Unpopular Leadership
A New Standard For Leading Under Pressure
A bold, steady guide for emerging leaders, new managers, and corporate teams ready to lead with clarity, confidence, and discipline in a culture addicted to comfort.
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The Leadership Gap Nobody Talks About
The Problem
Most leadership development focuses on skills, strategies, and frameworks. But the real challenge is execution under pressure.
Leaders fail not because they don't know what to do, but because they haven't been trained to stay steady when emotions run high, when decisions are unpopular, or when the stakes feel overwhelming.
The corporate culture of comfort has created leaders who are skilled at consensus-building but struggle with the weight of difficult decisions. They've learned to manage up and please stakeholders, but haven't developed the inner discipline required for sustained effectiveness.
The Solution
Unpopular Leadership bridges this gap by focusing on what actually matters: the mental steadiness, behavioral discipline, and clear thinking required to lead when it's hard.
This book provides the missing piece in leadership development, the ability to stay calm, clear, and decisive when pressure mounts and everyone is watching.
Through practical frameworks drawn from real experience, you'll learn to develop the internal resources that separate effective leaders from those who crumble under scrutiny.
Built for leaders who want real impact.
Unpopular Leadership was written for professionals who refuse to settle for surface-level guidance. This book speaks directly to those navigating the real challenges of modern leadership.
Each chapter is designed to build your capacity to lead effectively when the stakes are high. You can expect to walk away with the ability to:
Stay Clear and Steady
Learn to maintain composure and clarity when pressure rises, making sound decisions instead of reactive ones.
Make Disciplined Decisions
Develop the ability to choose logic over emotion, even when feelings run high and stakes increase.
Build Trust Without Approval
Discover how to earn genuine respect through consistency and competence rather than seeking to be liked.
Lead Through Resistance
Navigate teams through uncertainty and opposition with confidence, direction, and unwavering steadiness.
Prepare for Pressure
Build mental and behavioral habits that ensure you're ready when critical moments demand your best performance.
Lead Authentically
Show up fully without shrinking, performing for others, or constantly explaining and justifying your decisions.
Create Lasting Habits
Develop sustainable practices that hold up under real-world conditions, not just in theory or training rooms.
Prepare for leadership development without fluff. The truth new leaders need.
Meet Patrina King
Patrina King is a lifelong golfer, leadership strategist, and founder of GWMB Solutions. Known for her calm presence and direct insight, she brings a unique perspective that blends corporate experience, entrepreneurship, and the mental discipline of competitive golf.
Her work focuses on helping emerging leaders retrain how they operate when the stakes rise. Through her years of experience navigating high-pressure environments, Patrina has developed a methodology that cuts through conventional leadership advice to deliver what actually works.
Patrina's approach is polished, steady, bold, and clever, and built specifically for leaders who want real results, not applause. She understands that effective leadership often means making unpopular decisions, and she equips leaders with the tools to do exactly that.
15+
Years of Experience
Developing leaders across industries
1000+
Professionals Trained
Through Real-World Leadership and On-Course Pressure Principles
3
Core Pillars
Clarity, Discipline, Steadiness
Unpopular Leadership
It's only unpopular until it works.
The leaders who change organizations, build lasting impact, and create real results are rarely the most popular in the moment. But they're the ones who matter when it counts.
This is your invitation to lead differently. To choose effectiveness over approval. To build the clarity, discipline, and steadiness that separate exceptional leaders from everyone else.
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A limited release for leaders who lead with truth and steadiness for impact, not approval.
This collection speaks to those who understand that real leadership isn't measured in applause, but in the unwavering commitment to principle when everyone else is shifting with the wind.
Three essential introductory pieces created for leaders who value substance over flash. Each item in this capsule embodies the core principles of disciplined leadership which is clarity, resilience, and unshakeable presence. Daily reminders of who you are and what you stand for.
Leadership Isn't a Popularity Contest Tee
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Pressure Is a Teacher Notebook
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A no-nonsense notebook for clarity, ideas, and real leadership work. High-quality pages designed for the leader who processes pressure through reflection and strategic thinking. Your thoughts deserve structure.
Unpopular Leadership Mug
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A clean daily reminder that your steadiness sets the tone. Start each morning with a visual anchor to your leadership philosophy. Simple. Bold. Unwavering. Just like your commitment to principled leadership.