How Future Market Leaders Engineer Their C-Suites For Maximum Propulsion. In this companion volume to the already classic bestseller, The Nimble Company, Dr. David Gruder and Mark S. A. Smith have achieved the C-Suite Manhattan Project – the design principles and architecture of a C-Suite optimized for growth, purpose, and Nimbility. What’s Nimbility? It’s that rare and powerful combination of high resiliency and high innovation that builds category leaders. It’s the essential corporate character trait for thriving in chronically chaotic conditions, preventing upheavals, and making outsized progress. No founder, C-suite members, investor, board member, or ambitious executive should go another day without buying and reading The Nimble C-Suite. It’s that good, and it’s more than a great read – it’s a blueprint and guide you’ll use every day for a long time to come.

You’re there…. You made it… Your company is running… And yet… Niggling in the background… I serendipitously bought these books, The Nimble C-Suite and The Nimble Company, and am glad I did. I am retired from my business, but love to keep abreast of the latest developmental thinking’s about how businesses run and operate. These books gave me new thoughts to think about and will help with the people who consult with me. Great works…Highly recommend!

Every executive should read this book. With the companion book “The Nimble Company” these two books give us the tools we often need to bridge wide gaps in our lines of communication and address the “How To” in setting strategy and operations for your company and, frankly, your life on a day-to-day basis. I highly recommend this book.

Evolving executive strategies. Every executive wants to be effective, but sometimes old habits get in the way. Dr. Gruder’s book, “The Nimble C-Suite,” lays a path for C-Level executives and company leaders to put fresh eyes to their company or nonprofit to stay current and thrive.

A must read for next level leadership! A powerful exploration into the necessary adjustments in a changing economy that allows executive leaders and teams to thrive!

Ideal for Leaders. I enjoyed both The Nimble C-Suite and The Nimble Company, and recommend reading them in this order, respectively. Both are ripe with practical wisdom dispensed by seasoned veterans. The prose is clear and compelling. The graphs and quotes are nice complements to the content. I particularly like the chapter summaries, critical thinking questions, and action items. The books should be purchased as a pair. Here’s another thought: I challenge curricula developers at business schools to add both to required reading as these are roadmaps for practical application of material which creates enterprise value.

Buy this book today… Lead your people better tomorrow! Rarely if ever, do you see me “endorsing” anything… but I can’t keep this one hidden. I’ve known Mark S. A. Smith for 25 years. We first met in a professional setting and quickly became fast friends. But even If he were an enemy, I’d have to recommend this work to my closest friends & colleagues. Dynamic interaction with diverse crowds in live settings is my specialty. You have to be Nimble & Agile (There’s a difference!) and you have to prompt, if not align, the social archetypes of those in the audience for a unified result. [The authors have] taken these and other proven principles and applied them to leadership in executive suites & business overall. But the real secret is that this work is directly applicable to any organization (your family included!) I highly recommend this book…. You can’t go wrong!

A Must Read For Every C-Suite Executive! This book is fantastic! I’ve read a few other books on what a good executive/leader should look like, but The Nimble C-Suite outshines them all. It takes a whole new look at how one leads others and teaches them to be Nimble when it comes to the fast paced world of change that we live in. The first person to work on changing is yourself and The Nimble C-Suite give very practical ways transform one’s self as well as one’s executive team. It’s a must read!

Cutting edge solutions. After a comprehensive overview of the mega shifts that have occurred and the impacts on the all areas of leadership, these authors offer solid ideas and strategies to contemplate and act upon. Remarkably fresh and inciteful.

Bold, earnest and heartfelt…

Leaders need an integrity check-up and Dr. Gruder is just the man to do it. His simple yet powerful integrity model provides a much-needed shot in the arm.

This is the book that can spearhead a massive transformation in our individual, relational and societal integrity and wholeness.

If you only read one book this year about your own development as a truly three-dimensional human being, this is the one!

A profound roadmap for healing the blocks to living a life of joy and integrity.

The book of the decade!

This book makes an excellent case for the impact that one’s personal integrity has on one’s ability to be a successful leader in business and in life. Although I understand the author’s intention to highlight what displaces us living in integrity, the book bogs down a little about a quarter of the way in with explanations on how our past survival plans get us stuck in operating without integrity. However, it is worth reading past this complex part of the book as it does get clearer further on. He goes to a lot of effort to giving people hands on tools they can use to make a difference in their own and others lives.

