Adaptive Wisdoms: Lead from the Skin In

By Paul O'Neill

Before you speak, the room is already reading you.

Before you plan, your body has already decided.

Before strategy, there is state.

Adaptive Wisdoms: Lead from the Skin In begins where most leadership books stop-with the nervous system. It guides leaders in shaping their internal state before it shapes the room around them. Because leadership isn't just what you say-it's what you signal.

This book teaches practical tools grounded in NLP, neuroscience, and somatic intelligence. Learn how to:

Shift your state before it spillsInfluence without commandSpeak through presence, posture, and toneReset your team's rhythm by regulating your own

This isn't about charisma. It's about coherence.

It's not performance-it's physiology.

Whether you lead in the boardroom or the classroom, in crisis or transformation, these tools will help you lead with steadiness, signal trust, and shape culture from the inside out.

Leadership begins in the body. It's seen before it's heard. Felt before it's followed.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1764090799
• ISBN13: 9781764090797
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Lantern & Light Press
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"