary celebration."Success: Define it for yourself."

Edition details

• Publisher: Authors in Press
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798234087737
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240