The Mosaic Way
Evolve Your Emotional Intelligence for Inclusive Leadership in a Changing World
by Dr. Karissa Thomas
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Pub Date Sep 30 2025 | Archive Date Aug 07 2025
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Description
The world is shifting—and leadership must evolve with it.
The Mosaic Way™ introduces a new paradigm for leading in complex, divided, and emotionally charged environments. Created by leadership strategist and emotional intelligence expert Dr. Karissa Thomas, this book offers a transformative framework for professionals who lead across difference—whether in boardrooms, classrooms, communities, or crisis response settings.
At the heart of the book is the Mosaic Intelligence Method™, a three-pillar approach to modern leadership:
• Emotional Integrity: Leading from a place of emotional honesty, self-awareness, and grounded presence
• Cultural Flexibility: Navigating diverse perspectives with humility, empathy, and cross-cultural fluency
• Identity Agility: Adapting to shifting roles, expectations, and contexts without losing your core values
Each chapter explores real-world challenges—from polarization and burnout to identity fragmentation and institutional harm—offering practical tools, case studies, and reflection prompts to help readers lead with intention, clarity, and compassion.
Whether you're a school leader rebuilding fractured trust, a corporate manager navigating generational tensions, or a public servant responding to collective trauma, The Mosaic Way™ equips you to:
• Build psychologically safe environments across difference
• Repair emotional and cultural missteps with integrity
• Develop your leadership identity through times of transition or disruption
• Create systems of shared care, accountability, and sustainable influence
This book is both visionary and practical—ideal for leaders who are ready to do the deep, human work of guiding others in an era of uncertainty and change.
Leadership is no longer just about direction. It’s about connection, reflection, and resilience. The Mosaic Way™ shows you how to lead all three.
Includes field stories, discussion guides, and access to a full glossary of Mosaic Intelligence™ terms for trainers, facilitators, and learning communities.
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| ISBN | 9780985242268 |
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Featured Reviews
The Mosaic Way is one of the most insightful leadership books I’ve read in a long time. Dr. Karissa Thomas brilliantly weaves together emotional honesty, cross-cultural understanding, and personal identity into a leadership model that feels both deeply human and incredibly timely. I really appreciated how the book didn’t just give advice—it gave language to things I’ve felt in complex work and life situations. I found myself reflecting on my own habits and how I lead others, and I walked away feeling both challenged and inspired.
Leading with Guts, Grace, and a Whole Lot of Grit
Dr. Karissa Thomas doesn’t just talk about leadership—she rebuilds it from the soul out, and The Mosaic Way gave me goosebumps, aha moments, and about five new favorite highlighter colors!
This book should be required reading for every manager, director, or team leader navigating today’s workplace. The Mosaic Way gave me the tools to better understand myself, my team, and the unseen dynamics at play in meetings, hiring decisions, and even conflict resolution. It helped me see how emotional integrity and cultural awareness aren’t “soft skills”—they’re survival skills for modern leadership. I’ve already started using some of the reflection prompts during our weekly debriefs, and the results have been eye-opening. This book is a game-changer at work and surprisingly helpful at home too.