Muted: Leadership Demands Presence

By Becky Sawyer

LEADERSHIP HASN'T DISAPPEARED, BUT IT'S GONE QUIET.

In meetings, in feedback, in development conversations--we're still working, still delivering . . . but not really leading. Something essential has been lost: presence. We're managing dashboards, sending emails, and sitting in video calls, but people are drifting, talent is stalling, and the next generation of leaders is wondering if anyone sees them.

Muted: Leadership Demands Presence is not about remote work. It's a call to intentionally rehumanize leadership. With bold clarity and hard-earned wisdom, executive Becky Sawyer reveals how development disappeared, visibility faded, and leadership became something we assumed could be done quietly.

You'll learn how to:

- Lead meetings that actually grow people

- Coach in real time without a formal program

- Give feedback that builds identity, not just improvement

- Stretch people with belief, not burnout

- Reclaim visibility without being performative

This book is for the leader who wants to show up, not just check in. For the manager who knows something's off but hasn't had the words for it. And for every rising professional who's wondering why they feel stuck, unseen, or unsure where leadership even lives anymore.

Because leadership doesn't scale through policies; it scales through presence.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HF13KLK6
• ISBN13: 9798900260204
• Release Date: December 2026
• Publisher: Amplify Publishing
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.8" x 5.5"