Shiftcode Leadership: A Guide to Building Thriving Teams and a Positive Workplace Culture is the definitive book on why leadership behaviour under pressure matters more than leadership knowledge and what to do about it.
Written by Preetie Boler, Behavioural Risk Strategist and creator of the Shiftcode™ methodology, this Amazon #1 Bestseller has become the go-to resource for experienced leaders who are done with theory and ready for real behavioural change.
Available in Paperback, and Kindle.
You have the right intentions. You want to empower your team, foster psychological safety, and build a culture of trust and high performance.
But under pressure, your behaviour tells a different story.
You leave a meeting you intended to be collaborative – only to hear later that your team felt shut down.
You delegate a project to empower your team but they perceive it as dumping.
You give feedback with the intention of helping someone grow but they only hear criticism.
This is the Intention-Impact Gap. It’s not a failure of character. It’s a predictable outcome of human biology and it’s the single most expensive, under addressed challenge in modern leadership.
Gallup estimates that disengagement – driven primarily by manager behaviour – costs the Australian economy $223 billion per year. And yet most leadership development focuses on what leaders should know, not what they actually do when the pressure is real.
Shiftcode Leadership was written to close that gap.
For the leader who has the right intentions but isn’t getting the right results. This book is the bridge between the leader you want to be and the leader your team needs.
This isn’t another leadership theory book. It’s a working guide – built from 30 years of lived experience in high-pressure construction and commercial environments, grounded in emotional intelligence and behavioural science, and structured to give you tools you can apply immediately.
Inside Shiftcode Leadership, you’ll discover:
Shiftcode Leadership is for you if:
You’re an experienced leader who knows the theory but struggles to apply it consistently under pressure.
You’ve been told you need to “work on your leadership style” and you want a practical system, not a vague aspiration.
You’ve done leadership training before, but nothing stuck – because the training didn’t address what you actually do in the moments that matter.
You’re responsible for building leadership culture in your organisation and you’re looking for a methodology you can embed, not just a one-day event.
You lead in a high-pressure environment – construction, resources, facilities management, government, professional services – where the stakes of reactive leadership are real and the margin for error is thin.
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This book is structured to give you a clear path from diagnosis to transformation.
The official Shiftcode™ Leadership Workbook is the hands-on companion to the book and where the real transformation happens. Reading creates awareness. The Workbook creates change.
Packed with exercises, self-assessments, and guided reflection prompts, this digital workbook is designed to help you apply the Shiftcode™ methodology to your real-world leadership challenges, diagnose your specific behavioural patterns, and build a personal shift plan you can execute immediately.
Use it alongside the book for your own development or as a structured resource for leadership teams working through Shiftcode™ together. Many organisations purchase the Workbook for their entire leadership cohort to create a shared language and a common development framework.
What’s inside the Workbook:
Shiftcode™ Leadership Digital Workbook – $97 AUD
Many organisations use Shiftcode Leadership as the foundation for their leadership development programs – either as pre-reading for the Shiftcode™ Leadership Program, as a resource for newly promoted leaders, or as a shared framework across their leadership cohort.
Bulk orders are available for organisations looking to provide copies to their leadership teams.
For bulk orders of 20+ copies, contact us to discuss volume pricing and complementary program options.
Preetie Boler is a Behavioural Risk Strategist, keynote speaker, and the creator of the Shiftcode™ methodology. With 30 years of legal and commercial leadership experience in construction and facilities management sectors, Preetie brings a practical, real-world perspective to leadership behaviour that most development programs lack.
Her Amazon #1 Bestseller, Shiftcode Leadership, is helping leaders close the intention-impact gap and build the cultures their organisations need to thrive.
Preetie works with organisations through behavioural audits, immersive leadership programs, executive mentorship, team workshops, and keynote speaking all grounded in the Shiftcode™ framework.
Not what you intend. Not what you know. What you do.
Shiftcode Leadership gives you the framework to diagnose your patterns, navigate the shift, and lead with intention – especially in the moments that matter most.
Available in Paperback, and Kindle on Amazon.