You may have done a lot of self-development work but still not be clear about your true direction. Wherever you are on your journey, I am confident in saying you’ll find your next step in here, and not only will it benefit you, it’ll benefit humanity in some way. It’s a reference for life.

This is an essential topic. I purchased this book because I know the author, Dr. David Gruder – but regardless, I was delighted. This is an essential topic and a very enlightening read. Everybody should consider this information strongly – Integrity Quotient, in my opinion, is more important than traditional IQ.

Integrity Intelligence: It’s More Important Than You Might Think. The New IQ is a self- improvement book about the importance of individual integrity and maintaining balance among the different core drives that are present in every one of us, for greater personal fulfillment and better relationships. When most people hear the word integrity, they think about honesty and genuineness- the dictionary definition of integrity. This definition is fine, and the New IQ doesn’t dispute its importance. But what this book is concerned with is something a little different. The concept of “Integrity Intelligence” described in this book involves more than mere honesty. It is a concept that stresses the importance of the three dimensional self and the three important core values (authenticity, connection, and impact) which need to be balanced in order for integrity to manifest itself. The New IQ is a self- help guide of a different sort and I found its approach more genuine and sensible than many other self- help guides I have skimmed through over the years. Many self- help guides spend too much time talking about a surface concept without digging deeply enough into the root causes of behavior and the necessary actions for self- improvement. Worse, many of these self- help guides over- simplify the situation. A good example is the self- help books that emphasize positive thinking. There is nothing wrong with thinking positively and most agree that positive thinking is better than its opposite. But simply telling someone to “be positive” is not enough. It takes more than that, and the New IQ is one book that offers more. Not only does it explain itself thoroughly, it also offers diagnosis of the problems/reasons why people fall out of integrity and what needs to be done to get the different dimensions back in alignment. Keeping the three dimensional self and the three core drives in equal or nearly equal alignment is the main goal of The New IQ and the author feels it is critically important to the individual and those around him/her to strive for balance among the three core drives.

This is the hand book for life we were all looking for! David Gruder, has written the book of the decade, if not the century for navigating through our personal lives, our relationships and relating to the world at large. The way he breaks down the basics of what we take for granted and puts it into perspective in a user friendly (Macintosh way) is priceless! I’ve entered into a new relationship that is about 5 months old. I gave this book to her and she and I are going through the book one chapter at a time. Wow, what a difference in our communications after only 5 chapters. We now see how we unconsciously violate our own as well as each others integrity. I can see this is going to make a major difference in my navigation through life, not to mention my new relationship. I also own a successful business in San Diego. I’m giving my employees all a copy of this wonderful book. I can see with daily practice that our communications skills with each other will dynamically change as well as we relate to our customers. Our politicians should be mandated to read this as a requirement before they are aloud to represent us. If only that could be true! I read on average 18 to 20 books per year for the past 20 years, this is one of the top 10 I’ve ever read. It’s a must read, for anyone who wants a more happy, peaceful and successful life.

Lots of books claim they have the solution for changing your life. But how many actually provide you with a complete roadmap for success that can guide you throughout your entire adulthood? Dr. David Gruder’s latest book, The New IQ, shows how anyone can achieve lasting success, fulfillment and happiness through learning how to live in what he calls “3D integrity.” Dr. Gruder’s captivating writing style, revealing stories and step-by-step clarity reveal how, by embodying 3D integrity we not only can live our best possible life but how in doing this we become an inspiration to our families our co-workers and our communities. This book isn’t a quick happiness fix like so many books today. It’s a nuts-and-bolts journey of learning how to honestly value, and finally make really good use of, all of our past and current life experiences to create the most fabulous relationships with those in our personal and business lives. It provides us with the skills we need to develop so we can connect deliciously with the ones we love through living our life in the ways that most deeply serve our own soul. Having been trained by Dr. Gruder, I was able to experience the profound and far-reaching results that come from an Integrity Makeover. Through his excellent self-assessments I discovered how wide my gap was between where I was and living my best life possible. Using his easily customized roadmap I was able to easily identify where I was so I could make the best possible choices about what to focus on next and how to get the most from my efforts. My Integrity Makeover provided me with a customized path to get there and the tools to succeed. My own successes included getting the upper hand on an inner critic that has beaten me up my whole life and learning how to set impeccable boundaries so that I can collaborate with others far more effectively but without giving up me. Dr. Gruder’s book The New IQ, and its companion The New IQ Integrity Makeover Workbook. now make his process available to everyone. We ALL have the ability to be vital, self-empowered and action-oriented human beings. The New IQ book and workbook show us how to turn our ability into success like no other resources I have ever used.

