"Tensions are the road to competitiveness, while consensus often leads to mediocrity. Saj-nicole and Damon, two of the nicest people on earth, got it right: encouraging the right fight is the hallmark of true leadership. Great ideas are born from competition and thrive when subjected to survival of the fittest." -- ROLF CLASSON, chairman, Hill-Rom, and former CEO, Bayer HealthCare
"If you care about how well organizations work, you need to buy this book, get out a highlighter, and mark up the pages. It will change the way you think about teams and how they're run. And it will raise your collective performance and sense of satisfaction." -- BRIDGETTE HELLER, global president, Johnson and Johnson Consumer Companies
"If you're a leader at any level, The Right Fight will inspire you to embrace organizational tensions, and in doing so, release the energies needed to solve your most complex problems. This is one of the most practical business books I've read, and I recommend it highly." -- JACQUELINE NOVOGRATZ, founder and CEO, Acumen Fund, and author of The Blue Sweater
"The wisdom runs deep and the stories jump off the page. Joni and Beyer show us why alignment is not enough. Fighting the right fights right can be a difference between survival and extinction. This book should be at the top of any leader's reading list." -- DOUG STONE, coauthor of The New York Times bestseller Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
"Provocative and unique . . . The Right Fight illustrates how a healthy dose of tension energized some of the world's most respected companies. It worked at Campbell." - DOUGLAS R. CONANT President and CEO, Campbell Soup Company
The authors have absolutely nailed one of the critical unspoken tools in the leadership tool kit. The book helped me reflect on the right and wrong fights of the past and begin planning my next one!" -- GAURDIE E. BANISTER JR.President and CEO, Aera Energy LLC
"The Right Fight pokes a sharp stick at management complacency and empowers leaders to drive organizations to peak performance." -- CARTER McCLELLAND Chairman, Union Square Advisors
"For managers facing the real-life challenge of getting teams to be effective day in and day out, The Right Fight offers new insight and practical ways to make agreement productive." -- DAN CIAMPA, CEO advisor and author of Taking Advice: How Leaders Get Good Counsel and Use it Wisely
"Joni and Beyer make a convincing and counterintuitive argument that instigating dissent, if done selectively, can produce big results." - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY