Leading from the Trenches: How to Innovate and Drive Results When You Aren't the Boss

"Rebel at Work is a fascinating book that makes you see your workplace in ways you haven't considered before. Natalie's approaches will have immediate impact for anyone trying to 'lead from the trenches' in a positive and productive way." —Jon Gordon, author of The Energy Bus, The Carpenter, and The Power of Positive Leadership

Are you tired of leadership that claims to want an innovative culture, but throws up internal roadblocks against any new initiatives? If you're a frustrated employee banging your head up against a corporate brick wall, then this is the book for you.

Change in a company often happens from the inside out when valuable employees get fed up with leadership's vague direction and conflicting priorities. But as an employee, it can be difficult to know how to inspire innovation without getting further sidelined. Rebel at Work shows you how to take matters into your own hands. You'll learn:

- How to understand the unwritten rules in your organization—so you can work around them
- The types of corporate conformists, as well as their hardwiring—so you can mitigate their fear of change
- How to bring clarity to all conversations, especially since jargon can kill promising ideas
- And how to prepare step-by-step plans that increase your chances for buy-in by your leadership

Best of all, you'll learn how to find others like you in your organization to unite with and get the results you want!

"Natalie Neelan’s views will have a transformative impact, not only in business, but also in our modern society." - Dan Prosser, author of Thirteeners and architect of the Accountability Scorecard(TM)

Natalie Neelan is a longtime entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial strategist who’s helped countless white-collar underdogs transform their personal and professional lives via her products, speaking engagements, and blogs. Natalie coaches, consults, and presents to emerging leaders at organizations including Mitsubishi Power, Bayer, Dell, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, World Health Organization, World Bank, P&G, PNC Bank, Google, HP, and many more.

Natalie has developed practical and immediately implementable approaches to navigate the greatest internal obstacle in bringing initiatives to life—people. She writes with an inimitable sass and blunt practicality that has made her a global influence on innovation strategy and internal adoption.

Ms. Neelan holds an MBA with a concentration in strategy and entrepreneurship from Chatham University and is the founder and president of the Innovation and Strategy firm Straightline. She is based in Pittsburgh, PA. For more, visit natalieneelan.com.