Leadership, Love & Legacy: Lessons from Dad

The chapters are written. The cover is designed. The Library of Congress has accepted. The printer is making copies, and it’ll be available on Amazon by 11/19/2026!

This has been a labor of love. To share with the world the wonderful lessons my father taught me is an honor and privilege.

We’re announcing Veteran’s Day because Dad was a 20-year veteran of the US Army and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. He had so much influence on who I am today and the work that I do. Thank you to all who serve.

If you're a business owner, manager, or leader: this book is for you.

If you run a non-profit: this book is for you.

If you run a household or classroom: this book is for you.

These are Dad’s very practical life lessons that can be applied for your work and your daily life. He understood that big rewards often come from smaller habits and actions. He knew that WHO we are is even more important than what we do. The personal discipline you apply to life will also be reflected in the success of your work, and our behavior matters. He raised me to understand this, and I’ve been able to share that wisdom as a Business Coach.

Read his stories about growing up on a farm, defending our nation, raising a family, helping run a church…and so much more. Dad was successful in all areas of his life, despite the ups and downs that we all face.

Included in the book are the leadership lessons, but we also have the comments from many who loved him, lots of pictures, his Story Worth answers, and more. Dad shared timeless lessons that are often overlooked as obvious or basic, but they are neither.

This book is not a collection of abstract leadership ideas or borrowed philosophies. These pages come from the life experience of an octogenarian who lived a full and meaningful life. The lessons I share were witnessed firsthand, shaped by a father who demonstrated his values in the way he lived.

This book is, at its heart, a tribute and much more. It is a continuation of a legacy that is still actively shaping people, teams, and organizations.

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"Leadership, Love & Legacy: Lessons from Dad is a tribute to a man who shaped his daughter, and it is a call to the rest of us to consider what we are building and who we are building it for. Lisa's father was a Veteran, as is mine, and I think those of us who grew up watching that generation of service understand something about legacy. It is not made of titles or accomplishments. It is made of blood, sweat and tears of hard work, keeping your word, and putting others ahead of yourself. Years after his passing, his influence is still at work, in Lisa, in her leadership, and now in these pages."

Jen Leney

Executive Director, 6 Stones Mission Network

"If you are reading this, you are likely searching for a better way to lead. Lisa offers something more enduring than guidance: a real-world lesson that leadership is ultimately about the impact we leave on others. Titles fade and metrics change, but the effect we have on others, by helping them grow, remains. Lisa has taken the gifts her father gave her and carried them forward, turning them into something that now changes lives. I am grateful to have witnessed this up close, and I have no doubt it will stay with you, too."

Jon Osborne

CEO, PERIKIN Enterprises

I’m so grateful for his wisdom over the years; it only seems right to share it.

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Lisa H. Harrington

November 06, 2026, at 3:51 am

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