Throttle Up from the Field Volume 1:
Canaries in the Coal Mine
The Workforce Crisis Gen Z is Exposing
The Field Report. Seven Years Later, from the Front Lines.
If the original Throttle Up laid the groundwork, this is what the ground looks like now.
Gallup puts U.S. workforce engagement at 31 percent. That leaves 69 percent of people showing up without showing up. Most leaders read that as a Gen Z problem. This book argues the opposite. Gen Z is not breaking the workplace. They are the canary in the coal mine, and they are telling us what was already broken.
Volume 1 hands you a field-tested diagnostic, not another lecture on engagement. The Three-Frame Diagnostic asks three questions any leader can use on a Monday morning. Do I belong here. Can I act here. Can I become here. Values alignment, personal agency, growth trajectory. When one frame fails, people leave, or worse, they stay and check out.
This is where "Meaning is the New Money" stops being a slogan and starts being a strategy.
"A sharp, timely and deeply human look at the Workforce Crisis arguing convincingly that Gen Z isn't breaking the workplace. They're exposing what's already broken. . . this book will make you feel uncomfortably seen . . . Throttle Up from the Field feels less like a corporate leadership book and more like an intervention for organizations sleepwalking into irrelevance."
— The Wishing Shelf Book Review (Editorial Review, Four Stars)
Throttle Up:
How to Accelerate the Impact of 21st Century Leadership
The Award-Winning Book That Started the Movement
Throttle Up lays the groundwork for a new era of leadership — one defined by clarity, contribution, and real-world impact.
Written by Dr. John Dentico, Throttle Up is more than a leadership book — it’s a field-tested framework for driving meaningful results in today’s rapidly shifting world.
This is where the Throttle Up OS began:
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In real teams
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Facing real complexity
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Solving real problems
The book introduces core concepts like simulation-based learning, mission-centered strategy, values-based recruiting, and collaborative leadership — all of which are now part of the Throttle Up Leadership Intensive and the evolving Throttle Up OS.
If you want leadership that works in the real world, this is where your journey begins.
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