Literary Titan awards Lead with Civility five stars, calling Diane Kalen-Sukra's leadership handbook a "rich, distinctive and urgently needed contribution to civic leadership, public administration and political philosophy." The review praises the book for connecting ancient wisdom with the real pressures facing today’s civic leaders—and for providing practical tools that leaders can use to confront toxicity, rebuild trust and renew civic culture.

A guest post by Dean Huard, U.S. Army veteran and former city manager, delivered a presentation on Lead with Civility by Diane Kalen-Sukra, #1 bestseller in Government & Politics, to his Texan Rotary Club on July 23rd, tying it to the 4-Way Test and Service Above Self. Huard's guest essay, Battlefield to City Hall, reflects on the moral test every leader eventually faces when idealism runs headfirst into an entrenched, uncivil system.

Tomorrow, Christopher Nolan's film of The Odyssey arrives in theatres, and millions of people who have never opened the poem will meet its story for the first time. For anyone who does, there is something far richer waiting than an adventure at sea. Beneath the storms and monsters lies one of the oldest and most useful handbooks on leadership ever written, offering timeless wisdom across the nearly 2,700 years since it was composed.