Who are the peeps in your Jeep?
Leadership can sometimes feel like having to know the answers, set the direction, solve the problems, and keep everyone moving forward. But what if strong leadership is less about doing everything yourself and more about making sure you have the right people alongside you?
That idea is at the heart of Steve Fredlund’s newest book, The Peeps in Your Jeep: A Reflection Journal for Leaders, coauthored with Abby Bensen.
A Different Kind of Leadership Book
The Peeps in Your Jeep is designed to be more than a book you read and put back on the shelf. It is a reflection journal that encourages leaders to pause and take a closer look at the people around them.
Using safari-inspired animal personalities, African proverbs, real-life stories, and guided reflection, Steve helps readers think differently about the roles people play on a team. The journal introduces 11 safari personalities, each representing a different type of person or strength leaders need around them.
The goal is not to build a team where everyone thinks, works, or leads the same way. Instead, it is about recognizing the different strengths people bring to the journey and creating an environment where those strengths can be put to work.
Readers are encouraged to consider questions such as: Who helps point the team in the right direction? Who challenges the way things have always been done? Who keeps people connected? And are the right people sitting in the right seats?
Leadership Starts With the People Around You
The concept of getting the “right peeps in the Jeep” has been part of Steve’s leadership message for years. He believes the people surrounding us can have a significant impact on our ability to navigate challenges, make progress, and create the experience we want at work and in life.
That perspective comes from a career that has taken Steve from actuary and executive leader to entrepreneur, nonprofit founder, humanitarian, author, and keynote speaker. His experiences leading humanitarian efforts in East Africa also helped shape the safari framework he now uses to make leadership lessons practical, memorable, and relatable.
From the Page to the Stage
The ideas behind The Peeps in Your Jeep also connect directly to Steve’s work with organizations and leadership teams.
As an award-winning keynote speaker and two-time TEDx presenter, Steve helps leaders continue moving forward through change and uncertainty. His presentations combine storytelling, humor, real-world leadership experience, and practical frameworks audiences can take back to their organizations.
For leaders looking at engagement, culture, teamwork, change, or simply how to build a stronger group of people around a shared goal, The Peeps in Your Jeep provides another way to continue that conversation long after an event ends.
Who’s in Your Jeep?
Great leadership does not mean being everything to everyone.
Sometimes the better question is whether you have the right people beside you for the journey ahead.
The Peeps in Your Jeep: A Reflection Journal for Leaders invites leaders to take a closer look at their teams, recognize the different strengths already around them, and become more intentional about how they lead.
And if Steve Fredlund’s message sounds like the right fit for your next conference, leadership meeting, or corporate event, Midwest Speakers Bureau can help you learn more about his keynote presentations and determine the best program for your audience.