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“This book gives structure to what many leaders leave to chance. It pushes you beyond managing people to building lasting capability.”
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Build a team that performs without you.

Mentor Like A Leader

Florian Ricci

Mentor Like A Leader by Florian Ricci, the book cover
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you

EVERY GREAT LEADER STARTS WITH GUIDANCE.

DON'T JUST GIVE DIRECTIONS.

SHOW THEM HOW.

watch first

then try it with me

a slip is part of it

GUIDE.

TRUST.

EMPOWER.

GUIDE. TRUST. EMPOWER.

skills

trust

responsibility

decisions

single fileside by side

BUILD LEADERS. NOT FOLLOWERS.

WILL YOUR TEAM THRIVE WITHOUT YOU?

THAT'S THE MARK OF GREAT LEADERSHIP.

you,
watching them go

Mentor Like A Leader by Florian Ricci, the book cover

Show them the way. Then step aside.

A practical guide to transforming leadership through effective mentorship, empowerment, and team development: a structured framework for building confident, capable, and independent teams that thrive without constant supervision.

Florian Ricci · Fifteen years building and leading teams.

Pre-order, out November 18 More stores

Paperback $19.99 · Ebook $9.99

Read the first chapter

EVERY GREAT LEADER STARTS WITH GUIDANCE.

DON'T JUST GIVE DIRECTIONS. SHOW THEM HOW.

watch first · then try it with me · a slip is part of it

GUIDE. TRUST. EMPOWER.

skills · trust · responsibility · decisions

BUILD LEADERS. NOT FOLLOWERS.

single file side by side

WILL YOUR TEAM THRIVE WITHOUT YOU?

THAT'S THE MARK OF GREAT LEADERSHIP.

Mentor Like A Leader by Florian Ricci, the book cover

Show them the way. Then step aside.

A practical guide to transforming leadership through effective mentorship, empowerment, and team development: a structured framework for building confident, capable, and independent teams that thrive without constant supervision.

Florian Ricci · Fifteen years building and leading teams.

Pre-order, out November 18 More stores

Paperback $19.99 · Ebook $9.99

Read the first chapter

About the book

Mentor Like a Leader by Florian Ricci is a practical guide to transforming leadership through effective mentorship, empowerment, and team development.

Moving beyond traditional management, the book introduces a structured framework for building confident, capable, and independent teams that thrive without constant supervision.

Ideal for entrepreneurs, managers, executives, and aspiring leaders, this book offers a fresh perspective on creating lasting impact by developing people, fostering accountability, and building teams that succeed even in your absence.

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Paperback $19.99 · Ebook $9.99 · Out November 18, 2026

Inside the framework

  1. Show people how, then let them do it, instead of managing every step.
  2. Build confidence and capability in every person on your team.
  3. Hand over decisions without lowering your standards.
  4. Create accountability that does not depend on you watching.
  5. Develop the next leaders, not more followers.
  6. Build a team that keeps performing when you are away.

What leaders are saying

“This book gives structure to what many leaders leave to chance. It pushes you beyond managing people to building lasting capability.”
Dan Gruber, Entrepreneur and Speaker
“I bought it for my managers and ended up changing how I run my own Monday meetings. Practical from the first page.”
Marisol Brandt, founder of a design studio
“The chapter on handing over decisions was worth the book on its own. My team stopped waiting for me.”
Tomas Ekwueme, operations manager

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Chapter One

The first team I ever led ran beautifully, as long as I was in the room. I answered every question, checked every decision and fixed every mistake before anyone else saw it. I thought that was leadership.

Then I took two weeks off, and by the third day the work had stopped. Nobody had failed. They had simply never been shown how to go on without me.

One email with the chapter. Nothing else unless you ask.

Meet Florian Ricci

Florian Ricci has spent more than fifteen years building and leading teams, from a first job managing five people to running whole departments. Along the way Florian learned that the real measure of a leader is what the team does when the leader is not in the room. Mentor Like A Leader is the framework that grew out of that lesson.

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Who is this book for?

Entrepreneurs, managers, executives and aspiring leaders: anyone who wants a team that is confident, capable and independent.

When does it come out?

November 18, 2026. Pre-order now and it arrives on release day.

Which formats?

Paperback and ebook.

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