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Hope Is the Strategy:
The Underrated Skill that Transforms Work, Leadership, and Wellbeing
Pre-order your copy of ‘Hope is the Strategy’, the new book from workplace wellbeing expert and best-selling author Jen Fisher
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Hits shelves on January 27th, 2026
Hustle culture is dead.
No more 80 hour work weeks or sleeping under our desks as the ideal.
Welcome to the era of hope at work.
Early Praise for Hope Is the Strategy
“Jen Fisher understands a critical truth: hope sustains people and performance. She gives us a powerful roadmap for how to cultivate hope in our organizations. With burnout rampant in our workplaces, Hope Is the Strategy is timely and essential reading.”
— Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, 19th and 21st Surgeon General of the United States
“Too many workplaces are filled with fear, sadness, and exhaustion. Jen Fisher is here to change that—her book is full of actionable ideas for fighting burnout, restoring energy, and building hope.”
— Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of HIDDEN POTENTIAL and THINK AGAIN, and host of the podcast Re:Thinking
“Jen Fisher brilliantly demonstrates that hope isn't wishful thinking — it's a strategic skill that enables sustainable high performance and genuine human flourishing. This book provides the roadmap for leaders ready to move beyond burnout culture to build organizations where wellbeing, health and resilience are foundational elements of success.”
— Arianna Huffington, Founder & CEO, Thrive Global
“Every leader, manager, and changemaker needs this book on their desk. Fisher delivers a radical reframe for leadership in Hope Is the Strategy. With honesty, research, and humor, she makes the case that hope is the most underestimated driver of performance, culture, and human thriving.”
— Dr. Pooja Lakshmin MD psychiatrist & best-selling author of Real Self-Care
“This is the playbook for leaders ready to build workplaces that energize rather than exhaust.
After years of celebrating burnout culture, we finally have a better way forward. Jen Fisher proves that hope isn't soft—it's the strategic foundation that enables sustainable high performance and genuine innovation.”
— Dorie Clark, executive education faculty at Columbia Business School and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Long Game
“If you want your organization and culture to thrive and win, don’t just read this book—implement Fisher’s insights immediately.
Many organizations have an employee burnout problem. Fisher understands this, and she provides a practical, actionable approach to replace burnout with optimism and ambition. She also makes clear that hope isn’t "soft"—and it isn’t optional.”
— Jim Clifton, Chairman of Gallup
“This is a message for our time. Hope isn't wishful thinking—it's a measurable, strategic capability that drives innovation, resilience, and human flourishing.”
— Seth Godin, Author, The Song of Significance
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Becoming a “hope dealer” at work is possible (even when it feels out of reach).
Hope Is the Strategy is the actionable, research-backed advice you need to:
Learn why it’s harder to find hope in high-performing environments (and it’s not your fault). But you can cultivate hope in yourself, on your team, and across your organization– even when you're struggling to find it.
Understand how wellbeing at work is more than surface-level fixes and programs alone. And how hope can not only reduce burnout, but also increase engagement, innovation, and performance.
Create real, lasting change in wellbeing at work with hope with meaningful changes to company culture, behaviors, and structure.
Meet the Author
Jen Fisher is a global authority on workplace wellbeing, the bestselling author of Work Better Together, and the founder and CEO of The Wellbeing Team.
As Deloitte US's first chief wellbeing officer, she pioneered a groundbreaking, human-centered approach to work that gained international recognition and reshaped how organizations view wellbeing. From her personal experiences with burnout and cancer to her role as a trailblazer in wellbeing intelligence and co-creator of WellQ360, Jen has dedicated her career to helping leaders build work cultures where people can thrive—physically, mentally, and emotionally. Her work challenges outdated systems and champions a vision of work that sustains people rather than depletes them.
Jen is also the creator and host of The WorkWell Podcast, a TEDx speaker, and a sought-after voice at events like Workhuman, SXSW, Milken Global Conference, and Happiness Camp. She has taught at Harvard and UCLA, served as editor-at-large for Thrive Global, and contributed to leading media outlets including Fortune, CNN, and Harvard Business Review. At the heart of Jen's work is the knowledge that hope is not just a feeling—it's a strategic imperative. She helps leaders harness hope as a catalyst for cultural transformation, guiding them to reimagine work as a force for human flourishing. She lives in Miami with her husband, Albert, and their dog, Fiona.
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Order Jen’s First Best-Selling Book
Work Better Together: How to Cultivate Strong Relationships to Maximize Well-Being and Boost Bottom Lines
Experts Jen Fisher and Anh Nguyen Phillips walk through the process of implementing change and fueling a much-needed corporate movement towards humanity in the workplace.
Learn to meet today’s employees’ most urgent needs, while benefitting your organization in real and measurable ways:
Why strong workplace relationships matter—and how you can develop this culture to watch productivity collaboration, and profitability soar
Why working remotely, over-relying on digital communication, and always being “on” is fast-increasing feelings of isolation and burnout
And how a work culture driven by quality relationships can reverse these feelings