<p>Crafting a unique blend of storytelling and evidence-based research, Ni&ntilde;a Ellison has distilled her more than twenty years of hands-on experience as leadership coach, designer of leadership training programs, and leader herself into one helpful volume, <em>Lifeboat Leadership: Discovering Grace in the Waves of Change</em>.</p><p>Ellison explains that the answer to &ldquo;How can I be the kind of leader that successfully navigates the inevitable changes put before me and those I lead?&rdquo; is simple: explore four principles within a leadership matrix called RAFT:</p><p>&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Relationships<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Accountability<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Focus<br />
&bull;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Thought</p><p><em>Lifeboat Leadership</em> describes all these in-depth, as well as one final, perhaps revolutionary, concept, which ties these principles together in a final bid for transformational leadership and excellence.</p>