"Remaining unshakable and grounded in your purpose and values while facing choppy waters is critical to being an authentically effective leader. Filled with insight and candor, Slingshot is a rallying cry for purpose driven leadership. A must read playbook for leaders."

JEFF IMMELT
Venture Partner, NEA. Former Chairman and CEO, General Electric. Author of Hot Seat: What I Learned Leading a Great American Company

“We only have the opportunity to become our best when faced with enormous challenges. My entire life, I have viewed every problem as an opportunity to learn, grow, challenge myself, work harder. In his book Slingshot, Rahul Bhandari encourages us to constantly dream big and coaches us on developing the conviction and obsession to transform these dreams into reality– and invent a future that's never existed before. Slingshot is a great read and action-oriented approach to managing your career and unlocking what we are each capable of."

CLARA SHIH
Board of Directors, Starbucks.
President, Service Cloud, Salesforce.
Author of The Facebook Era

"Without personal transformation, there cannot be global transformation. Today we urgently need both. Rahul Bhandari is one of the world's leading voices on conscious leadership. In Slingshot, Rahul provides a road-map on how to live on purpose. "

CASEY SHENHAN
CEO, Simms Fishing Products
Former CEO, Patagonia

"My vision is a world where women and men enjoy economic equality. Helping realize the potential of women entrepreneurs so they can redefine the future is a sustainable investment with long-term returns for us all. It changes the health and education outcomes for children, creates safer and more prosperous societies, and with diversity we see greater innovation and creativity. Rahul provides an accessible approach to help women (and men) realize their full potential and achieve economic success thereby driving down poverty, violence and exploitation. Filled with fresh insights and personal experiences, Slingshot is a playbook for success and empowerment."

CHERIE BLAIR CBE, QC
Founder, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
Founder and Chair at Omnia Strategy LLP
Former First Lady of the UK

"Too frequently we seek to pave a road to success solely by studying leaders before us, forgetting to step back and look at the area over which we have the most control-- ourselves. In his book Slingshot, Rahul helps the reader understand how to become a more effective leader by better assessing and fundamentally understanding our own individual journey."

GENERAL STANLEY A. McCHRYSTAL (RET.)
Founder & CEO, McChrystal Group
Best-selling author of Leaders, Teams of Teams, and My Share of the Task

"In Slingshot, Rahul will be your guide in learning to cultivate a leadership approach and mindset ... so you can be ready for whatever emerges, courageous and committed to the power of change."

BETH COMSTOCK
Former Vice-Chair, General Electric
Author of Imagine It Forward

"A roadmap for achieving the holy grail-- a life of meaning, purpose, success, and significance."

TED LEONSIS
Founder, Chairman, Principal Partner, and CEO, Monumental Sports & Entertainment

“Slingshot is a deeply insightful and compelling approach to living an examined life. Rahul helps us understand how context and choices we make influence our performance, effectiveness, and overall well-being. He shows us how we can overcome adversity and leverage its power to transform our lives and the lives of those we are called to serve and lead.”

REGINA BENJAMIN, M.D., M.B.A.
18th U.S. Surgeon General
Founder and CEO, Bayou Clinic Inc, and Gulf States Health Policy Center

“Looking back at my life, almost every significant adversity drove me forward and helped me push myself to recover ... it was a huge opportunity to improve and achieve. In Slingshot, Rahul Bhandari encapsulates an innovative roadmap and powerful framework on how to face, overcome and actually harness the power of adversity to propel oneself forward. Slingshot is a real game changer.”

ARJUN GUPTA
Chief Believer, TeleSoft Partners

Forbes Midas List of the Top-100 Technology Venture Investors. Early investor in 60+ technology companies which have been acquired or gone public, including AirBnB, DocuSign, DoorDash, Palantir, Salesforce, Slack, Stripe, T-Mobile USA and Uber

"A brilliant, unique approach to finding your purpose and creating positive impact. Rahul is a master at personal transformation and your guide on this most important of journeys. Slingshot is the groundbreaking book you wish you had read sooner."

