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“Nick has created the master playbook for how teams can successfully navigate today’s digital landscape. A must-read for employees at all levels who want to achieve their highest personal and business goals!”
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Bestselling Author
Hospitality Entrepreneur and 
Bestselling Author
Multiple #1 Bestselling Author
Hospitality Entrepreneur and Bestselling Author
“Personally, I was stubborn and thought I did things the right way. Sitting down with Nick and his team, they showed me these little things that compound. Something saves five minutes, another saves ten minutes, and across my organization, we’re suddenly saving hundreds of hours per month.”
“By combining timeless principles with technology best practices, Nick shows readers how to maximize their output at work and that of their entire team. A great membership to reset how to think about and use technology in the workplace.”
“Whether it’s a good or bad economy, the greatest competitive advantage a business owner or CEO could achieve is to master operational efficiency. It can save hours every week and make your entire organization infinitely more productive, and effective—and achieve performance excellence. Come Up for Air is more than a must-read book.”
"Come Up for Air is a hybrid of strategic thinking and best practice principles that form the definitive playbook for optimizing team output, alignment, and performance. I have spent my career coaching Fortune 500 executive teams as they redefine their business models. Nick’s unique approach was a powerful complement."
Chairman of Ferrazzi Greenlight, #1 best-selling author of Who’s Got Your Back and Never Eat Alone, and his newest book Leading Without Authority
Book Resources
CPR®
Framework
Our coveted CPR® Framework Quiz to quickly identify where you are out of alignment, plus how to experience greater team productivity and fulfillment at work.
signature
formula
Nick’s signature formula and calculators to determine the complexity of your team and how much value you’re getting from your current tool stack.
Automations for Internal Communication
Access our high-speed integration stack for internal communication (including custom built zaps).
Inbox Zero
Video & Training
Achieve and stay at Inbox Zero with our “rip the Band-Aid off” deep dive instruction guides.
Cost of
Meetings
Our highly praised “Cost of Meetings” calculator (but warning… the results may shock you).
Your Work
Management Routine
PDF guide to building a daily routine around your Inbox and My Tasks, so the habit sticks and nothing slips through the cracks.
Nontraditional
Projects
PDF list of nontraditional projects, such as parking lots and one-on-ones, to organize work that doesn’t fit a regular project.
Task
Examples
A collection of examples and screenshots showing work management tool layout, status indicator scenarios, plus nontraditional tasks to enhance your workflow.
How to Set Up
Sprint Planning
Access our Step-By-Step “Synchronized Sprint” system so your team is empowered to get more done by themselves.
Sprint Planning
Do’s and Don’ts
PDF download of the most common growing pains and how to avoid them.
OKR
Deep Dives
Specific OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) with in-depth explanations to create absolute clarity in your organization and drive toward more robust growth milestones faster.
How to Set Up
a Ticketing System
Transparency into Leverage’s entire knowledge base ticketing system.
optimization
Quickly see just how much money you’ll save when automating and optimizing your processes with our done-for-you calculator.
9 Principles
PDF download to make sure your organization runs on Leverage’s 9 Principles of Efficiency.
True Value of a Tool Calculator
By adding details about your team and your business, you’ll learn how much value you’re really getting from your tools.
Team Complexity
Calculator
In any business, complexity scales exponentially. Access our Team Complexity Calculator to learn about the complexity of your team and how to manage it.
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Rave Reviews For
"Thanks to how we now use Asana, we won a bid for a $60 million contract. The client was blown away by our organized and professional process. It has truly transformed our business."
"Leverage has been a game-changer for us. Without their advice and support in implementing Slack, the pandemic would have been chaotic."
“We probably gave everybody somewhere in the neighborhood of two to three hours of their day back. Just because they’re checking their email less frequently and they’re not living out of their inbox."
"I've spent my life creating a community of Nobel laureates, Olympians, CEOs, celebrities, and scientists—so when it came time to design our system, it had to be flawless and human. That's where Nick Sonnenberg excels. He obsesses over the right technologies and habits that ensured my team was effective and my community was taken care of. That's why, after almost a decade, I still work with him."
"I used to have a three-hour meeting with my assistant each week to keep track of everything in my business. Now, I can get a 10-15 minute update from Asana and I know where everything is at any given time. I can offer assistance, I can prioritize, and I can de-prioritize."
“Come Up for Air is an incredibly comprehensive blueprint for how teams should operate in the modern workplace, filled with practical tips and easily implemented advice. Nick has delivered a master class on how teams can use common digital tools in the most efficient ways possible.”
