For more than two decades I have led in high stakes environments where decisions carry weight and uncertainty is constant. I do not write about leadership from theory. I write about it as it is lived.
I am a senior officer in the Canadian Armed Forces and the founder of Moving Forward Leadership.
For more than two decades I have led teams in high pressure environments where hesitation has consequences and decisions carry real weight.
Today I command a unit responsible for billions in assets. I also continue to coach leaders across industries who are navigating their own complexity.
The lessons in You Don’t Know Sht About Leadership were not developed in isolation. They were earned through experience.
Over the years I have watched good leaders quietly struggle.
Not because they lacked intelligence.
Not because they lacked drive.
But because no one had shown them what leadership actually looks like when things are messy.
I have seen ego get in the way.
I have seen emotional spillover damage teams.
I have seen discipline ignored until trust quietly eroded.
And I have made those mistakes myself.
This book was not written to impress anyone. It was written to confront the parts of leadership most people avoid.
Because leadership does not fall apart in dramatic moments.
It falls apart in small decisions, repeated over time.
If you have ever questioned whether you are getting it right, you are not alone.
Neither am I.
I have led in environments where plans break fast and decisions do not wait for comfort. That experience shaped how I see leadership. Not as something you perform, but something you carry. What you do under pressure is what your team remembers. That is the standard I hold myself to, and the standard this book is built on.
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