"Anybody in an organization who has any responsibility must read this book."
Warren Bennis
Distinguished Professor of Business, University of Southern California and author of On Becoming a Leader
"Provocative and unique … The Right Fight illustrates how a healthy dose of tension energized some of the world’s most respected companies. It worked at Campbell"
Douglas R. Conant
President and CEO, Campbell Soup Company
"If you care about how well organizations work, you need to buy this book, get out a highlighter, and mark up the pages. It will change the way you think about teams and how they're run. And it will raise your collective performance and sense of satisfaction."
Bridgette Heller
Global President, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies
"The authors have absolutely nailed one of the critical unspoken tools in the leadership tool kit. The book helped me reflect on the right and wrong fights of the past and begin planning my next one!"
Gaurdie E. Banister Jr.
President and CEO, Aera Energy LLC
"If you're a leader at any level, The Right Fight will inspire you to embrace organizational tensions, and in so doing, release the energies needed to solve your most complex problems. This is one of the most practical business books I’ve read and I recommend it highly."
Jacqueline Novogratz
Founder and CEO, Acumen Fund
"Managing tension and conflicting ideas is but part of the equation. Using them to steer the organization toward success is the other part, which is often overlooked. In The Right Fight, Saj-Nicole Joni and Damon Beyer show us how to use conflict the right way!"
Marshall Goldsmith
New York Times bestselling author of Succession: Are You Ready? and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
"Tensions are the road to competitiveness, while consensus often leads to mediocrity. Saj-nicole, the nicest person on earth got it right -- encouraging the right fight is the hallmark of true leadership. Great ideas are born from competition, and thrive when subjected to survival of the fittest."
Rolf Classon
Chairman, Hill-Rom, and former CEO, Bayer Healthcare
"The wisdom runs deep and the stories jump off the page. Joni and Beyer show us why alignment is not enough. Fighting the right fights right can be the difference between survival and extinction. This book should be at the top of any leader's reading list."
Doug Stone
Co-author of New York Times bestseller Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss what Matters Most
"The Right Fight pokes a sharp stick at management complacency and empowers leaders to drive organizations to peak performance."
Carter McClelland
Chairman, Union Square Advisors
"If you want to have impact you must read this book. Taking on the seemingly impossible becomes very real when you pick the right fights along the way -- everything is within reach with this approach"
Maria Eitel
president of the Nike Foundation
"For managers facing the real-life challenge of getting teams to be effective day in and day out, The Right Fight offers new insight and practical ways to make agreement productive."
Dan Ciampa
CEO, Advisor, and author of Taking Advice: How Leaders Get Good Counsel and Use it Wisely