Coming 2026 · storytaxindex.com

There's a tax
on your calendar
right now.

You're the one
collecting it.

The decision you've been sitting on for three weeks.
The delegation that keeps coming back to your desk.
The 11 PM message you sent because you couldn't let it go.

That's not your leadership style.
That's a tax.

First Edition · Story Tax Press · 2026

The Story Tax

The Hidden Tax Your Leadership Story
Is Charging Your Company

Reid Carter

Senior leaders carry a behavioral cost their organizations pay without knowing it. It shows up in delayed decisions, in work that returns to desks it left weeks ago, in meetings that produce nothing but the appearance of progress.

It has a name now. And it is measurable.

Find out if you're paying it

The Research

Three numbers
from the study.

0 Executives studied

0 Hours per week recoverable

0 Days to close the gap

The methodology, the benchmarks, and the full cohort data — in the book.

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There's a tax on your calendar right now. You're the one collecting it.

The Story Tax

Three numbersfrom the study.

There's a tax
on your calendar
right now.

You're the one
collecting it.

Three numbers
from the study.