Two Books. One Continuing Journey.
The memoir tells the personal story behind Leadership Without Armour. The playbook transforms its lessons into practical ideas for leading yourself, developing others and building a life that matters.
Purchase the books individually, choose a signed copy or bring the memoir and playbook together in a two-book collection.
Leadership Without Armour
An honest and deeply human memoir about work, identity, ambition, burnout, recovery and the courage required to begin again.
Across more than four decades of working life, Kevin Eastwood explores what success can conceal and why the most meaningful forms of achievement are often found in truth, presence and coming home.
Leadership Without Armour: The Playbook
Where the memoir shares the personal journey, The Playbook distils its lessons into practical principles, questions and reflective frameworks.
Structured across three clear dimensions: Leading Yourself, Leading Others, and Building a Life That Matters. Designed for managers, directors and reflective leaders.
The Two-Book Bundle
The memoir and playbook are designed to complement one another. Read together, they take you from the honest reality of leading through pressure and burnout to the practical disciplines of leading with courage and humanity.
Bundle Advantage: Purchase both books together as a collection for personal reflection or as a meaningful gift for colleagues and developing leaders.
Which Book Should You Read First?
The memoir and playbook explore leadership from connected perspectives. Choose the pathway that best meets you where you are today:
Pathway 01: The Memoir
Best for leaders questioning the personal cost of success, navigating burnout, or seeking an authentic career inflection story.
Pathway 02: The Playbook
Best for practitioners, executives, and teams needing frameworks, diagnostics, templates, and actionable leadership tools.
Pathway 03: Two-Book Bundle
For the complete transformation: read the story, apply the method. Best value bundle.