Work, Reimagined
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Product Details
Publisher: GFB
Release Date: September 22, 2026
Formats: Paperback, Ebook, Audiobook
ISBN: PB: 978-1-967510-88-7; EB: 978-1-967510-89-4; AUD: 978-1-967510-90-0
Trim: 5.5 x 8.5
Page Count: 304
7 Core Experiences That Unlock Human Potential and Supercharge Performance
Christine Courtney
Forget the meaningless perks. Your team craves connection.
Work should be a place where meeting rooms spark energy, conversations matter, and results accelerate. To unlock this kind of engagement, leaders need to tap into the foundational experiences encountered in adolescence—experiences that first shaped how people compete, create, belong, explore, and grow.
In Work, Reimagined, award-winning leadership coach Christine Courtney guides leaders in harnessing the power of their team’s core selves to energize, engage, and drive performance. Through the lens of seven foundational experiences, you’ll learn how to build a workplace that feels:
purposeful, like the best houses of worship;
energizing, like the sports field;
electrifying, like the stage;
exploratory, like the playground;
safe, like the therapist’s office;
expansive, like the classroom; and
innovative, like the creative studio.
With a foreword by Lisa Bodell, bestselling author of Why Simple Wins, and with real-life examples, ideas, and action guides throughout, Work, Reimagined offers practical strategies for creating structured, meaningful experiences that rebuild trust and reignite the social side of work. If you’re a leader, this is your opportunity. Don’t just give your team more extras. Give them something more: clear missions, team rituals, moments of pride, shared wins, and personal growth they can feel.
About the Author
Christine Courtney is a leadership expert, speaker, and the founder and CEO of Leadership Development Partners, a firm dedicated to helping leaders design workplaces where people don’t just show up—they light up. She is the host of the podcast Stepping into Your Leadership, where she explores what it takes to lead with clarity, confidence, and impact. She also hosts and attends ridiculously awesome dinner parties.
Reviews
“There are thousands of books on leadership published every year—most are not very helpful. And today it’s harder than ever to get employees to bring their ‘A game’ to work. But in Work, Reimagined, Christine Courtney tells not just what leaders need to do but how to do it, with specific and tactical examples. This book is a must-read for every current and aspiring leader.” —Michael Feiner, author of The Feiner Points of Leadership, former chief people officer at PepsiCo, and former professor at Columbia University Business School
“Christine Courtney’s Work Reimagined is a practical playbook that I believe will become a lasting staple for leaders for years to come.” —Susan White Morrissey, founder and CEO of White & Warren
“The best leaders don’t simply manage people—they create environments in which people feel connected, inspired, and capable of more. Christine Courtney gives leaders a fresh, deeply human, and practical framework for doing exactly that. Work, Reimagined will change how you think about every meeting you lead and every room you enter.” —Dan Rootenberg, cofounder and CEO of Spear Physical Therapy
“This book transported me from what can seem like complex human workplace challenges to familiar places—the basketball court, the church, the playground—here those same issues existed, yet we solved them almost instinctively. It helped me reimagine how I see and engage with the people around me, with greater comfort and confidence.” —Steve Snow, partner at PwC