About the Book
The BOSS for 21st Century Organizations is a must-read for seasoned managers and executives, newly appointed leaders, and anyone contemplating a supervisory role. This comprehensive guide is designed to equip leaders with the tools and insights necessary to excel in their positions and foster a Human Intelligent (HI) Workplace.
Drawing on nearly four decades of experience in leadership development, the author has conducted numerous workshops and provided executive coaching to countless managers and executives. With firsthand experience as a manager, the author has observed effective and ineffective behaviors, offering invaluable insights into what truly works in leadership.
This book features two essential questionnaires that serve as powerful tools for self-assessment and organizational evaluation.
Human Intelligent (HI) Workplace Questionnaire: Evaluate your workplace from both an individual and 360-degree perspective to understand what it takes to create an environment that thrives on human intelligence
Leadership Behavior Effectiveness (LBE) Questionnaire: Assess your leadership effectiveness and identify areas for improvement to become a more impactful leader.
Whether you are an experienced leader looking to refine your skills, a new manager stepping into a challenging role, or someone considering a supervisory position, The BOSS for 21st Century Organizations offers the guidance and tools you need to succeed. Embrace the journey to becoming a better boss and create a workplace where human intelligence and effective leadership drive success.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1. Current State of Organizations: Trends with implications for Organizations
Chapter 2. Current state of the workforce: The Psychology of Workers
Chapter 3. Some other workforce considerations: The ever-changing workplace
Chapter 4. Artificial Intelligence (AI) + Human Intelligence (HI) = Effective Workplace
Chapter 5. Neuroscience and NeuroLeadership = Smart Boss
Chapter 6. Considerations: From “The BoSS” to LEADERS
Chapter 7. Closing Thoughts
About the Author :
Edwin Mouriño-Ruiz is a human capital practitioner, educator, and Air Force veteran. He has been in the business of helping leaders and teams help themselves for over 30 years. He is founder and president of Human Intelligent (HI) Workplace where his vision is one of helping organizations become more human centered by creating an HI workplace especially in the era of AI.
Review :
For leaders grappling with the tangible realities of integrating Artificial Intelligence and the principles of NeuroLeadership into their human resource strategies, this book offers a refreshingly practical roadmap. Drawing upon an impressive forty years of hands-on experience, Dr. Mourino bypasses abstract theoretical discussions to deliver concrete, actionable insights directly applicable to today's dynamic organizational and workforce challenges. You'll gain a clear and implementable understanding of crucial trends, the evolving expectations of your workforce, and proven strategies for fostering a synergistic relationship between AI-driven tools and indispensable human capabilities. Furthermore, the exploration of NeuroLeadership demystifies the science behind effective management, offering practical techniques to enhance team engagement, communication, and overall performance. This isn't just about understanding the future; it's about actively shaping it with practical, experience-backed guidance.
What truly sets this book apart is its commitment to immediate application and tangible growth. Beyond insightful analysis, it provides valuable, ready-to-use tools, most notably the included questionnaires designed for both individual and organizational assessment. These resources empower you to objectively evaluate your current leadership effectiveness and the "human intelligence" quotient of your workplace, pinpointing specific areas for development and improvement. If you're a forward-thinking leader determined to navigate the complexities of the AI-driven future with a grounded, human-centered approach and are seeking practical, experience-based solutions rather than just theoretical frameworks, this book will be an invaluable and immediately useful addition to your leadership toolkit.
Leaders must lead from a humanistic approach in today's world of constant chaos and disruption. Previous leadership books no longer address the challenges of today’s business environment. Leaders must learn to be agile, deal with uncertainty, and encourage innovation while successfully creating an engaged workforce. This book provides valuable insight for leaders at all levels to develop a human-centric approach to leadership.
Aspiring, upcoming, and seasoned leaders will find in Dr. Mouriño’s BOSS an evidence-filled rationale for leading today's and tomorrow’s workforce. This book provides helpful guidance, tips, and resources for molding influential approaches to nurturing a high-performance environment. BOSS reveals a practical guide to avoid dysfunctional behaviors while delineating attitudes and actions to maximize human intelligence and potential.
