Be the Difference Now

Leadership isn’t broken—but much of what leaders are being asked to do today no longer fits the old ways they were taught to lead. Across boardrooms and executive teams, experienced leaders are feeling it: decisions that once felt grounded now feel forced; cultures that look successful on the surface feel brittle underneath. The demand to perform certainty has overtaken the space required for clarity. Be the Difference Now is written for leaders who can feel that misalignment—even if they can’t yet name it. This book introduces a new way of leading through The Leader Archetype—not as a personality model or competency checklist, but as a return to aligned leadership rooted in presence, truth, and conscious choice. It invites leaders back to Stillpoint—the internal place where clarity, timing, and integrity converge—and to lead from there. From that center, culture shifts. Not through control or compliance, but through how leadership is embodied. This is how organizations begin to breathe—resilient, adaptive, and human. Donna DiDomenico draws on decades of executive leadership experience to speak directly to leaders who already know the rules—and sense they’re no longer enough. This book won’t tell you what to do. It will help you realign with what you already know — and apply it now, as leadership itself is being redefined.