Plenty of men win at work and lose at home. Managing well on the job isn't what wins at home. 7 Rivers Leadership shows you how to lead with trust in both places, so your team follows you and your family does too.
Work rewards you for getting things done. You hit the numbers, solve the problems, and keep the line moving. So you bring the same playbook home. And it doesn't work.
Your team complies, but they don't trust you. Your spouse hears you, but doesn't feel heard. Somewhere along the way, you started managing the people you were supposed to be leading.
That's not a character flaw. It's what happens when you let the current carry you. Leadership means paddling against it.
About thirty years ago I was on a Western Wisconsin river with my two daughters up front while my dad taught me to read the water. The front paddler carries the vision and watches what's coming. The back paddler steers and supplies the power. Neither one gets through rough water alone.
Teams work the same way. So do marriages. Trust gets built in the hundreds of hours on calm water, long before the rapids show up.
A river always flows downstream. Leadership is learning to go against the current.
Each chapter takes one river and shows you what it looks like on the job and what it looks like at your kitchen table.
Stop reacting to whatever's in front of you and start choosing how you'll show up.
See the person, not the task. Your team and your spouse can tell the difference.
Move people because they want to follow, not because they have to.
Own your part first. Nothing builds trust faster, and nothing breaks it faster when you don't.
Sit in the front of the canoe. Know where you're headed and help others see it.
Keep moving. Stagnant water is where trust goes to die.
Be the same man at work, at home, and when nobody's watching.
Find out which seat you're paddling from, and what it takes to steer.
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John has led people in a lot of places: as a US Army Staff Sergeant, a business owner, and a field operations manager. He's lived a full year in Poland leading a humanitarian organization and has testified before the US Senate on youth job creation.
Today he's the founder of 7 Rivers Leadership, helping managers become leaders people trust. He also knows firsthand that winning at work doesn't automatically mean winning at home.
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No. The book speaks directly to Leadership Principles that are universal and can be applied to anyone whether single, married, male, or female. However, it is written from my perspective as a man with a family.
No. The book speaks directly to men who want to be trusted at work and at home, but every river applies to anyone who leads people, single or married.
Yes. If anybody looks to you, at work, at church, or at home, you're leading. This book is about influence, not job titles.
Yes. For 10 or more copies, or to bring John in to speak or train your team, email [email protected].
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