PRESS RELEASE - We are excited to announce that our President and CEO will publish his first book in 2027. We will be posting more details in the near future on how you can get involved with Earl's presale campaign.

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Earl Shockley

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October 19, 2026

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Press Release

In By Deliberate Design, Shockley draws on three decades of military and operational leadership experience, fifteen years of teaching leadership, and his ongoing work as a personal coach and mentor to executives and frontline leaders, to challenge a common assumption, that leadership is a personality trait rather than a skill that can be systematically built. The book introduces The INPOWERD Leadership System™, a framework organized around five interconnected Leadership Knowledge Systems (Culture, Leadership, Resolution, Change, and Cognitive Engagement) and the RAO cycle of Responsibility, Accountability, and Ownership, giving operational leaders in technical and regulated industries a repeatable system for developing leaders who build other leaders, rather than leaving leadership to accident, personality, or hope.

Additional details on the presale campaign, including how to participate and reserve a copy, will be announced in the coming weeks.

About the Author

Earl Shockley

President and CEO of INPOWERD

earl.shockley@INPOWERD.com

Short Bio

Earl W. Shockley is the President and CEO of INPOWERD LLC and a nationally respected authority on NERC reliability, compliance strategy, and grid-risk governance. With more than 40 years of experience in real-time system operations, regulatory oversight, and enterprise risk management, he brings rare operational and regulatory depth to the challenges facing today’s electric grid. A former NERC executive and certified auditor, Earl has led or supported over 100 compliance and enforcement engagements, including audits, investigations, and major blackout reviews. He now serves as a trusted executive advisor and leadership coach to utility boards, CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CIOs, senior executives, and frontline leaders helping them strengthen decision-making, clarify accountability, and align governance, culture, and internal controls with reliable outcomes. Through INPOWERD, Earl helps organizations move beyond check-the-box compliance to build resilient, accountable cultures. His leadership approach blends real-world regulatory experience with trust-based leadership, adaptive leadership skills, and emotional intelligence empowering leaders to manage risk, navigate uncertainty, and protect reliability while strengthening public trust.

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