By Joel Carboni
Leadership today often demands more than any human can sustainably give — and too many changemakers are paying the price with exhaustion, disconnection, and a creeping sense that the systems they serve are breaking them instead of being transformed by them. In Becoming Regenerative: A Leadership Journey for Those Who Refuse to Burn Out, internationally recognized sustainability expert Joel Carboni turns this crisis into a powerful invitation: to lead not from depletion, but from wholeness.
More than a leadership guide, this book is a deeply reflective, forward-thinking companion for anyone who knows that the old models of pressure and performance are no longer working. Through concise, transformative chapters, Carboni blends research, lived experience, and spiritual clarity to help readers step out of burnout culture and into a regenerative way of leading — one rooted in integrity, presence, resilience, and meaningful human connection. The result? A leadership journey that not only sustains life, but restores it.
From cultivating emotional and relational intelligence to embracing uncertainty with grounded confidence, Becoming Regenerative keeps every principle practical yet profound. It introduces a radical, healing model of accountability, tools for navigating trust and conflict, and practices that nurture the inner life of a leader as intentionally as organizational outcomes. Readers learn not only how to shift their approach to leadership, but also how to shift the systems around them by embodying regeneration from the inside out.
Carboni’s approach is bold, compassionate, and future-focused. He speaks directly to leaders standing at the breaking point — CEOs, team leads, entrepreneurs, visionaries — offering a pathway that refuses the false choice between mission and well-being. With its blend of clarity, depth, and hopeful challenge, the book becomes a manifesto for leaders ready to rebuild not just organizations, but ecosystems, relationships, and meaning itself.
Book Details
Title: Becoming Regenerative: A Leadership Journey for Those Who Refuse to Burn Out
Author: Joel Carboni
Genre: Leadership, Personal Development, Sustainability
Format: Paperback / eBook
Themes: Regenerative leadership, resilience, wholeness, emotional intelligence, systemic transformation, meaningful impact