Confident Leader
Humble Heart, Mature Character, Strategic Mind
- Work, Money & Leadership
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Published: 2026
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Publisher's Description
You’re a good leader, but leadership is challenging and can rattle your confidence. Setbacks, challenges, and problems can cause you to second-guess yourself, doubt, or pull back. Your confidence may be stretched thin, but there is a way to strengthen it. In Confident Leader!, Dan Reiland draws from his 39 years of leadership experience to share a practical, workable, and transformational process that results in your ability to become a more self-assured leader and achieve maximum success. Building unshakable confidence will positively impact your personal work performance, your belief in self, your support and approval from others, and your trust and reliance on God. In this book you will learn how to: Make deep foundational decisions about your core identity Implement practical steps for deliberate character development Incorporate daily, practical disciplines that transform your leadership ability Together these essentials present a step-by-step plan to greater confidence, increased influence, less uncertainty, and more significant accomplishments. Learn how to become the most confident version of yourself today.
Endorsements (21)
“PRAISE FOR CONFIDENT LEADER! “Confident Leader! is the field guide all leaders wish they had years ago! Dan Reiland knows at some point every leader struggles with confidence—whether battling self-sufficiency and control or confronting doubts and insecurity. Filled with memorable personal examples as well as timeless wisdom from God’s Word, and with Jesus as the ultimate source, this book is guaranteed to improve the way you lead.”
“Confident Leader! is one of the most important leadership resources to be released in a long time. Dan is a proven and seasoned leader who drops pure leadership gold on every page. He brilliantly shares why confidence is so important and lays out a clear plan to grow in confidence and bounce back from setbacks. Read this and digest it and become the leader you were meant to be.”
“Finding the right balance of confidence is tricky, but so essential in today’s cultural climate. My friend Dan Reiland cracks the code with honest and insightful help that you can apply to your leadership today. It’s a practical guide to building the authentic foundation every leader needs. Whatever leadership level you find yourself at, don’t miss reading Confident Leader!”
“So many leaders struggle with confidence. It’s one thing to know you have a problem. It’s another to know how to solve it. With humility, wisdom and profound insight, Dan Reiland shows us how to build the kind of confidence you cannot just build your leadership on, but your life on. I’m so grateful for Dan and for this book.”
“Read this book, and take the principles seriously. Don’t skim the pages. Dig in and take a deeper look. Confident Leader! will make a difference in your life.”
Dr. John C. Maxwell
“Every leader I coach struggles with confidence. Sometimes we have too much, sometimes not enough—but we all long for more of that authentic and God-focused confidence in which people are helped, God is glorified, and we feel fulfilled. In Confident Leader!, Dan masterfully explains the unique dimensions and practical steps we can all take to build our confidence and infuse that confidence into those we lead. Every leader needs this book!”
“Dan Reiland has given us a treasure and road map that shows the way to a leadership that is anchored in a resilient God-confidence. The use of interviews, stories, and illustrations not only compellingly underscores the habits and characteristics of enduring leadership but also motivates us to be pictures of the destination at which we want others to arrive. Thank you, Dan, for this wonderful gift and labor of love!”
“If there was ever a time when leaders needed confidence more than today, I’d have a hard time saying when. Through the pages of Confident Leader!, Dan Reiland will help take you there.”
“I can’t think of a better leader to write this book! Dan Reiland is one of those rare leaders who exudes the type of confidence that leaders are often grappling for. Confident Leader! will give you practical instruction for your leadership development supported by personal stories of other confident leaders. This is your guide to keep growing and thriving as a leader!”
“Confidence! I’ve struggled with it all my life. I’ve learned to understand and manage it, but now that I’ve read Confident Leader! by my friend Dan Reiland, it all comes together. Thanks Dan for writing with transparency and courage. This book has helped me and will do the same for you.”
“When Dan asked me to write an endorsement for his new book, I quickly agreed. I believe in Dan’s leadership as much as any leader I know. What I didn’t realize was how timely the book would be for me! I received Dan’s book in a time in my career where I once again need confidence to lead effectively. This book helped me in my current season and I know it will be a blessing for many other leaders.”
“I recently heard a well-respected leader say, ‘If I could wave a magic wand and give every leader one gift, it would be the gift of confidence.’ The truth is, it’s a gift most of us could use more of. Unfortunately, there isn’t a magic wand. But if you want more confidence, Dan’s book will walk you through how to get it and it just might be exactly what you need.”
“You are selecting an excellent leadership resource to read. We have known Dan for several years and always found his insights to be rich and relevant. His transparent writings give us the sense that he understands challenges each of us face. His years of experience in leading successful organizations have taught him how to teach us. Clearly there is an unwavering commitment to add value throughout this book as only a thoughtful mentor can.”
“Dan Reiland, a leader of leaders, knows what we need to navigate leadership waters. He has given us yet another superb tool for our leadership toolboxes. He shows us a clear road map in three fundamental areas: leadership foundations, character development, and practical disciplines. He unpacks fifteen essentials that help build authentic leadership confidence, a key to healthy success. Every leader should read this book and get a copy for the leaders around them.”
Dr. Charles Stone
“The Scriptures remind us that we should ‘not think more highly of ourselves than we ought.’ But of equal importance is that we ‘not think more lowly of ourselves than we ought.’ Balancing humility and confidence may be one of the trickiest tightropes a leader can try to walk. Dan Reiland has done a masterful job of outlining how to balance the two. Confident Leader! will help your leadership go to the next level!”
“Some people are gifted to lead. Others have both the gift and a leadership role. Far fewer, though, leverage their gift, embrace their role, and lead with authentic confidence. It’s this leadership confidence that tends to set great leaders apart and allows them to leverage their wiring and role for something significant. Dan’s book gives us the insights and practical next steps leaders need to lead with confidence.”
“After serving as CEO to John Maxwell for ten years, I can wholeheartedly say that what Dan says in this book is spot on. Developing your confidence as a leader is a process, and his advice for the journey is some of the most powerful I’ve ever read. You will learn and be better because of this book!”
“Confident Leader! is a fresh wind speaking to the depth of what it means to lead . . . NOT prescriptive with a few behaviors and one arrives as a leader . . . NOT developing a cookie-cutter-type leader. BUT, leaders of various styles, circumstances, cultures, gifts, along with biblical and contemporary models that have eternal significance. Confident Leader! brings a new message and hope no matter one’s age or experience. It is a masterpiece, compelling, and a MUST-READ.”
“One of the most important qualities in leadership is confidence. Confidence energizes a leader and their vision, yet so many leaders struggle with a lack of confidence. In Confident Leader! Dan Reiland provides invaluable insight on understanding where true confidence is found and how every leader can lead with authentic courage and certainty.”
“I wish I’d read this book in my initial years as a leader! Yet after forty years of leading, Dan speaks into my life in transformative ways—and will yours as well. He deeply and practically unfolds an authentic confidence that avoids arrogance, to ‘be strong and courageous’ in the unavoidable uncertainty of kingdom risks without the debilitating impact of insecurity.”
Dr. Wayne Schmidt
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