USA Today Featured Bestseller · A book by Josh Kosnick
A battle-tested leadership framework built on the Five Bridges of Kairos: Spiritual, Internal, Relationships, Environment, and Legacy.
The audiobook is now live on Audible — narrated by author Josh Kosnick. Listen on Audible →
The Kairos Code audiobook launched on Audible on August 1, 2026 and is narrated by the author, Josh Kosnick. Runtime is approximately 5 hours and 55 minutes across 18 chapters, unabridged. It fits inside a week of commutes, a single road trip, or three or four training sessions.
The paperback, hardcover, and Kindle editions have been in market since August 2025 and carried the book to USA Today Featured Bestseller status. The audiobook is the same unabridged content, told in Josh's voice.
Why the author narrated it himself. The Kairos Code is a leadership book that leans on hard-earned stories — the wealth management firm Josh built to $4 billion in assets under advisement, the lawsuit that ended it, the rebuild that followed, and the framework that came out of the wreckage. Those stories land differently when the man who lived them tells you about them directly. That is the case for an author-narrated audiobook.
What you get. The full Five Bridges framework — Spiritual, Internal, Relationships, Environment, and Legacy. Diagnostic questions for each bridge. Concrete practices at the end of every chapter. And Josh's own account of the season that produced the book, in the tone he intended.
Where to listen. The Kairos Code audiobook on Audible. Included with most Audible Plus and Premium Plus memberships. Also available for a la carte purchase.
Chapter list. 18 unabridged chapters covering the Kairos versus Chronos distinction, the Five Bridges framework in full, the diagnostic tools, and Josh's personal account of building, losing, and rebuilding under pressure.
Who it is for. Leaders who want to consume a leadership book the way they consume everything else — in the car, on a run, on the walk after dinner. Founders in transition. High performers rebuilding purpose after a hard season. Anyone who prefers hearing the author's voice to reading the printed page.
Best listened to as a companion to the print edition. Many readers keep the paperback nearby to highlight and mark up the diagnostic questions while listening. The book and audiobook are designed to work together.
The Kairos Code is Josh Kosnick's first book — a field manual for high performers who look successful on the outside and feel chaotic on the inside. It names the moment (kairos, the right moment, distinct from chronos, clock time), diagnoses the five bridges every leader is either building or neglecting, and gives leaders a way to build a life that holds up under pressure.
The book was published in August 2025 and became a USA Today Featured Bestseller. It is endorsed by Jon Gordon and NFL Hall of Famer Joe Thomas, with a foreword and co-authorship from Mark O'Donnell (Visionary, EOS Worldwide) and Kelly Knight (Integrator, EOS Worldwide).
Every leader is either building or neglecting five bridges. Neglect one and everything downstream feels harder than it should:
Each bridge is scored, diagnosed, and trained inside the book. The full framework is also taught in the Bridge Builder Mastermind and mapped in Josh Kosnick's coaching engagements.
"Josh Kosnick offers a framework for leaders willing to look at what usually stays hidden. The Kairos Code is a rare combination of hard-won experience and practical structure."
— Jon Gordon, best-selling author of The Energy Bus
"This book will slow you down in the right places. Josh has lived what he is teaching."
— Joe Thomas, NFL Hall of Famer
Yes. The Kairos Code audiobook is live on Audible as of August 1, 2026. It is narrated by the author, Josh Kosnick. Runtime is approximately 5 hours 55 minutes across 18 chapters, unabridged.
The author, Josh Kosnick, narrates the audiobook himself. Kosnick is a leadership coach, EOS Implementer, and USA Today Featured Bestselling author. Author-narrated editions carry the tone and pacing the writer intended, which matters especially for a leadership book where stories, cadence, and hard-earned truths do the work.
Approximately 5 hours and 55 minutes across 18 chapters. It fits inside a week of commutes, a road trip, or three or four workouts. The book was designed to be read in a single arc, and the audiobook preserves that pacing.
The Kairos Code audiobook is available on Audible. If you are new to Audible, the book is included with most Audible Plus and Premium Plus memberships and available for a la carte purchase.
Yes. The audiobook is unabridged and covers the full Five Bridges framework — Spiritual, Internal, Relationships, Environment, and Legacy — exactly as it appears in the paperback, hardcover, and Kindle editions. The advantage of the audio edition is hearing the author tell the story in his own voice, which changes how certain chapters land.
Josh Kosnick is a leadership coach, EOS Implementer®, and USA Today Featured Bestselling author. He is the founder of Kairos Coaching & Consulting and the host of the Spartan Leadership Podcast. Before founding Kairos, he built and led a wealth management firm to 250 employees, 115 advisors, and $4 billion in assets under advisement. He was sued, forced through a buyout, and rebuilt from very different starting conditions. That story sits behind everything he teaches.
Josh's home page is joshkosnick.com. Named organizational clients include MassMutual, Arthrex, Northwestern Mutual, and WestPoint Financial Group.
Speaking, press, bulk book orders, and coaching inquiries: info@joshkosnick.com.