Finders Keepers

For some people leadership is positional. You’re the leader because you’re the boss, the captain, or the coach. But most people now realise leadership is less positional and more attitudinal. In Finders Keepers, Darren Stevenson draws on his vast business experience to bring you seven lessons of leadership. Exploring Santa Clause, Adolf Hitler, Queen Elizabeth II, and dozens of intriguing business and personal stories, Darren walks you through what it takes to successfully lead professional people in the long term.

One of the most pivotal challenges of business leadership is not to find active, intelligent team members, but to keep them dedicated to the cause. Finders Keepers explores professional leadership in business. Identifying seven lessons of leadership, presented as a series of intriguing and thought-provoking true stories, Darren Stevenson examines his and other's leadership experiences, looking at leadership as an attitude rather than a position. The stories in this short, easy to read book will captivate you from the beginning, allowing every new or skilled leader to learn and grow through experience rather than theory. A one time teacher and head of school, and now the sole founder and managing director of a medium sized national business with more than 500 staff, Darren's experience leading both children and adults has given him a unique insight into leadership, and specifically how the actions and attitudes of business leaders can ensure their teams continue to choose to remain dedicated to the cause, year after year. If you're already in the position of leader, or you have the attitude of a leader, Finders Keepers is the smart little leadership book for you.

Darren is a trained teacher, plumbers apprentice, tennis coach and kitchen builder. As a former Head of School Darren first noticed the need for families to have expert after school childcare. He identified a need, seized an opportunity, and Extend After School Care was born. Now, with a significant number of successes and failures under his belt as a leader in education and in business, Darren shares some intriguing and thought provoking leadership lessons. Discussing Hitler, the Queen and Santa Clause, intertwined with a number of personal stories and experiences, Darren explores what it takes for your leadership to stand the test of time.