This book is more than just a guide. it´s a mirror for anyone in a leadership role or aspiring to be one. It invites deep reflection on not just how you lead but why. What sets this book apart is its blunt honesty, practical wisdom, and clear insights. It does not romanticize leadership but shows it is earned, not granted. The author challenges the idea that a title alone makes someone competent.
The unique blend of personal stories, empirical research, and real-world observations makes the book relatable and credible. It also addresses why many young professionals shy away from managerial roles today. In a world increasingly dominated by Artificial Intelligence, it is easy to be seduced by efficiency and output. However, as the author rightly reminds us, AI cannot replace the human competencies that the workforce craves: empathy, vulnerability, presence, and authenticity.
As an academic leader, I find this book valuable for leadership development programs, executive education, and graduate-level management courses. I commend the author for offering such an insightful and challenging resource, urging us to rethink leadership as a position of power and a responsibility to guide, inspire, and impact other human beings.
In The BOSS for 21st Century Organizations, Edwin Mourino provides concrete, powerful, and effective solutions to build people, teams, and relationships as never before. Every business, no matter the industry is ultimately the people business. It is how you grow and help others grow that will determine how far you will go! This is a MUST read for anyone in a supervisory, managerial, and leadership position. The number one reason why individuals leave organizations is unhappiness with their boss. Edwin Mourino tackles that challenge by providing a clear game plan to put the human back in business leadership!
The BOSS for 21st Century Organizations is one of the best guides I’ve seen for anyone with human beings under their leadership. With his decades of experience as a coach, educator, and even an Air Force veteran, Dr.Mouriño-Ruiz really nails this one right on the head! Basically, he's saying it's time to move beyond just being a boss and really step into being a leader. He emphasizes that in today's world, especially with all this AI around, human skills like empathy and good listening are more crucial than ever. He even throws in real-life reflections from the workplace and some questionnaires to help you see how you and your organization are doing. At the end of the day this book is all about helping you on your own reflective journey to become a leader who really understands and connects with their team, making for a more human and successful workplace - The way it should be!
Edwin Mourino-Ruiz, Ph.D., has written a book created by what I have personally seen him excel at doing as a colleague. That is to collect, assimilate, and align multiple sources of information and research, and apply it to management and leadership development. The result is an exceptional description of the emerging and continuing trends in the workplace. He covers topics ranging from artificial intelligence to neuroscience, with a specific focus on their application and integration with interpersonal skills development – what he has appropriately coined as Human Intelligence. He shows new, as well as experienced leaders, what they need to know to create a healthy work environment in today’s organizations. His focus on the need for leaders to know how to effectively build relationships is particularly important, and he sounds the alarm for those organizations that shortchange, or worse, ignore, this growing leadership imperative. A must read for every leader wanting to stay on the cutting edge of leadership and management in a fast-paced world that continues to accelerate.
Congratulations to Dr. Mourino-Ruiz, on his timely and in-depth book. He has done a masterful job of addressing a very serious economic/human matter now into Pandemic+6 years. COVID+ 6 years is the evolution a new world order, which requires engagement and transparency between governments, organizations and people worldwide. We have learned that isolation from other nations and cultures, reduces our own worth as individuals and communities.
In The BOSS for 21st Century Organizations Edwin Mouriño-Ruiz, Ph.D., presents a reflective and practical exploration of leadership in the contemporary workplace. Drawing from decades of experience as a leadership educator and practitioner, Dr. Mouriño discusses critical themes such as leadership development, the evolving nature of organizations, workforce psychology, human-centered management, and the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with Human Intelligence (HI). His purpose is clear: to offer supervisors, managers, and executives actionable insights and tools for becoming more effective, compassionate, and adaptive leaders. This commentary analyzes the book’s contribution to leadership studies and examines its practical relevance for today’s organizations.
Overall, The BOSS for 21st Century Organization is a vital, thoughtful contribution to leadership studies. It successfully addresses contemporary leadership gaps and offers actionable guidance. This book is highly recommended for organizational leaders, HR professionals, leadership development practitioners, and students in business and leadership programs seeking to build more human-centered, future-ready organizations.
This book challenged me to examine my current leadership habits and consider what’s truly effective versus what’s just familiar. I want to revisit this idea regularly to assess how I’m growing and where I need to stretch further. What specific actions or changes could I implement in my daily practice to embody this principle more fully?