KEITH FERRAZZI
Founder/Chairman Ferrazzi Greenlight
#1 NYT Best-Selling Author of Leading Without Authority, Never Eat Alone, and Who's Got Your Back

“Slingshot is an inspiring gift for generations to come. As a former Peter Drucker Fellow, Rahul’s commitment to mission, innovation, and diversity is remarkable. In this book, Rahul teaches us how to achieve our greatest calling as a servant leader.”

FRANCES HESSELBEIN
Chairman, The Frances Hesselbein Leadership Forum
Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Former CEO of Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.

“A must-read for anybody who seeks to find more purpose, success, and significance in their life-- at any age.”

CHIP CONLEY
Strategic Advisor to Airbnb
Author of Wisdom at Work, Peak, and The Rebel Rules

“Rahul helps you to achieve more than you thought possible, faster than you thought possible, and with much less effort than you imagined. He’s that good. Slingshot is a must-read for entrepreneurial leaders and startup founders to grow as leaders while scaling up their startups into profitable businesses."

KAY KOPLOVITZ
Chairman & Co-founder, Springboard Enterprises and Springboard Growth Capital

“From time to time we are all confronted with a "David vs Goliath" moment— at which point it's good to reach for our slingshot. In this book, Rahul Bhandari draws on his own experiences as a successful immigrant, entrepreneur, and investor to teach a powerful approach, including a collection of valuable slingshot tools. If you're planning on being successful, Slingshot is an essential companion.”

GUY SPIER
CEO, Aquamarine Capital Investor
Best-selling author of The Education of a Value Investor

“Today’s business scenario in a hyper-competitive and fast-changing environment tests the mettle of the best of leaders. Trust me, it is not a cake-walk! Rahul Bhandari, one of the most sought-after business experts and executive leadership coaches today, shares his expert tips in Slingshot, a breakthrough book for leaders and those who aspire to be in leadership roles.”

PRITI SUREKA
Director, Emami Group

"In his book Slingshot, Rahul Bhandari gives us a way to distill and categorize external and internal forces to produce a structure for self-analysis and reflection toward becoming a purposeful leader. The success of his approach is testified to by the propositions of respected thinkers such as Viktor Frankl, Abraham Maslow, and Nichiren Daishonin, the Japanese Buddhist sage. Rahul writes in a lucid and clear manner, making complex ideas very easy to understand. A timely guide for living and leading intentionally."

VIDYANIDHI “VN” DALMIA
Former Chairman, Dalmia Continental Pvt. Ltd.

"How to become an extraordinary leader is sometimes shrouded in mystery. But dealing with adversity is at the heart of many examples of successful leaders. In Slingshot, Rahul shows us many examples and gives us a roadmap to do the same. It is a must-read book for every leader who is purpose-driven."

CAROLYN MILES
President and CEO, Save the Children
Professor of Practice and Special Advisor to the Dean
Darden School of Business, UVA

"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

“The call for leaders has never been more important in an increasingly complex and challenging world. Slingshot provides a model for the development of leaders with real impact. It conveys the life lessons and experience of a real entrepreneur, one who has thought deeply about what makes a person into a leader and a group of people into a true, high performance team.”

SAMUEL S. VISNER
National cybersecurity expert
Professor - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Services, Georgetown University
Former Chief, Signals Intelligence Programs, National Security Agency

"Slingshot is a timely book with a powerful approach to becoming an authentic leader. Rahul, an accomplished leader and trusted strategic advisor to CEOs, shows how to gain an edge by turning hardships into advantages, to inspire ourselves and others towards a purpose driven life. Witty, inspiring, and actionable."

MAJOR GENERAL (Ret.) MARILYN QUAGLIOTTI
Vice Director DISA
Deputy Director for Supply Reduction, White House ONDCP
Advisor and Management Consultant

"As a child growing up I struggled with dyslexia, which taught me to overcome adversity. Today as a leader in the advancement of women and girls, I am setting an aggressive agenda to create change. I have benefited tremendously from my friend Rahul's advice and counsel over the years. His excellent book Slingshot provides a roadmap on how to succeed in life and work. I highly recommend it."

LORRAINE HARITON
CEO, Catalyst
Former Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State

"If there was ever a time to learn from adversity, that time is now. When faced with adversity, you need to first lead yourself, then lead others, and of course, do something. But what? And how? In Slingshot, we learn from the stories of leaders who overcame adversity to make real-world impact. Rahul Bhandari writes with passion, wisdom, and authenticity. Slingshot is a must-read for people around the world, both young and young at heart!"

