Regenerative People

Name: Regenerative People
ISBN: 9798900264530

Why Renewal Is Key to Lasting Leadership

by Janet M. Harvey, Silvia Tassarotti

Publisher

Thinkers50 Publishing

Publication

Jan 12, 2026

Format

Hardback

Illustrated

Price

Dimensions

5.5 x 8.25 in

ISBN

9798900264530

Pages

138

Age

Adult 18+

Rights Sold

🌍 World Wide Rights Available

Description

We are running our lives, teams, and organizations as though our resources are unlimited. They are not. Regenerative People names the cost of that assumption and offers a different way to work, lead, and live. Drawing on six decades of combined coaching and consulting experience, Janet M. Harvey and Silvia Tassarotti trace the shift from extraction to regeneration—from optimizing outcomes to evolving with them, from controlling uncertainty to partnering with it, and from isolating to protect what we have to interconnecting with what sustains us. Regenerative People moves through four expanding circles: the personal renewal that makes all of this possible, the leadership practices that build resilient teams, the organizational models that generate long-term value rather than short-term extraction, and the community-level shifts that make regeneration collective rather than individual. Each chapter pairs concepts with reflective questions and practices, inviting readers to slow down and apply what they’re learning rather than simply collect more ideas. The authors write as guides, not lecturers, walking alongside readers the way Virgil walked beside Dante, offering models and questions in search of the reader’s own answers. For coaches, executives, and anyone who senses that the old operating model is reaching its limits, this book offers both the diagnosis and the practice: a way to notice drift before it costs something irreplaceable and to deliberately choose a more enduring way to lead.

Awards & Endorsements

Review

“‘Regenerative’ means to restore or renew damaged systems. Are your systems broken? Is your thinking short-sighted? No matter what your answer is, everyone needs new ways of looking at problems and opportunities—not as fixes, but as solutions. This brilliant book will challenge you and offer tools that will change your approach, leading to outcomes that will last beyond your lifetime.” MAGDALENA NOWICKA MOOK, FASAE, CEO of the International Coaching Federation; named a Coaching Legend by Thinkers50, a Visionary in Coaching by IOC, and a Top 30 Global Guru in Organizational Culture

“As the metacrisis becomes more apparent, many of us are seeking different ways of living and working. Regenerative People meets readers where they are, offering ten accessible attributes through which to explore our relationships with ourselves, one another, place, and future generations. As living systems, we each carry the capacity to participate in regeneration. This book is a generous starting point for anyone curious about bringing a more life-giving orientation to how they live, lead, and work.” JOSIE MCLEAN, PHD, founder and principal consultant, The Partnership Party, Ltd.; cofounder of Climate Coaching Alliance

“A timely and much-needed book, guiding all of us on how to become regenerative people in our lives and work. It is no longer enough to just limit our negative effect on our shared planet in the interest of human sustainability, and this book shows in practical ways how our teams, organizations, and communities can become net positive contributors to regeneration at all levels.” PROFESSOR PETER HAWKINS, global thought leader, author, and chairman of Renewal Associates

Author(s)

Janet M. Harvey

Janet M. Harvey is the CEO of inviteCHANGE, a coaching, education, and leadership development organization she founded in 1997, now operating across six continents. An ICF Master Certified Coach and past global president of the International Coaching Federation, she has logged more than 12,000 coaching hours and been named one of the World’s Most Influential Executive Coaches by Coaches50. She is the author of Invite Change: Lessons From 2020, The Year of No Return, and From Tension to Transformation: A Leader’s Guide to Generative Change, and is coauthor, with Silvia Tassarotti, of Regenerative People, which distills three decades of work with leaders at organizations including Amazon, Boeing, and Microsoft into a practical framework for moving from extraction to renewal. Janet is a Forbes Business Council contributor and writes a standing coaching column for choice magazine.

Silvia Tassarotti

Silvia Tassarotti is an entrepreneur and executive coach at the forefront of regenerative change. As CEO and founder of Coach4Planet Benefit Corporation, she partners with leaders and organizations to create cultures where performance, human development, and sustainability thrive together. An ICF Master Certified Coach with more than two decades of international corporate experience and work with thousands of clients, she created the first ICF-accredited course in Regenerative Leadership Coaching. A past president of ICF Italy and a founding member of For Good Leaders cooperative and Climate Coaching Alliance Italy, Silvia brings clarity, courage, and systemic vision to leaders navigating complexity and transformation. She is an international speaker and the author of several books, including Regenerative People, coauthored with Janet M. Harvey, which offers a powerful framework for moving from extractive models to renewal, resilience, and long-term value creation.