The Authority Gap

The Authority Gap explains why leadership communication that worked earlier in your career quietly stops working at the top.

As leaders rise, something changes.

Decisions sound clear but lose force.
Meetings agree but hesitate.
Authority is no longer resisted, yet no longer carries.

This book names that problem.

The Authority Gap is not about confidence, charisma, or executive presence.
It is about what happens to authority as responsibility increases, scrutiny tightens, and words begin to travel without context.

At senior levels, leadership is no longer measured by effort or intent.
It is measured by what holds when decisions are interpreted, repeated, and acted on by others.

Through precise observation and structural insight, this book shows why experienced leaders begin to feel a subtle loss of traction even as their roles expand.

You are not becoming unclear.
The environment has changed.

The Authority Gap reveals how authority erodes quietly, why familiar communication habits stop producing movement, and what must shift for leadership to carry weight again.

This is a diagnostic book for leaders who already know how to speak, present, and persuade - yet sense that something fundamental has changed in how their words land.

If you lead at a senior level and feel your influence narrowing instead of expanding, this book explains why.