Top Notch Self-Help Advice. Seldom do we find a self-help book that claws away misconceptions the way Dr. David Gruder’s book does. In his new tome, The New IQ: How Integrity Intelligence Serves You, Your Relationships, and Our World, the human condition is laid bare, before our eyes. Ever wonder why we have trouble reaching a relaxed maturity? Dr. Gruder tells us it is because we fail to discard our Childhood Survival Plan. That prevents us from becoming well-rounded adults, by integrating our three core drives–Authenticity, Connection and Impact. When these three are out of balance, Dr. Gruder teaches us, we cannot live a life that is balanced and fulfilling. In easy to access prose, Dr. Gruder lays bare the essence of the human condition. He teaches us how we can become whole, happy and well integrated within ourselves, our family, and our community. Every note in Dr. Gruder’s book rings true. It is the result of over thirty-five years of experience dealing with the problems we all face, every day of our lives. There is not a single wasted page, not even a wasted sentence in Dr. Gruder’s book. Readers who have embarked on a crusade to make themselves into the people they have always wished to be will find a handy primer here. Dr. Gruder’s advice harks back to the Socratic dictum: Know thyself… It echoes the famous Navajo word, Hozho… Walk in balance, walk in beauty. The New IQ: How Integrity Intelligence Serves You, Your Relationships, and Our World is the must read book of the year.

Great new information. The New IQ will make you think, challenge you to grow and create new possibilities for productivity and enjoying your life more. While it’s comprehensive, the author gives step-by-step, easy to follow flow of information. I definitely recommend it.

Dr. Gruder has hit the nail square on the head. Dr. Gruder has certainly captured the need of our time in this era of fallen moral and ethical leadership in our government and businesses. He has identified the cause as a loss of integrity in our three core drives; personal, relational and societal. His book gives a call for all of us to upgrade our integity and to fulfill our lives personally, in our relationships and in impacting our society. He outlines a practical pathway for removing what holds us back from actualizing our individual greatness. He then describes the skills we can develop to move into greater authenticity and more fulfilling relationships. And he demonstrates the connection between personal growth and high caliber leadership and positively effecting our society. No matter what has happened in your life, Dr. Gruder shows you how to harvest it to make your life greater. No life experience is wasted. He has also eliminated resource overwhelm by developing a library of resources to help you in each step of the process. Dr. Gruder’s book and workbook are a must for anyone who wants to realize their full life significance and move into their power.

Integrity Needed Now. This is the best self-help book I have read all year – and it has been a year filled with books, therapy & learning. I am a life coach and know several therapists – we are all using this book now – for ourselves & others. Well written, self explanatory and solutions to become better individuals – adults, so to speak and get over our stuff & get on with the business of living authentically and with integrity.

I just read some of the other reviews and I am choosing to be short and sweet in my review. David’s book is wonderful. A great springboard to looking inside, understanding how I have functioned up ’till now and how to go forward. I highly recommend it and when the time is right, I believe it will assist you as it has me. In a nutshell… the book rocks and it has helped me.

Reads like a “What Color Is Your Parachute?” for the emotional life. This is not a read-what-you-like, feel-good book but a working journey toward healing. Sign your personal contract and begin your “weekly healing plan” and “long-term healing plan.” Completing the substantive exercises in each chapter may save you some time unearthing problems. The first two sections show how one is wounded in childhood and how such wounds affect adult lives. (“We live our lives out at the level of our wounds, not our wishes.”) Sections 3 and 4 explain the “seven stages of personal healing” in detail. Besides the index there is a glossary and brief bibliographies and healing activities. Among the plethora of self-help books, this one stands out. Recommended for public libraries and counseling collections.