The companion workbook to The Silent Summit

The Silent Summit Field Guide

A Working Guide to Leading Without Losing Yourself

Coming September 2026

The Silent Summit Field Guide is the hands-on companion to the #1 bestselling book on the loneliness of leadership. It turns the book’s 5R Framework into practical assessments, guided reflection, and exercises for leaders carrying more than most people realize.

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The Silent Summit Field Guide cover: a lone figure on a ridge facing a sunlit mountain peak.

How it relates to the book

  1. The Silent Summit: Leading When You're Alone at the Top — front cover

    The book

    The Silent Summit

  2. The Silent Summit Field Guide cover: a lone figure on a ridge facing a sunlit mountain peak.

    The workbook

    The Silent Summit Field Guide

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What is inside

  • The Altitude Check

    A self-assessment that reveals where your air is thinnest and which area needs your attention first.

  • The 5R Framework, made practical

    Guided exercises for every stage of the framework the book lays out.

    • Reflect
    • Reconnect
    • Replenish
    • Reframe
    • Rebuild

  • Diagnostics and reflection prompts

    Honest tools to surface what you’re really carrying.

  • Pressure-valve journaling pages

    A private space to set the weight down and tell yourself the truth.

  • The Descent Plan

    A step-by-step plan to turn insight into real change.

    • 30 days
    • 60 days
    • 90 days

What it’s for

This is where insight becomes action, a private place to stop performing, tell yourself the truth, and do something with it.

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