Jan Rutherford

Fortune 500 leadership advisor and former Green Beret Jan Rutherford and leadership development consultant and former assistant professor at the United States Military Academy Jacquie Jordan have created the ultimate prescriptive handbook on what it takes to design and lead energized and effective teams in an increasingly complex and uncertain global landscape.

Crafted from Rutherford’s Crucible® Expeditions wilderness experience, Becoming a Self-Reliant Leader is a practical guide that… Show more

Fortune 500 leadership advisor and former Green Beret Jan Rutherford and leadership development consultant and former assistant professor at the United States Military Academy Jacquie Jordan have created the ultimate prescriptive handbook on what it takes to design and lead energized and effective teams in an increasingly complex and uncertain global landscape.

Crafted from Rutherford’s Crucible® Expeditions wilderness experience, Becoming a Self-Reliant Leader is a practical guide that explores each step of the Crucible journey and how its lessons can be applied to today’s leadership challenges.

These lessons are based around the three pillars of Self-Reliant Leadership®—leading yourself, leading others, and leading an organization—and include how to:

Develop courage, curiosity, and grit to confront adversity and lead your team to success
Select the right people for your team—people who are selfless, adventurous, and heroic
Create the right direction, pace, and tone to achieve any goal
Design and maintain a positive and energized work environment
Build mutual, genuine trust among team members and fellow leaders

Whether they’re leaping across icy chasms or scaling slabs of rock, Crucible Expedition participants are pushed to their mental and physical limits—and emerge on the other side renewed and more durable than ever before, with a new understanding of how overcoming hardship refines our skills and accelerates our growth.

This compilation of lessons and stories from past expeditions offers business leaders more than just an exciting read—it’s a proven recipe to creating and sustaining high-performing teams. Show less

In this book, you'll learn from first-hand experience on leadership and team organisation, but you'll also look deep within on how to; find your purpose, deal with imposter syndrome, be kind to yourself and create a safe space for courageous conversations. It's full of advice and tips on helping you to create your best life!

'Purposeful People' is ultimately about sharing; sharing knowledge that in some way may uplift and motivate its readers, and sharing proceeds of its sales with four… Show more

In this book, you'll learn from first-hand experience on leadership and team organisation, but you'll also look deep within on how to; find your purpose, deal with imposter syndrome, be kind to yourself and create a safe space for courageous conversations. It's full of advice and tips on helping you to create your best life!

'Purposeful People' is ultimately about sharing; sharing knowledge that in some way may uplift and motivate its readers, and sharing proceeds of its sales with four important charities. This book was created to support charities that are closest to our hearts: Children's Cancer; Military Veterans & Families; Mental and Physical Health; and Homelessness. Show less

Notwithstanding your generation or your state of life – student, new hire, young professional, captain of industry, buck private, or general – this book will enrich your mind and ignite the spiritual forces of your leadership. Jan Rutherford is at once a fire-hardened leader, an inspiring storyteller, and a contemplative scholar. His treatment of Self-Reliant Leadership is the hypergolic fuel that will move you and your organization from excellence to extraordinary, from success to… Show more

Notwithstanding your generation or your state of life – student, new hire, young professional, captain of industry, buck private, or general – this book will enrich your mind and ignite the spiritual forces of your leadership. Jan Rutherford is at once a fire-hardened leader, an inspiring storyteller, and a contemplative scholar. His treatment of Self-Reliant Leadership is the hypergolic fuel that will move you and your organization from excellence to extraordinary, from success to significance.

–Joseph A. “Bud” Ahearn, Major General U.S. Air Force (Retired), CH2M HILL vice chairman, emeritus Show less