ARIA FINGER
CEO, DoSomething.org

"Having known and co-created with him for over decade, I’ve been impressed with how world leaders and entrepreneurs seek out Rahul for his out of the box gifts of helping them identify the hidden greatness in themselves and others. The most important strength he shows them are the ones they aren’t aware of yet. Rahul gets them focused, from the personal to the world-changing on pathways to bring their life to full vibrancy and effectiveness. As an early Board member of QuestBridge, Rahul helped me expand my vision and then achieve it. Now you have access to his remarkable wisdom in this excellent book. Slingshot, his offer of these skills to a wider audience, captures much of this magic in Rahul."

Dr. MICHAEL McCULLOUGH
Founder/President, QuestBridge
EIR, Greylock Partners
Founder and CEO BrainMind and Capricorn Healthcare
Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, UCSF

"There is life before reading Slingshot, and life after reading it. It has the power of changing your outlook, making you more purpose driven, and inspiring you to be your best self. A book you'll keep coming back to for more. A delightful must read."

JEFF WALD
Founder, WorkMarket (purchase by ADP)
Author The end of jobs.

“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

"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

"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”

“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

“Having a conversation with Rahul can transform your life for good and so does reading his book Slingshot. The roadmap he lays out in this excellent book is the same approach he uses to help entrepreneurs and maverick leaders achieve enormous impact. Slingshot helps you grab the great opportunity ahead of you while being in service to others. A wonderfully written and inspiring book. A must read."

JONATHAN ROSENBERG
Advisor at Alphabet
Co-Author Trillion Dollar Coach

“Featuring a cast that ranges from Satya Nadella to a stranded Uruguayan rugby team, Slingshot offers timeless leadership lessons on resilience, vision, and purpose. These are the attributes leaders need to nurture those seemingly crazy ideas that ultimately change our world.”

SAFI BAHCALL
Physicist, entrepreneur, and best-selling author of LOONSHOTS

"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

"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

"We all face adversity, but what sets the most successful leaders apart is their ability to leverage challenges to emerge even stronger. Slingshot shows you how to harness this groundbreaking approach to move past setbacks and create even more purpose, meaning, and opportunity in your life. You’ll come away inspired.”

DORIE CLARK
Author of Entrepreneurial You, Reinventing You, and Stand Out

"Few people rise to become leaders that have a positive impact on our world. Rahul uncovers how they do it. He presents a brilliant and practical approach you can use to become a leader who matters. A must-read."

MARSHALL GOLDSMITH
New York Times #1 Best-Selling Author of Triggers, Mojo, and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There

“Disruptors not only look for unmet needs, they match those needs with their distinctive strengths. However, we too often grow complacent at the top of the learning curve. To succeed we need both potential and the ability to continually learn, apply, and adapt. Rahul Bhandari offers a new and powerful approach to identify and achieve meaningful success. Slingshot is the playbook you’ll wish you had read sooner-- and that you’ll read again and again."

Whitney Johnson
Award-winning author of Disrupt Yourself and Build an A Team

"Anyone can become a leader of significance, but first you must lead yourself. This book will show you how. Anyone aspiring to be a leader or in a leadership position of any kind will benefit enormously from Rahul’s practical and deep wisdom in Slingshot."

DAVID BURKUS
Author of Under New Management

"Rahul Bhandari masterfully weaves together powerful stories and counter-intuitive research-based insights that will leave you inspired and empowered to take charge, face adversity, and overcome it. Want to achieve audacious goals while overcoming adversity? Read this book and put its wisdom to use."

DAVID ALLEN
Author of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

"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 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

"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

"With examples from world-class leaders, tastemakers, and innovators, Slingshot is an inspiring look into how to overcome adversity and make a difference."

NIR EYAL
Best-selling author of Hooked and Indistractable

"Given the world is obsessed with speed and digital intelligence, the Slingshot approach to innovative leadership is exactly what we need right now! This book will be the catalyst for your future."

