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The Library

The ideas behind the practice.

The book, the research, and the writing — everything Jodie is thinking through, in one place. Go deep before you ever book a conversation.

Girl, Put Your Hand Down, by Jodie Charlop — book cover

The Book · Available Q1 2027

Girl, Put Your Hand Down

Do Less. Own More. Lead Anyway.

The argument beneath the practice: women are not broken, they are constrained — and the work is freeing, not fixing. Women are wired for leadership.  A research-grounded guide for women leaders who are done over-functioning. Already whole, already enough — the work is freeing, not fixing.

Publishing Q1 2027 with Archway Publishing.

White papers & research.

The thinking behind the frameworks — and the questions they answer.

The pillar papers

Level Up · Enterprise Leadership

Leading at Altitude

Why the skills that earned the seat don’t hold it — and the identity shift from functional expert to enterprise leader.

by Jodie Charlop

Level Set Your Future · Executive Identity

What’s Your Story?

Confidence doesn’t come from standing out — it comes from knowing your strengths and your story, and telling it with pride. Your story of origin is your career superpower.

by Jodie Charlop

The Exceleration Partners series · with Marty Murphy

The AI Adoption Paradox

AI Won’t Adopt Itself

Relationships, Results, and the AI Era. Performance is human — AI just makes the cost of ignoring it bigger. The coaching work that decides whether your rollout delivers value or stalls.

Jodie Charlop & Marty Murphy · Exceleration Partners

Insights Discovery · ROI

Performance Is Ultimately Human

The business case for building leadership on a human foundation — and the discipline that makes it compound.

Jodie Charlop & Marty Murphy · Exceleration Partners

Team Coaching

Creating the Team Ecosystem

How team culture and the conditions for trust turn a group into a high-performing ecosystem — for powerful, sustainable business results.

Jodie Charlop & Marty Murphy · Exceleration Partners

Leadership Insights.

The shorter form — where the ideas get worked out in public.

In Forbes

The Forbes Column

Jodie writes for the Forbes Coaches Council on identity, altitude, and enterprise leadership — from “most leaders don’t stall for lack of skill, they stall because of altitude” to “set your boundaries as boldly as your vision.”

Substack

Unlearning Leadership

New essays on the work underneath the work — identity, power, and what leaders carry that it might be time to put down. Delivered to your inbox.

Recommended reading

The JC Bookshelf.

Not her writing — the classic shelf. The Thirty-one books Jodie puts in leaders’ hands.. Together they trace a leadership curriculum.

Read in order Meaning → Self → Motivation → Agility → EQ → Change → Trust → Power → Reciprocity → Possibility

Where to find them. Each book links to Amazon.

Man’s Search for Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl

Meaning as the thing that holds when everything else gives.

Multipliers - Liz Wiseman

The best leaders amplify the intelligence around them.

Drive - Daniel H. Pink

Autonomy, mastery, purpose — what actually moves people.

Leadership Agility - Joiner & Josephs

Evolve how you think, not just what you know.

Primal Leadership - Goleman, Boyatzis & McKee

How you regulate emotionally shapes the whole system.

Immunity to Change - Kegan & Lahey

Hidden commitments keep us tied to old behavior.

The Trusted Advisor - Maister, Green & Galford

Expertise gets you in the room; trust decides your influence.

The Art of War for Women - Chin-Ning Chu

Sun Tzu’s strategy, reclaimed for how women lead and win.

Give and Take - Adam Grant

Generosity wins — until it becomes self-sacrifice.

The Medici Effect - Frans Johansson

Breakthroughs happen where disciplines collide.

Man’s Search for Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl

Meaning as the thing that holds when everything else gives.

Multipliers - Liz Wiseman

The best leaders amplify the intelligence around them.

Drive - Daniel H. Pink

Autonomy, mastery, purpose — what actually moves people.

Leadership Agility - Joiner & Josephs

Evolve how you think, not just what you know.

Primal Leadership - Goleman, Boyatzis & McKee

How you regulate emotionally shapes the whole system

Immunity to Change - Kegan & Lahey

Hidden commitments keep us tied to old behavior.

The Trusted Advisor - Maister, Green & Galford

Expertise gets you in the room; trust decides your influence.

The Art of War for Women - Chin-Ning Chu

Sun Tzu’s strategy, reclaimed for how women lead and win.

Give and Take - Adam Grant

Generosity wins — until it becomes self-sacrifice.

The Medici Effect - Frans Johansson

Breakthroughs happen where disciplines collide.

A living shelf — updated as Jodie reads. Every book links to Amazon.

The best clients read first. Then they call.

If the writing lands, the next step is a conversation — a working one, not a sales call.