"This is a brilliant analysis of the most important kind of leadership, collaborative and participatory, and hence essential to anyone thinking about or working in the field of leadership."
-- James MacGregor Burns, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and senior scholar at the Academy of Leadership, University of Maryland

"Chrislip has long been guru and guide to those with an interest in collaborative leadership. This book is an indispensable tool for communities determined to transform good ideas into good practice."
-- Barbara Kellerman, executive director and lecturer in public policy, Center for Public Leadership, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

"David Chrislip brings the importance of collaboration into sharp focus and underscores its value in fashioning solutions to complex social problems."
-- Congressman Mark E. Udall, Colorado

"From wilderness adventure to building civil society in American cities and Eastern European countries, David Chrislip has encountered the trinity of leadership-change, conflict, and collaboration. Fortunately for us, he shares so lucidly his lessons about their role in the demands and promise of democratic civil society."
-- Richard A. Couto, Antioch University PhD Program in Leadership and Change and author of Making Democracy Work Better