New release · Pocket guide

Leadership can feel like a storm without a map.

Most people step into leadership without instructions. Leadership Without Instructions gives you practical Leadership Truths you can use today, so you can lead with presence, purpose, and integrity.

Intentional Ink Press · Publishing words with purpose

Is this book for you?

Written for the leader nobody trained.

  • ✓You stepped into leadership unexpectedly.
  • ✓You are now leading former peers.
  • ✓You want to communicate with clarity and confidence.
  • ✓You are committed to growing into the responsibility of guiding others.

Inside the book

Five of the Leadership Truths

  1. 1

    How you respond when responsibility arrives defines everything.

  2. 2

    Great leaders meet people where they are, not where they wish them to be.

  3. 3

    Leaders bring solutions, not just problems. That separates them from bystanders.

  4. 4

    Staying above reproach is the foundation of trust.

  5. 5

    Leadership presence is felt before any words are spoken.

The full guide holds the rest, each with a short reflection you can act on this week.

From the press

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Leadership Without Instructions

A pocket guide to everyday leadership by Y. Nichole.

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About the author & founder

Y. Nichole

20years, U.S. Air Force
30+years leading people
800+events planned
MBA& MSA in Human Resources

Y. Nichole is a retired Air Force veteran, business owner, and the founder of Intentional Ink Press. She started the press to publish books with purpose: practical, honest guides that help people grow into the responsibilities life hands them.

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