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Nancy MacKay, author of "It's Lonely at the Top: CEO Strategies for Inspiring Yourself and Your Team"
NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, July 16, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — In her latest release, “It’s Lonely at the Top: CEO Strategies for Inspiring Yourself and Your Team,” author and MacKay CEO Forums CEO Nancy MacKay demonstrates that genuine leadership begins with leading oneself, providing a roadmap to achieve that.
“The CEOs who truly excel, who find deep fulfillment while delivering exceptional results, all share one critical trait,” MacKay writes. “They’ve mastered the ability to inspire themselves first before attempting to inspire others.”
“It’s Lonely at the Top,” released by Forbes Books and sold at retailers across Canada and the United States, details practices and routines that leaders can adopt to drive peak performance in those around them. Individual chapters focus on building expertise in various leadership domains, including relationship mastery, innovation mastery, and responsibility mastery.
MacKay acknowledges that, regrettably, the book’s title holds true for many executives. Those at the top frequently experience isolation, burdened by the weight of accountability, relentless performance demands, and the struggle to harmonize business obligations with personal health.
Yet she reassures readers that this reality is not inevitable. Over the past two decades since founding MacKay CEO Forums, she has guided more than 5,000 CEOs, executives, and entrepreneurs across Canada and globally. She has witnessed directly that when leaders commit to honing the core components of inspired leadership, their companies flourish, their connections grow stronger, and their influence expands.
MacKay channels her extensive CEO coaching experience into the book, helping readers realize that lasting success in inspired leadership starts with a profound sense of self-worth, purpose, unshakable confidence, and wellness.
MacKay further emphasizes that her book goes beyond a simple manual.
“It’s an invitation to join a community of CEOs who are committed to our dream of populating the world with inspiring leaders and making the world better, one day at a time,” she writes. “You’ll create your own road map to inspired leadership mastery, supported by the insights and experiences of CEOs who have walked this path before you.”
About Nancy MacKay
Nancy MacKay, author of “It’s Lonely at the Top: CEO Strategies for Inspiring Yourself and Your Team,” is the founder and CEO of MacKay CEO Forums, Canada’s premier peer learning organization for CEOs, executives, and business owners. Since 2005, she has worked with more than 5,000 leaders to help them accelerate growth, save time, and build inspiring organizations. She also is the bestselling co-author of “I Don’t Have Time,” and is a sought-after keynote speaker on inspired leadership and high-performance cultures.
About Forbes Books
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