Leadership frameworks, fables, and field-tested tools from Katie P. Desiderio and Michael G. Frino, PhD — helping leaders and teams grow through curiosity, connection, and meaningful work.
Each book is a leadership fable — a story-driven framework that transforms how leaders and teams think, connect, and grow together.
A Wall Street Journal bestselling leadership fable that takes readers on a journey to uncover how pollination can be a catalyst for transformative growth — guiding you to cultivate a thriving hive for your team and organization.
Get your copy →A national bestseller following Jack, a retired teacher and vintner in Yountville, California, as he transforms his struggling vineyard through the COMPASS Framework — a story of personal and professional growth deeply rooted in the natural world.
Get your copy →Dive deep into what fuels organizational growth. The Diver invites readers to submerge beneath the surface of routine operations and discover the hidden currents of curiosity and authentic connection that unlock team flow.
Learn more →Two free, research-grounded assessments that give you a personalized map of your leadership — and a clear place to start growing today.
Seven questions. A personalized map of how you're showing up across the 7 COMPASS dimensions — and one clear place to start shining brighter for your team today.
Unleash Your Brilliance →Discover your unique bee archetype and learn how your leadership style pollinates your organization for transformative growth. Find your role in the hive.
Find Your Archetype →Four keynote experiences drawn from the Leadership Fables trilogy — each one grounded in research, brought to life through story, and built to create lasting change in leaders and teams.
Embrace the art of Being Proximal — keeping learning and unlearning at the heart of personal and collective growth. Through the lens of The Beekeeper, we explore how leadership begins with intentionally choosing your Be Mindset. Participants leave with a renewed commitment to authoring their leadership story and practical tools to nurture transformative growth.
Explore the power of building a star system — a leadership model where we shine brighter, better, richer, and stronger together. Drawing from The Stargazer, we dive into how leaders can choose their lens to illuminate brilliance within themselves and others. Using the COMPASS Framework, participants gain the tools to navigate leadership and teamwork with precision and respect.
In this high-impact, story-driven keynote inspired by The Diver, audiences are invited to submerge beneath the surface of routine operations and explore the hidden forces that propel organizational growth. Through compelling storytelling and practical frameworks, participants discover how to think like a diver — embracing ambiguity with courage and uncovering the undercurrents that make teams stronger and more innovative.
Depth, Light & Hive brings together a powerful trifecta from The Beekeeper, The Stargazer, and The Diver. Leaders explore three interconnected dimensions of human-centered leadership: The Hive (Be Mindset & intentional leadership), The Light (the COMPASS Framework & collective brilliance), and The Depth (curiosity, connection & organizational flow). An immersive experience for teams ready to transform.
Two researchers and storytellers whose work spans organizational development, flow theory, sales performance, and meaningful work.
Free growth guides, playbooks, and tools for individuals, teams, organizations, and schools — all hosted on leadershipfables.com.
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