"Inflection points in businesses feel as though they happened instantly, but usually they have been gestating for a long time. Same is true for the making of high integrity exceptional leaders. In his book Slingshot, Rahul shares the journeys of leaders who seem to jump the curve of leadership. Rahul's approach to becoming an exceptional leader is timely, powerful, and invaluable."

RITA GUNTHER McGRATH
Strategy Professor at Columbia Business School
Best-selling author of Seeing Around Corners

“All paths to greatness lead through adversity. If you seek to make big visions reality, Rahul Bhandari offers you a true Slingshot. Use it!”

ROBERT WOLCOTT
Co-Founder & Chairman, TWIN Global
Adjunct Professor of Innovation, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

"Rahul is a remarkable leader and a master storyteller. Through gripping stories, unexpected insights, and worldly wisdom, Rahul guides us on a powerful way to think, act, and live as leaders who matter. Compelling, practical, and highly engaging, anyone aspiring to be a leader in today’s complex world will greatly benefit from reading Slingshot."

AMY WILKINSON
Author of Creator’s Code
Lecturer, Stanford Graduate School of Business

"If you're looking to become a better leader, then The Slingshot is the book for you! The practical exercises and tools will help you identify and develop and hone your leadership qualities. You will benefit enormously from Rahul's practical and deep wisdom in Slingshot. It needs to be on every leader's bookshelf."

MATT ABRAHAMS
Lecturer at Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Co-founder of Bold Echo LLC
Author of Speaking Up Without Freaking Out
Host of Think Fast, Talk Smart Podcast

“Rahul has probed life deeply. His exploration has produced a practical method for living a life of significance guided by a sense of purpose. Slingshot is a breathtaking book with a powerful approach to enter the fundamental state of leadership. A must read!”

ROBERT E. QUINN
Cofounder of the Center for Positive Organizations and Margaret Elliot Tracy Professor Emeritus, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. Best Selling Author of 18 books including The Economics of Higher Purpose.

“Rahul facilitate the process of transformation that empowers leaders to connect with resources within, uncover hidden potential and possibilities in their lives, and harness the power that is within themselves. In Slingshot, Rahul provides a winning combination of strategic insights and actionable steps designed to help you become a better leader."

DR. JOHN RATEY
Best-selling author of Go Wild, Spark, and Driven to Distraction
Associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School

“Slingshot is a refreshing approach to become a purpose driven leader. An exhilarating and resonant read.”

LAURA HUANG
Professor, Harvard Business School
Author of Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage

“Having had the benefit of Rahul’s insights in my classroom as a co-instructor in the course on value investing at Georgetown University, those same insights are now available through this wonderful book. Rahul helps you to see with clarity what distinguishes a manager who creates value from one who destroys value. From the perspective of an investor this distinction, and its attendant consequences, are critical to understand. A masterful facilitator, Rahul shows you how to become a manager who creates value."

ARTHUR T. DONG
Distinguished Teaching Professor at McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University

“Slingshot is fascinating, provocative, and insightful-- a significant new contribution to how we think and act as leaders. Rahul offers terrific insights and valuable wisdom for becoming a leader of consequence. I highly recommend it.”

SYDNEY FINKELSTEIN
Professor at Tuck School at Dartmouth
Author of Superbosses and Why Smart Executives Fail
Host of The Sydcast

"Past adversity can serve as a compelling foundation for leading ahead, as Rahul Bhandari shows through his gripping portraits of crash survivors, trapped miners, and company executives. For actionable advice whether facing a moment of normalcy or calamity, Slingshot provides an essential roadmap."

MICHAEL USEEM
Professor of Management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Author of The Leadership Moment and Mastering Catastrophic Risk

“An eminently practical guide on how to harness the power of setbacks and adversity to become an extraordinarily successful leader of high integrity. The Slingshot approach is simple, powerful, and purposeful. It’s a book worth reading more than once. Slingshot should be on the must-read list for all senior executives and CEOs."

VIJAY GOVINDARAJAN
Coxe Distinguished Professor of Management at The Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth
Author of “Reverse Innovation in Healthcare” and “The Three-Box Solution: A Strategy for Leading Innovation”

"Your job as a leader is to create the conditions for the people around you to succeed wildly. This wonderful book makes that task a whole lot easier. Slingshot is an indispensable guide to an essential leadership skill: self-awareness. You can't unleash the potential of others until you fully understand your own leadership journey."

