Between the demands of work and life, it’s easy to lose sight of yourself. Your team, your family, and your own well-being suffer when you don’t take the time to lead yourself first. And when that happens, it’s not just exhausting, it’s expensive.
What if you could become a more intentional, effective leader in just a few minutes a week?
Each short chapter represents one week of focused leadership development through three simple steps:
Each chapter takes just a few minutes to read, but when you follow through, the results are lasting.
How Teams Are Using It:
Weekly leadership discussions using the short chapters as prompts
Team challenges to apply insights in real-world situations
A framework for accountability and shared growth
A leadership development resource that fits into busy schedules
This isn’t about overnight success or quick fixes. It’s about small, intentional steps that unlock massive results over time.
This book is for you if:
“In Unlocked, Skot Waldron delivers a structured, practical system for real behavior change. With weekly prompts and a self-feedback loop, this book helps unlock self-confidence and leadership potential like never before.”
Frank O’Connell
Former CEO of Indian Motorcycles and Gibson Greetings, Inc., and former president of Reebok Brands and HBO Video
“Unlocked brilliantly maps a week-by-week leadership journey filled with insight, reflection, and growth. Skot’s work will challenge you, empower you, and build belief in yourself from the inside out.
Mike Michalowicz
Author of All In and Profit First
“Leadership isn’t a solo climb. In Unlocked, Skot Waldron becomes your trusted guide—offering short, intentional chapters that deliver deep insights and long-term transformation. This is your leadership companion.”
Dov Baron
Architect of the Emotional Source Code, The Science of Emotion, Top 100 Leadership Speaker, Top 30 Global Leadership Guru, Bestselling Author
“In Unlocked, Skot Waldron provides a fantastic set list to weekly self discovery. Each chapter offers up practical and tactical applications along with the space to craft a customized path to intentional leadership. This is Transformation that Rocks!”
Jim Knight
Top 10 Keynote Speaker & Bestselling Author, Culture That Rocks
“With Unlocked, Skot Waldron turns a year of leadership growth into bite-sized, weekly steps. This book is accessible, actionable, and packed with insights that will engage and inspire every step of the way.”
Todd Cherches
CEO of BigBlueGumball, and author of VisuaLeadership: Leveraging the Power of Visual Thinking in Leadership and in Life
“Unlocked gives you the tools to grow with purpose. Skot Waldron combines structure, strategy, and soul in a weekly format that helps you unlock who you’re meant to be as a leader.”
Dave Anderson
President LearntoLead, Author, “Intentional Mindset.”
This book has become an unbelievably transformational tool for my team. The organization I work for doesn’t have the means to enter a broad relationship with leadership development. This book has served as a practical, immediately applicable tool to measure intentional growth and whet the appetite for improvement.
Excellent, challenging resource to help you get “unlocked” and ready for the next level in your life! Great questions for introspection and baseline checks. It’s like Skot is your personal mentor, asking the hard questions.
As I write this review, it’s almost time for New Year’s Resolutions, and while you can start this book at any point during the year – Skot thoughtfully did not tie the weeks to the calendar year – it’s the perfect resolution for any leader, whether you’ve been running large teams for a long time or whether your primary responsibility is yourself.
I recommend Unlocked for anyone who wants to develop greater self-awareness of their strengths and grow in areas that will help them achieve their goals. Skot Waldron provides a thoughtful and effective guide to help you become the person and leader you aspire to be.
In this book, Skot provides a practical step-by-step guide to help readers improve leadership qualities. Unlike most books that are read and put back on the shelf, this book serves as a workbook that the reader uses each week over the course of a year to systematically grow as a leader. I am only on the first couple weeks of my leadership journey but I have already found the prompts helpful in pushing me outside my comfort zone.
This book and its contents really changed the way I think about leading my team. I sometimes make decisions impulsively based on instinct, this book has helped me to be more intentional in communicating and working with my team to be more effective for my company.
