“Without any risk of exaggeration: JEA is one of the most important, useful and timely books for the first decade of this century. Not just for the business reader. For everyone!”
— Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Management, University of Southern California and author of On Becoming a Leader and co-author of Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls.
“We have all experienced the damaging side of anxiety. Using examples from throughout the business world, Rosen demonstrates that anxiety is not just a malevolent feeling, but can in fact, be a key factor for success.”
— David Gergen, Director of the Center for Public Leadership, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
“Robert Rosen draws on his vast hands-on experience to offer powerful advice for anyone who has to lead under intense pressure - and who doesn't? Just Enough Anxiety is packed with both rich insights and practical tips you can apply tomorrow morning.”
— Daniel Goleman, author Primal Leadership
and Emotional Intelligence
“We are competing in a global economy that requires organizations – public and private – to move forward with creativity and innovation amid changing economic and demographic landscapes. In Just Enough Anxiety, Bob Rosen has articulated key values and performance measures that organizations need to improve their performance in this dynamic environment. As I work to ensure a strong and vibrant future for Virginia, I find Bob’s ideas about performance excellence and continuous improvement compelling. Bob is an asset to our Commonwealth.”
— Timothy M. Kaine, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Virginia has recently been named the best state in which to do business by Forbes.com and CNBC.
“The ultimate goal of any leader is to create a winning company. Great leaders do this by mastering the human side of execution. Inherently they know how to turn up or turn down the heat. JUST ENOUGH ANXIETY shows you just how to do this. The book is honest, heartfelt, and focuses on what really matters in business.”
— Michel Tilmant, Chairman and CEO, ING Group
“Just Enough Anxiety is a rare, new resource for leaders everywhere, at every level, and provides a challenging view of business success.”
— Frances Hesselbein, Chairman and Founding President,
Leader to Leader Institute
“One of today’s key leadership challenges is deciding how much change an organization can absorb at any point in time. Bob Rosen does an excellent job helping leaders think through this delicate balancing act.”
— Dennis Nally, Managing Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
“I love this book. Great advice – built on thorough research – involving many of the world’s best leaders. I love the integration of Eastern and Western thought. Wonderful coaching that shows a path we can all follow. Somewhere between ‘just coasting along’ and ‘being paralyzed with panic’ lies the land of just enough anxiety. Bob Rosen shows us how to find and navigate around this land.”
— Marshall Goldsmith, New York Times best-selling author of What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
“Change in the philanthropic sector today is immense. In Just Enough Anxiety, Bob Rosen offers us a great personal guide for managing the complex road ahead.”
— Steve Gunderson, CEO, Council on Foundations
“Bob Rosen totally gets it! Just Enough Anxiety: The Hidden Driver of Business Success is a must read for executives who realize that understanding themselves and others is critical to success. His clear and insightful writing makes the book a pleasure to read while providing tools, tips and tactics to achieve peak performance and a well balanced life.”
— Susan Sarfati, CEO, Center for Association Leadership
“In Just Enough Anxiety Rosen has uncovered the secret to building a high performance culture. JEA is a must read for every CEO and individual who holds a leadership position.”
— JP Garnier, Chairman and CEO, GlaxoSmithKline
“Bob Rosen offers us a thoughtful look at the powerful emotions that impact executive decisions and how to balance these forces with Just Enough Anxiety. You’ll learn that anxiety is a natural tool to be used to your advantage and embraced as an ally. Don’t miss this profound examination of what makes us tick.”
— General (Ret) John Jumper, Former U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff
"Many great books have been written about the age of turbulence, global dynamism or business disruption focused upon firm level concerns. No great book has focused upon what it means to lead in these times, because to do so requires a rare author who has both a deeply conceptual and pragmatic mind and has worked intimately with those who lead well. Finally, that book has arrived."
— Blair Shephard, Dean, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University and chair and founder of Duke Corporate Education
“Living and leading in uncertainty defines life in the world of retail. Bob Rosen’s insights into Just Enough Anxiety go right to the source of Macy’s ability to thrive in our fast-changing and unpredictable environment. His message is both critical and timely. I highly recommend this book to anyone struggling with demands and pressures of today’s challenges, whether inside or outside of business.”
— Frank Guzzetta, CEO, Macy’s North
“Bob Rosen is really on to something in this timely book. It is one thing to trumpet that rapid change is a fact of life in every business; it is something else entirely to address the anxiety that is released in an organization where the ‘human factors’ struggle to change as rapidly as the world around. The leader has to both master those anxiety issues within him/herself, and find a way to turn the organizational anxiety into positive, productive energy. That is what this book is all about.”
— Steve Morris, CEO, Arbitron
"Just Enough Anxiety offers a terrific blend of pragmatics and theory, supported by appropriate doses of optimism and caution. It's a very useful roadmap for making organizations and leaders more effective in an increasingly uncertain world."
— Ron Sugar, Chairman & CEO, Northrop Grumman Corporation
“Success in business is great, but must not lead to complacency and believing your own publicity. Tough challenges bring out the best in people, but continuous crisis management can be destructive. Bob Rosen’s concept of Just Enough Anxiety captures this dilemma in a framework that CEOs, like myself, can use to maintain the optimum amount of pressure to keep our business moving forward.”
— Mike Turner, CEO, BAE Systems
