The Weight of Authority
By Paul Frank
Leadership is everywhere, but real authority is rare.
In today's world of social media influence, expanding platforms, and endless leadership titles, trust is collapsing. People comply, but they no longer commit. They follow, but only when it's convenient. The crisis of modern leadership is not a lack of power or visibility, it is a lack of weight.
The Weight of Authority is a leadership book for readers who are tired of performative leadership, empty influence, and leadership development models that focus on image instead of substance. This is not a motivational guide or a formula for gaining followers. It is a serious examination of what it means to carry true authority in organizations, families, communities, faith institutions, and systems of power.
Drawing from African traditions, spiritual leadership principles, and real-world organizational failures, Paul Frank exposes the dangers of charisma without character and leadership without legitimacy. He reveals how titles without weight create fragile leaders and how weak authority forces teams, families, and institutions to carry the hidden cost.
This book addresses essential leadership questions:
Why do people listen but not trust?
Why do organizations collapse even with strong personalities at the top?
Why does leadership feel louder, but less effective, than ever?
Inside, readers will learn:
• Why authority cannot be demanded, only earned
• The difference between leadership power and moral authority
• How performative leadership erodes trust and culture
• The unseen cost of weak leadership in organizations and families
• How to build a leadership code that outlasts position, tenure, and popularity
Written for executives, faith leaders, managers, entrepreneurs, public servants, parents, and anyone serious about leadership development, The Weight of Authority offers a disciplined path toward credibility, responsibility, and trust. It is ideal for readers seeking books on leadership, organizational leadership, spiritual authority, influence, ethics, and culture building.
This is not another leadership book.
This is a reckoning.
