The GreenLight Factor: A Leadership discernment framework for navigating transition, calling, and career inflection points. - Softcover

Cameron, Dr Shelly M

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798234087737

Publisher: Authors in Press, 2026

Synopsis

Every leader eventually reaches an intersection. The question is: do you go, wait, or stop?

You have led teams, built a reputation, and earned your seat at the table. Now something is shifting. Maybe it is a promotion you are not sure you want, a calling that will not stay quiet, an organization that no longer fits, or a season of life that is asking for something new. These are career inflection points, and the choices you make at them shape everything that follows.

Most leaders are taught how to make decisions. Very few are taught how to discern.

The GreenLight Factor gives you a clear, memorable framework built on a metaphor everyone already understands: the traffic light. Green, yellow, and red become a practical way to read the signals in your life and leadership, so you can move forward with confidence, pause with purpose, or stop without regret.

Drawing on more than two decades of global leadership experience, an executive coaching practice, and original scholarly research, Dr. Shelly Cameron brings together rigorous thinking and a faith-informed perspective to help you navigate transition with clarity instead of anxiety.

This book will help you:

• Recognize the signals that you are at a true inflection point
• Distinguish between a genuine calling and a passing restlessness
• Move from indecision to intentional, well-discerned action
• Lead yourself and others through transition with steadiness and integrity
• Align your career decisions with your values, purpose, and faith

The GreenLight Factor is the culminating work of Dr. Cameron's thirteen-book series on leadership and success. Whether you are stepping into a new role, considering a change, or simply sensing that it is time, this book will help you know when to go.

For Readers Of
Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans • Half Time by Bob Buford • Transitions by William Bridges • Decisive by Chip and Dan Heath

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About the Author

Dr. Shelly Cameron is an award-winning author of twelve books spanning leadership, success, and personal inspiration and the creator of The GreenLight Factor(TM), a leadership framework that helps individuals and organizations move from potential to purposeful performance.As Founder and President of Global Coaching Corner and a Certified Master Coach, Dr. Shelly has spent over two decades developing leaders across the global pharmaceutical and healthcare industry before dedicating her work fully to coaching, writing, and speaking. Her coaching methodology is grounded in lived experiences. She has led teams, navigated transitions, and coached high-achieving professionals at every level of the organizational ladder.Her landmark research on Caribbean American leaders, published in the Journal of American Academy of Business (JAABC), uncovered the hidden success strategies of accomplished leaders. A Research that continues to inform her writing, her coaching, and the development of The GreenLight Factor framework.Dr. Shelly serves as Chief Judge and Advisor for the 30 Under 30 Changemakers' Program at the Institute of Caribbean Studies (ICS) in Washington, DC, a role she has held since the program's inception. A decade of evaluating hundreds of emerging leaders ages 18-30 gave her a unique lens into what separates those who are already leading from those who are still waiting and that insight lives at the heart of every page she writes.She is President of the Writers Group of South Florida, a recognized community leader, and a recipient of the Exemplary Public Service Award (2024). In 2026 she was honored as a Featured Author at the Africana Arts and Humanities Festival's 250th Anniversary celebration."Success: Define it for yourself."

Edition details

• Publisher: Authors in Press
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798234087737
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240