FRANCES FREI, Professor, Harvard Business School.
ANNE MORRISS , Founder, The Leadership Consortium.
Authors of Unleashed and Uncommon Services.

“Many of us speculate about the 'future of work', but what is constant is the need to reflect on, identify and work towards attaining our highest purpose. In his insightful book Slingshot, Rahul Bhandari shares a powerful approach on finding your purpose and then living it. Only read this book if you care about having a successful and fulfilling life."

TOM DAVENPORT
President's Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management at Babson College. Visiting Professor Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. Previously visiting professor Harvard Business School. Author of The AI Advantage, Competing on Analytics, Process Innovation.

"Slingshot is really inspirational. It's essential for the next generation of leaders and for any senior executive who wants to make a difference. Read this book and see why the future belongs to those who employ its principles."

RICHARD D’AVENI
The Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College
Author of “The Pan-Industrial Revolution”

“All paths to greatness lead through adversity. If you seek to make big visions reality, Rahul Bhandari offers you a true Slingshot. Use it!”

ROBERT WOLCOTT
Co-Founder & Chairman, TWIN Global
Adjunct Professor of Innovation, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

“In his book Slingshot, Rahul teaches you how to go from surviving to thriving in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment. Rahul expertly guides leaders and teams to find their authentic voice, give voice to their values, and make a positive difference. Slingshot is a fresh and innovative approach to leading oneself and others."

SANKARAN (VENKET) VENKATARAMAN
Professor and Senior Associate Dean for faculty and research at Darden Business School, University of Virginia

"Rahul is an extraordinary guide to today’s leaders in their commitment to do right by themselves and the world. The point of his teaching leadership is to help make sustainable changes in people-- and therefore, their teams and organizations. The Slingshot approach is a way of becoming and being a high integrity agile leader-- one who innovates, competes, and wins in today’s fast-changing, ever complex, and incredibly dynamic world. Slingshot is a powerful book from a world-class facilitator of leadership transformation for individuals, teams, and organizations."

DR. PETER LORANGE
Chairman & CEO, Lorange Network, Zürich, Switzerland
Former President, IMD Business School, Lausanne, Switzerland

"As we face the challenge of the pandemic, we urgently encounter questions about the meaning of our lives and how we can live in a way that is true to our core values. In this exceptional book, Rahul shares a roadmap for how to overcome adversity and become a powerfully authentic leader."

STEW FRIEDMAN
Organizational psychologist at Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
Author of Parents Who Lead and Total Leadership

"Rahul is a natural, authentic storyteller full of incredible stories. He's lived a remarkable life, and this book can help you live one too. Also, reading it just makes you feel good – makes you want to pull back your own slingshot and launch into a better future."

NEIL BEARDEN
Plot Wolf, Managing Director
Professor, INSEAD

“Slingshot is a refreshing approach to become a purpose driven leader. An exhilarating and resonant read.”

LAURA HUANG
Professor, Harvard Business School
Author of Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage

“Having had the benefit of Rahul’s insights in my classroom as a co-instructor in the course on value investing at Georgetown University, those same insights are now available through this wonderful book. Rahul helps you to see with clarity what distinguishes a manager who creates value from one who destroys value. From the perspective of an investor this distinction, and its attendant consequences, are critical to understand. A masterful facilitator, Rahul shows you how to become a manager who creates value."

ARTHUR T. DONG
Distinguished Teaching Professor at McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University

“In Slingshot: The Power of Bold Moves, Rahul beautifully weaves his compelling personal story, illustrations from the lives of other leaders, and a solid review of relevant social science into a powerful framework for living a life of higher purpose and high impact. It’s an inspiring, empowering guide for anyone who wants to courageously move from where they are to where they want to be.”

— JIM DETERT, John L. Colley Professor at Darden School of Business, UVA. Author of Choosing Courage.

"The world we live in is in desperate need for courageous and faithful leaders and servants. In his excellent book, Rahul shares a powerful approach to becoming a leader who cares deeply about others and leads a life of significance."

GREG CHRISTY
President, Northwestern College

"Making bold moves positions you for advantage in the most powerful of ways. Rahul is the ultimate coach on this most transformative leadership journey. Slingshot is a must read."

KIMBERLY A. WHITLER
Professor, Darden School of Business, UVA. Author: Positioning for Advantage