SUBIR CHOWDHURY
Chairman and CEO, ASI Consulting Group
World’s foremost expert on leadership in quality management
Best-selling author of 15 books
Recognized as global thought leader by Thinkers 50

"Rahul is a fellow innovator who did not let adversity hold him back from achieving the American Dream. In Slingshot, he shows you how to solve the right problems in the right way so that you can be a more impactful leader. Slingshot is your guide to change during these difficult times.”

STEPHEN SHAPIRO
Hall of Fame Speaker, Innovation Advisor
Author of Invisible Solutions and Best Practices are Stupid
Founder of Accenture’s 20,000-person process and innovation practice

"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.

"This is a great story, the classic American dream … with some great insights for all of us."
GEN. WESLEY K. CLARK (ret.)
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander

"Having a conversation with Rahul is powerful, expansive and transformative. In his timely book Slingshot, the guru of leadership transformation gives you a roadmap to manifest your best self, realize your full potential, and create impact at scale. Slingshot is a must read."

MICHAEL F. FINNEGAN
President, Atlantic Media

“Rahul’s insights and guidance in Slingshot will disrupt the way you think about yourself and the way you operate in the world. He helps you to think big and to make the impossible possible.”

NAVEEN JAIN
Founder & CEO, Viome

“Rahul is a well-respected advisor to CEOs, Investors and Boards on growth, leadership and innovation. An expert on conscious leadership, he helps leaders realize that their role in creating cultures of trust, care and expansive influence that extends beyond them to their families, communities, organizations, and globally. Slingshot has been a great asset to me while I strive to be a purposeful leader creating impact and positive change."

SARINDA UNAMBOOWE
CEO and Managing Director, MAS Kreeda, Sri Lanka. Board Director, MAS Capital

“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.

“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.

“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

"Virtually every page in Slingshot has fascinating insight to better understand our lives, experiences, beliefs, and goals. Rahul provides excellent suggestions on how to do life better – not just for leaders, but for all of us. A delightful read. Two thumbs up!"

NEIL F. COMINS, Ph.D.
Astrophysicist, Astronomer
Professor, Physics and Astronomy, University of Maine
Author of over 21 books on Astronomy and Space.

"Rahul is known as a "mentor's mentor”. Having a conversation with Rahul transforms your life and your organization. He identifies your greatness and brings into sharp focus your organization's mission. Then he massively expands it. His gift is remarkable and priceless; as is the wisdom in his excellent book Slingshot. Follow the Slingshot Method to transform yourself into an impactful leader."

Dr. DEBORAH HEISER
Founder and CEO, The Mentor Project

"Leading mindfully starts with recognizing what is and responding instead of reacting. The Slingshot Approach of leading with intention, attention, and awareness enables you to act and perform skillfully and dynamically in real time. In Slingshot, Rahul expertly integrates stories and insights that help you learn how inner experience impacts outer behavior especially when facing and overcoming adversity."
Dr. LEAH WEISS
Co-Founder, Skylyte
Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Founding Faculty, Compassion Cultivation Program, Stanford
Author, How We Work: Live Your Purpose, Reclaim Your Sanity, and Embrace the Daily Grind

"Slingshot is the immigrant’s way of getting ahead with gripping stories and pragmatic approach to life and living. In the coming battle between machines and humanity, it is our humanity that will determine who wins. Rahul shows you how to win."

VIVEK WADHWA
Author of Driver in Driverless Car
Distinguished Fellow and professor, Carnegie Mellon University and Harvard Law School
Renowned futurist

"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

"Leaders turn to Rahul for guidance because of his warmth, authenticity, and relationships. More importantly for his hard earned wisdom from turning adversity into advantage. In Slingshot, a delightful and heartfelt book, Rahul lays out a step by step approach for aspiring leaders to realize their full potential. Slingshot is a trusted guide for years to come."

SUSAN McPHERSON
CEO of McPherson Strategies
Author of The Lost Art of Connecting

"A must-read especially during these times of adversity. Rahul Bhandari shares his inspiring journey of overcoming challenges as a son of refugees, first generation immigration and his search for creating a life of meaning and purpose. The lessons from the lives of leaders he admires and the insights from social psychology make this a timely, pragmatic and powerfully transformative book."

ELIZABETH WHITE
Best-selling author of 55, Underemployed, and Faking Normal