Books by Brent Pohlman
Leading with Zest:
Unlocking Your Authentic Self to Lead Others Effectively
Join Brent Pohlman, a seasoned leader and author, as he shares transformative insights on leadership, gratitude, and personal development. Embark on a journey to redefine your approach to success.
Leaders Look Within:
Own Your Heart to Live a Life of Gratitude
Leadership is more than metrics or managing people—it’s about showing up with heart, every single day. In Leaders Look Within, CEO Brent Pohlman offers a fresh perspective on what it means to lead with authenticity and purpose.
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Unlocking Your Authentic Self
Discover the Power of Leading from the Inside Out
In a world that rewards performance over purpose, many leaders lose sight of who they are. They push harder, chase results, and please everyone-yet feel disconnected, burned out, and unsure of their impact.
Leading with Zest: Unlocking Your Authentic Self to Lead Others Effectively offers a refreshing path forward. Drawing on his own transformation as a CEO and faith-driven leader, Brent Pohlman reveals how genuine leadership begins within-by aligning your values, faith, and daily habits so you can lead with energy, empathy, and integrity.
Through personal stories and practical insights, Pohlman guides readers to rediscover balance and meaning by focusing on what truly matters: people, purpose, and personal growth. His approach helps leaders strengthen their faith, elevate emotional intelligence, and embrace the power of vulnerability.
In this inspiring and actionable book, you’ll discover how to:
Build trust and connection by leading with gratitude and empathy.
Strengthen faith to make wiser, more grounded decisions.
Replace burnout with purpose through consistent routines of prayer, health, and reflection.
Unlock creativity and innovation through self-awareness and intention.
Align your personal and professional life to create lasting impact.
Pohlman’s faith-centered philosophy invites readers to lead from the inside out-to create cultures rooted in respect, courage, and service. Blending business insight with Christian values, Leading with Zest is more than a leadership book-it’s a guide to living and leading with joy.
If you’re ready to rediscover your purpose, renew your faith, and lead others by example, it’s time to lead with zest.
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Leaders Look Within
Dig deep to understand what’s in your heart to help you unleash the true leader spirit inside of you
The corporate world can be demanding when success is only measured in KPIs and numbers. Even if positive results happen on paper, you have more to offer your company, but now feel like just another person who goes to work each day to do a job that has to be done.
Leadership isn’t easy. But you have the power to lead in your hand when you start from within.
Brent Pohlman, owner and CEO of Midwest Laboratories, broke through the same challenges to find success by unleashing his entrepreneurial spirit. A person of deep faith, he coaches people to lead from the heart. In Leaders Look Within, he shows you how to achieve the business role you dream of by focusing on how to be a good leader through self-examination and gratitude. His inspirational guide includes management habits and practical lessons you can apply to change your work and personal life for the better.
You’ll Discover:
A strategic plan to transform teamwork
With people who share your strong values, resulting in a more remarkable work environment.
An effortless gratitude practice
That frees you to live with a positive attitude and purpose while showing others love and concern.
A daily routine to bring your A-game every day
And create a work life balance, resulting in greater trust, power, emotional intelligence, and productivity.
Tools and methods to pull out your optimal energy
To achieve more while being an effective leader.
Questions to discover what is holding you back
From being the leader you want to be.
What Readers Are Saying
Hear from individuals who have benefited from our guidance and expertise.
“Brent Pohlman is an example of a modern day disciple for our time. He humbly presents to the reader how living a life of gratitude will change your heart and deepen your relationship with God. Brent is a wonderful witness of faith lived in family, business and friends.”
“The author does a tremendous job of explaining his transformation. He is incredibly transparent with his journey and all of his lessons learned. If you want to be challenged, read this book. It will help you find your own “why” and make you a better person and leader.”
“Brent writes this book from an introspective point of view that is extremely relatable. He tracks his journey of running a business and figuring out what really matters. Brent makes himself vulnerable and shares personal examples of his successes and his struggles. It is a very good read!”