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See the upcoming works and current articles on Substack below. Join me in the conversation as NPLT slowly unveils.

Narrative Authority

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Meaning Systems

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Identity Alignment

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Threat Framing

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Future Projection

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Narrative Legitimacy

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Narrative Fracture

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Strategic Coherence

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Narrative Authority ✳︎ Meaning Systems ✳︎ Identity Alignment ✳︎ Threat Framing ✳︎ Future Projection ✳︎ Narrative Legitimacy ✳︎ Narrative Fracture ✳︎ Strategic Coherence ✳︎

Narrative Power Leadership Theory: Case Studies

Theory Applied in Practice

Through historical, political, military, business, and organizational case studies, this volume demonstrates Narrative Power Leadership Theory in action. Each case evaluates the eight NPLT constructs to show how leaders gain, sustain, or lose influence by shaping shared meaning, legitimacy, and collective identity across diverse real-world contexts.

Coming Winter 2027

Narrative Power Leadership Theory

The Foundational Theory

Narrative Power Leadership Theory introduces a new framework for understanding how leaders build legitimacy, shape identity, create trust, and influence collective action through shared meaning systems. Integrating leadership, psychology, communication, and organizational theory, this work presents the eight core constructs of NPLT and offers a comprehensive model for leadership in complex environments.

Coming Fall 2027

Narrative Power Leadership Theory: A Literature Review

The Scholarly Foundation

This comprehensive literature review examines the interdisciplinary research that informs Narrative Power Leadership Theory. Drawing from leadership studies, organizational behavior, psychology, sociology, communication, and political science, it demonstrates how existing scholarship converges to support NPLT while identifying the theoretical gap the framework addresses.

Scholarly Version with DOI Available on SSRN Fall 2026

Coming Fall 2027

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