Anton Guinea
Entrepreneur, Speaker, bestselling author, and founder of The Guinea Group of Companies. For over 15 years, Anton has helped leaders move their teams to become psychologically safe, physically safe and overall better versions of themselves.
There are moments in life where you stop for a second and think, “How did we get here?”
This is one of those moments for me.
If someone had told me years ago that simple conversations about leadership, influence, growth, and human behaviour would one day lead to a book launch, I am not sure I would have believed them.
Yet here we are.
On 5 June 2026, we will officially launch Leaders Of Influence: Insights to Inspirational Impact. A project that feels bigger than a book. It feels like the continuation of conversations that started with curiosity, meaningful connection, and a genuine desire to understand what influence really looks like in today’s world.
What began as podcast conversations, sitting down with remarkable leaders, asking questions, listening deeply, learning from experiences, and exploring what truly moves people, slowly became something more.
Those conversations carried wisdom.
They carried lessons.
They carried stories worth preserving.
Over time, one thought kept coming back to me:
What if these conversations could reach further?
Not just through audio and video.
Not just in one moment.
But in a format people could return to again and again.
That simple idea became a much bigger vision.
Leaders Of Influence: Insights to Inspirational Impact brings together an extraordinary group of influential leaders writing directly from lived experience. No recycled theory. No generic motivation. Just practical insights from people doing the work every day.
Across these chapters, readers will discover what actually creates impact: how trust is built, how momentum grows, how culture is shaped, and how leaders navigate uncertainty while bringing people with them.
Because leadership today is changing.
Leadership is no longer about having all the answers.
It is about listening.
Adapting.
Learning.
Building environments where people feel psychologically safe enough to contribute, challenge ideas, and perform at their best.
Throughout my own journey from a workplace experience that changed the trajectory of my life, through building leadership programs, to helping organisations strengthen leadership capability and build safer, higher-performing teams, one thing has remained constant:
Influence matters.
The way we lead matters.
The way we communicate matters.
And meaningful conversations matter more than we often realise.
I look at this upcoming launch and genuinely feel proud.
Grateful.
Amazed.
Not because we created a book.
Because of what the book represents.
People sharing wisdom.
Leaders choosing contribution.
Experience becoming impact.
Conversations becoming something that can help others lead better, influence stronger, and create environments where people thrive.
Whether you lead a team of two or two thousand, this book was built to be practical. To help leaders communicate with greater precision, respond faster to change, personalise how they lead, measure what works, and continually improve.
Because leadership is not about perfection.
It is about progress.
It is about building influence at the pace the world now demands.
And ultimately, it is about becoming someone people trust, remember, and choose to follow because you have impacted them and inspired them.
If you would like to be part of this special milestone, I would love to invite you to register for the Leaders Of Influence event.
And if leadership development, influence, and building stronger teams are conversations that matter to you too, I invite you to listen or watch our Find Your Influence Podcast or reach out and connect.
Looking back, it still feels surreal.
A simple conversation.
A podcast.
A community of leaders willing to share.
And now, a book.
Sometimes the most meaningful things begin with simply starting the conversation.
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