Business psychologist · Author · Leadership expert

Leadership is not a recipe.

It is the ability to read people, situations and the world around us.

I connect psychology, research and more than twenty years of business experience to explore how leadership really works and why it so often does not.

Peter Ulcin

Forthcoming from Grada Publishing · October 2026

How Leadership Works

Why Leading People Is More Complex Than Ever

A practical, evidence-based exploration of leadership in all its complexity, from classical theories and psychology to power, crisis, change, followership and the darker sides of leadership.

International rights available

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Advance praise

“A book you will return to not for answers, but for better questions.”
Renata Mrázová
Chief People Officer, FNZ Group
Founder, Inspire & Impact Network
“The book does not tell you whether you are a good leader or will become one. After reading it, you must answer that question for yourself.”
Elena Kohútiková
Former Deputy Governor
National Bank of Slovakia
“This book is a clear, authoritative and valuable guide to the principles of leadership, while also showing what leaders should avoid.”
Bohdan Wojnar
Former long-serving Member of the Board of Management, ŠKODA AUTO
Vice-President, Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic

International experience

Leadership understood from within.

Peter’s perspective is grounded in internal learning, leadership development and capability-building roles across four international businesses: ŠKODA AUTO, HOME CREDIT International and EmbedIT, Kingspan CEME and Rohlik Group.

ŠKODA AUTOHOME CREDIT International & EmbedITKingspan CEMERohlik Group

Books & writing

Ideas grounded in practice.

How Leadership Works examines the complexity of leading people in a changing world.

How to Sell So People Buy from You is a practical guide to successful selling, published by Grada in 2016.

Across 35 professional articles, Peter has also written about leadership, power, talent, artificial intelligence, learning and the psychology of work.