“This is the rare book that changes the leader before it changes the company. Dan Martell decodes the hardest people skill in business: letting go.”
Vanessa Van Edwards Behavioural researcher & bestselling author
“I’ve built and sold companies, and I still underlined half of this book. Read it before you burn out.”
Patrick Bet-David Founder of ValuetainmentLet Go to Grow
How great leaders win by doing less and trusting more.
Dan MartellJanuary 2027
The harder you hold on, the smaller your business stays.
Every decision runs through you. Every problem follows you home. And the business can’t grow unless you do more.
Become a Full-Spectrum Leader.
Hold high standards and give real ownership at the same time. Respond with range, not defaults.
Lead Yourself
Change the leader before the business.
Lead Your Team
Build a culture that holds when you leave the room.
Lead to Scale
Make trust the starting point, not the reward.
What you’ll learn
Five shifts the book works through.
- Turn team members into owners who chase results, not paychecks.
- Lead with calm authority when the pressure is on.
- Finally trust your team to own critical outcomes.
- Embed culture so deeply your team carries it without you.
- Build the systems and training that make growth inevitable.
What early readers are saying
Ten endorsements received to date, with more expected before the printed praise pages close.
“Every book Dan has written has had a tremendous impact on my life and business. His latest work has completely reframed the way I think about culture. Creating a culture so strong that it becomes a movement capable of running itself is a true game changing concept.”
“I’ve watched Dan navigate the new business world over the last 20 years… I tend to support people more than books, but in this case I am supporting both. Read this book if you want to grow!”
“‘Bosses delegate tasks. Leaders train for decisions.’ Dan turns that one idea into a playbook for building a team that thinks like owners. This is how you actually scale past yourself.”
“I’ve watched a lot of founders say they want to let go, then hold on tighter, because being needed feels like being valuable. Dan treats that as the real bottleneck, and then hands you the systems to get past it.”
“A powerful personal insight into how leadership at heart is about encouraging others to soar.”
“After 30 years studying why driven people stall, I can tell you he’s right about the cause: your unhealed pain becomes company policy. Read this book, apply it, and watch your business grow without you carrying the load.”
“When Dan sent me this book, I stopped everything to dive into it. The systems and tools he’s giving us here will forever change you as a leader, and will be a quantum leap for your company.”
“Dan courageously says what most founders are afraid to say out loud, and challenges us to take a hard look at the person behind the business. Let Go to Grow will make you a better leader and a better human.”
Dan Martell
Dan Martell is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Buy Back Your Time and a serial entrepreneur with three exits by age thirty-five. After jail and rehab at seventeen, he taught himself to code and built his way out, eventually being named Canada’s top angel investor.
He has backed more than seventy startups, including Intercom, Udemy and xAI, and founded Martell Ventures, an AI venture studio. A sought-after speaker and advisor, Dan helps founders let go, build exceptional teams, and grow companies that no longer depend on them.
Publishing January 2027
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