The Human-Rooted Leadership™ Trilogy

Three books, one story, and the leadership approach behind it.

The trilogy follows one company, Evergreen, from dysfunction to a human-rooted culture to a legacy that outlasts its founder. In Rebels & Tribes, Jack Woodson watches the company he built split into warring tribes and discovers what it takes to rebuild it on human roots. In Unmarked Trail, a new generation of leaders, led by Haley Soren, grows into that way of leading. In The Greater Work, Jack hands Evergreen on, and the culture he rebuilt succeeds him.

Cover of Rebels & Tribes by Tony Woodall, a business fable about turning team dysfunction into human-rooted culture

Book 1

Rebels & Tribes

Founder Jack Woodson built a company he loves, and now it is splitting into two tribes. When his rising star considers leaving, Jack discovers that every fix he has tried treats the symptoms, not the roots.

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Book 2

Unmarked Trail

Evergreen survived its crisis. Now it faces a quieter test. As Mark steps back from leadership, Haley Soren must step forward and discover that great talent alone does not make a great leader. Tony Woodall follows Haley’s journey from star performer to Human-Rooted leader, deepening the framework introduced in Rebels & Tribes with practical tools for developing the next generation of leaders.

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Cover of Unmarked Trail by Tony Woodall, a business fable about turning great talent into great leadership
Cover of The Greater Work by Tony Woodall, a business fable about turning success into legacy

Book 3

The Greater Work

Jack Woodson built Evergreen into a thriving, human-rooted company. Now he faces the question every founder eventually must answer: what happens next? Rather than simply selling what he built, Jack sets out to hand Evergreen to the next generation, Haley and Alexandria, with intention. In the final book, Tony Woodall shows founders and CEOs how to turn success into a legacy that outlasts them.

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The trilogy goes further.

The books go well beyond the PIE model and the Four Rules of Productive Conflict. Every tool and resource is on the Human-Rooted Leader™ Platform.

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