The Leadership Stroke: Precision, Practice, and Performance Under Pressure - Hardcover

Rowe Jr., Frank

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 194049866X ISBN 13: 9781940498669

Verlag: Juxtabook Press, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

You care about your team. You prepare. You communicate. You work hard to lead well.
And yet, under pressure, things don’t always hold together.

Conversations become tense. Feedback lands defensively. Meetings create motion but not clarity. High performers drift out of alignment. Small miscommunications quietly erode trust. And when stakes rise, the cracks widen.

Most leadership struggles aren’t caused by lack of effort. They’re caused by lack of precision.

In The Leadership Stroke, executive coach and lifelong competitive rower Frank Rowe tackles the real, everyday challenges leaders and managers face: building trust in teams, giving feedback that drives growth, navigating conflict without damaging relationships, and sustaining performance when pressure is highest.

Drawing on decades of experience in elite rowing and executive coaching, he introduces a powerful leadership framework grounded in discipline, timing, and intentional execution. In rowing, a crew moves fast not because individuals pull harder, but because every stroke is synchronized and they move as one. Leadership works the same way. Performance comes from practiced fundamentals applied consistently.

Inside, you’ll learn how to:

• Strengthen trust so it holds under stress
• Communicate with clarity instead of urgency
• Deliver feedback that improves performance
• Align your team without micromanaging
• Make small, repeatable adjustments that compound into high performance

Blending powerful stories from the boat with practical leadership tools and decades of building high-performing teams, this book provides clear, actionable strategies you can apply immediately.

Leadership isn’t about force. It’s about rhythm, consistency, and disciplined execution.

If you want to lead with greater clarity, steadiness, and confidence—especially when it matters most—The Leadership Stroke will help you build the precision your team needs to perform under pressure.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Juxtabook Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 194049866X
• ISBN 13: 9781940498669
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 152
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