Being good at your job doesn't prepare you to lead: Leigh Morrison's Recalibrate explores the challenges behind the promotion
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- Melbourne leadership coach Leigh Morrison has released *Recalibrate: Align inner clarity with outer influence as a leader*, a book aimed at business owners and both established and emerging leaders, priced at $34.95 and available now.
- Drawing on 16 years of coaching more than 1,000 leaders, Morrison examines the habits people bring to leadership and how small, deliberate adjustments can shift thinking, behaviour, and working relationships.
- Each chapter pairs a real coaching story with a practical exercise or reflection that readers can try independently or with their team.
- The book covers topics including how early-life expectations shape leadership style, navigating difficult conversations when a colleague becomes a direct report, and how to care about work without taking responsibility for every problem.
- Morrison's clients include entrepreneur Jules Lund, Flack Studio founder David Flack, and leaders from organisations such as Google, CommBank, and Mecca, who praise the book as wise, practical, and deeply empowering.
Being good at your job doesn’t automatically prepare you to lead other people. Melbourne leadership coach Leigh Morrison explores that transition and the everyday challenges of leading a team in her recently released book, Recalibrate: Align inner clarity with outer influence as a leader, available now for purchase following launches in Melbourne and Sydney.
Written for business owners and established and emerging leaders, the book examines the habits people bring to leadership, from working longer hours to feeling responsible for every answer. Each chapter pairs a real coaching story with an ‘Experiment a little’ exercise or reflection that readers can try on their own or with their team.
“The work to recalibrate isn’t about grand transformations or constant reinvention. It’s about small, deliberate adjustments to shift the way you think, feel and act,” says Morrison.
Drawing on 16 years of coaching more than 1,000 leaders, Morrison explores how changes in thinking and behaviour can affect decisions, working relationships and life beyond work.
Her clients include entrepreneur and media personality Jules Lund, Flack Studio founder David Flack and KLEVA Brands director James Cheney. She has also coached leaders from Google, CommBank, Culture Amp, Xero and Mecca.
Through client stories and practical exercises, Recalibrate explores:
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How expectations learned earlier in life can shape the way people lead a team.
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How to approach difficult conversations when a colleague becomes a direct report.
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Why working longer hours can become a habit worth questioning.
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How to care about work without taking responsibility for every problem.
For leaders reflecting on the year and planning for 2027, the book offers practical ways to examine which habits they want to keep and what they are ready to change.
Praise for Recalibrate
“Recalibrate captures the very best of Leigh’s work and philosophy. It’s essentially Leigh bottled into a book – wise, practical and exactly what leaders need in an increasingly complex world.” - Jules Lund, entrepreneur and media personality
“Leigh has a remarkable ability to create lasting change that feels both sustainable and deeply empowering.” - David Flack, Founder and Principal, Flack Studio
Book details
Recalibrate: Align inner clarity with outer influence as a leader
Author and publisher: Leigh Morrison
Production: Publish Central
Published: 6 July 2026
RRP: $34.95 | ISBN: 978-1-923630-60-4
Available now: leighmorrison.com.au/book
Interviews and review copies
Leigh Morrison is available for media interviews and written contributions. Complimentary review copies are available on request.
Radio, podcast and interview topics include:
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The childhood rules we still follow at work.
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What to do when you become your colleagues’ manager.
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Caring less about work without becoming disengaged.
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Why finishing the year well doesn’t mean finishing everything.
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Making changes that last beyond January.
About us:
About Leigh Morrison
Leigh Morrison is a Melbourne leadership coach, author and Director of be. Coaching. With a background in marketing and HR, she works with business owners, senior and emerging leaders, and the HR practitioners supporting them. Her coaching focuses on self-awareness, relationships and practical changes in how people lead.
Book cover (PDF) | Book image (JPG) | Media kit and launch photographs
Contact details:
Chiquita Searle | UNTMD
[email protected] | 0423 686 380
