Leadeer

5 Star Review

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Editorial Book Review:

By William Reimers

Leadership books often promise transformation. Leadeer quietly challenges you to rethink what leadership even is. What makes this book stand out is its refusal to glorify rare talent or heroic personalities. Instead, Charis focuses on what is available to everyone, daily choices, habits, and standards that shape how people show up for others.

Reading this book helps me feel grounded and clear. Instead of hype, there is a steady sense of focus. There is less talk about leadership trends as you read, and more about things that are useful comes up. The experience is intellectually engaging, but also personal, prompting moments of self assessment that feel honest rather than uncomfortable. It doesn’t push motivation. It builds awareness.

At its core, Leadeer explores discipline, ethos, responsibility, and the idea that leadership is a practice, not a title. These themes extend well beyond the workplace. They speak to how people build trust, sustain effort, and contribute to something larger than themselves. The book’s message resonates whether you lead a company, a team, or simply your own direction.

Charis's writing is clear and understated. The structure is meant to break down complicated ideas into frameworks that feel useful instead of theoretical. His background in technology and business shows in how precisely he thinks, but the tone is still personal and thoughtful. He often reframes well-known ideas in new ways that make them feel interesting. For example, he might say that being consistent is a sign of respect or that culture is made through actions rather than slogans.

Several moments stand out, especially when Charis dismantles the myth of leadership as charisma and replaces it with habits that compound quietly over time. These sections feel especially strong because they remove excuses without sounding judgmental.

By the end, Leadeer leaves a lasting impression as a book that respects the reader’s intelligence and agency. It offers no shortcuts, but it offers something more valuable, a clear path toward becoming reliable, principled, and effective. This is a book worth reading if you want leadership to feel attainable, sustainable, and real.

About the Author 

Charis Stengos

Charis Stengos is a tech veteran, entrepreneur, and author of Leadeer. He is passionate about innovation, leadership, organizational culture, and entrepreneurship. Originally from Greece and now based in Romania, Charis has built a career at leading companies like Google and Microsoft while also founding and exiting two startups.

He pursued his MBA at ESADE Business School (Barcelona, Spain) and Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business (Washington, D.C.). He additionally attended online/offline executive programs for managers at universities like Harvard, INSEAD, London Business School, SDA Bocconi, and Kellogg, among others. These academic experiences shaped his perspective on leadership and global collaboration.

Charis is fluent in Greek, English, and Romanian and communicates comfortably in Spanish, allowing him to connect with people from diverse cultures. Outside work, he finds joy in reading—over 70 books a year—and traveling with his family.