Leadership Without Armour
A Memoir of Work, Burnout,
and the Long Way Home
A deeply personal and honest memoir about work, identity, ambition, burnout, recovery and the courage to begin again.
Author: Kevin Eastwood
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Success can look convincing
from the outside.
Titles. Promotions. Achievement. Responsibility. But behind many careers lies a different story. One of pressure, self-doubt, sacrifice, resilience and the search for meaning.
Leadership Without Armour is an honest memoir about work, identity, burnout, recovery and the lifelong challenge of leading without losing yourself.
TITLES.
PROMOTIONS.
ACHIEVEMENT.
RESPONSIBILITY.
A story about work, identity
and finding your way home.
From apprenticeships to entrepreneurship, consultancy, leadership, coaching and voluntary service, Kevin’s story is one of ambition, challenge and reinvention.
It also explores the darker side — difficult workplaces, mental ill health, burnout and the impact of work on identity, family and wellbeing.
Work & personal identity
Who we are beyond our job titles.
Ambition & the need to prove ourselves
The drive, the pressure, the cost.
Anxiety, exhaustion & burnout
When success feels empty.
Leadership & responsibility
The weight of others and the power to care.
Family, home & belonging
The people and places that keep us grounded.
Recovery & reinvention
What happens when we stop and listen.
Service, mentoring & later-life purpose
Giving back and finding new meaning.
Living and leading without pretence
True success is deeper than achievement.
The deepest forms of success may be found not in status or achievement, but in truth, presence and coming home.
- Leaders and professionals carrying significant responsibility
- People questioning the personal cost of career success
- Anyone experiencing burnout, uncertainty or loss of direction
- People approaching a career or life transition
- Coaches, mentors and leadership practitioners
- Readers interested in mental health, resilience and reinvention
- Anyone wondering whether it is still possible to begin again
Kevin Eastwood
A Chartered Manager, Kevin has spent his career in professional services, leadership and coaching, working with individuals, teams and organisations to build stronger, healthier cultures.
This memoir is the culmination of a lifetime of experience, lessons and reflection — and a personal story about what really matters.
- Format: Paperback
- Author: Kevin Eastwood
- Language: English
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Continue the Journey
Turn the memoir’s experiences into practical reflection with Leadership Without Armour: The Playbook.
Read Both Books
Purchase the memoir and playbook together as one continuing leadership journey.
Keep Finding Your Way
Leadership is not a destination.
It is an ongoing process of learning, reflecting, adapting and becoming.