Books and Podcast

A daily practice for leaders

The work of leading is not transformed by a weekend of reading. It is built one day at a time. The CEO's Mindset Reset, in print and in your ears every morning, turns that idea into a habit.

New daily podcast Five minutes every morning. The book, read aloud, one day at a time.

The CEO's Mindset Reset

A 365-day leadership development system delivered across volumes. Each daily entry follows one rhythm: a leader's story you will recognize, a research-backed reframe, a reflection, and one action to take before the day gets away from you.

The CEO's Mindset Reset Volume 1 on a desk
Volume 1 · Days 1 to 91

Foundation Building

Stop drowning in leadership chaos and build your foundation. The first 91 days work through the fundamental challenges every leader faces: decision paralysis, culture, focus, and the weight of the top job.

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The CEO's Mindset Reset Volume 2, print and digital
Volume 2 · Days 92 to 182

Building the Advanced Capabilities

You have the fundamentals. Volume 2 picks up where the foundation leaves off, guiding you through the harder, higher-stakes work of empowerment, scale, and leading through complexity.

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Both volumes, in paperback and Kindle, are on the CEO's Mindset Reset series page.

The Forever Founder, print and digital
Forthcoming

The Forever Founder

Timeless leadership principles from the founder of history's most enduring organization.

The Forever Founder studies the most enduring organization in history and the leadership principles that built it. Mark McNees has spent his career as a serial founder, a professor of entrepreneurship, and the builder of organizations that thrive beyond his tenure. The book distills 2,000 years of organizational survival into practical lessons for founders and executives. It covers how to build culture that scales, develop people who lead without you, and design an institution that endures past its founder. Written for leaders who want durable principles, not passing tactics.

The daily podcast

Five minutes every morning

The book, read aloud and expanded, one day at a time. Each morning's episode gives you a reset before the meetings, the fires, and the noise begin.

  • Mindset Minute: a leader's story you will recognize
  • The Mindset Reset: a research-backed reframe
  • Your Reflection: a question to carry through the day
  • Today's Practice: one action to take now
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Extraordinary achievements are not built through grand gestures. They are built through small, consistent daily actions.