Great leaders are built from the inside out, not the outside in. Be a leader. Most of us hear this phrase. It’s a message no longer reserved for the aspiring C-suite executive or CEO. It’s for everyone from the recent college graduate to the mid-career professional to the top of the corporate ladder. It’s for every industry and every sector too.

But what does it mean to be a leader? How do we become one? What does it take?

In today’s world, it takes more than being a great decision maker, strategic thinker, and risk manager. It takes mastering the inner game to become a Savage Leader. In this book, Darren Reinke will show you how by guiding you through 13 key principles that will help you develop and master the inner qualities and traits you need to become a leader.

In The Savage Leader, you will learn how to:

Use your values to anchor and guide your decisions; Adapt best practices for authenticity; Forge unbreakable bonds with your tribe; Embrace patience; Seek out discomfort to drive growth; Get unstuck and take action; Crush your doubts and much more.

Drawn from Reinke’s experiences working in corporate America and as an executive coach, developing player-coaches for top organizations around the world, The Savage Leader is also packed with dozens of interviews with remarkable leaders including: Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, professional athletes, Navy SEALs, and pioneers in the fields of sports, entertainment, and technology. Whether you’re a status-quo challenging entrepreneur, community activist, high-potential manager, trailblazing teacher, mid-level manager, or startup founder, The Savage Leader will give you the practical and actionable tips you need, while inspiring you to reach your full leadership potential.

Inside each of us is a Savage Leader -we just need to learn how to unlock and unleash them.