Name: High Ground
Author: Kevin Kinkade

high ground

/hī ɡround/

noun

1. terrain that gives an advantage over an opposing force. (military)

2. a position of moral or ethical superiority. (figurative)

In combat, you fight to take it — because whoever holds the high ground sees first, decides first, and survives. In business and in life, you fight to keep it — because it's far easier to lose than to take back.

Kevin Kinkade has fought for both.

The Book

High Ground

Lessons earned in combat. Applied in business.

In 2011, Kevin Kinkade led a Force Recon platoon in Afghanistan through the kind of days no leadership course can simulate — including the day a team was overrun and three of his Marines didn't come home.

He began writing it down in country. Then he stopped. More than a decade in corporate leadership later, he understands why those pages mattered — and what they have to say to anyone responsible for other people.

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About the Book

High Ground book cover — A Memoir of War & Leadership by Kevin Kinkade

Kevin Kinkade's Force Recon platoon in Afghanistan

The Person Behind the Pages

From the Hindu Kush to the Boardroom

Before the book, there was a platoon — and a promise to tell its story honestly. Kevin's path runs from Marine Force Recon through some of the most contested ground in Afghanistan, into a second career leading teams in corporate America.

Different uniform. Same job: take care of your people and accomplish the mission.

Read Kevin's Story

Keynote Speaker

Leadership Forged Under Fire

"The high ground isn't given to anyone. You earn it, you hold it, and when you lose it, you fight to take it back. That's true on a hilltop in Afghanistan and it's true in every organization I've worked in since."

— Kevin Kinkade

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High Ground

Lessons earned in combat. Applied in business.

From the Hindu Kush to the Boardroom

Leadership Forged Under Fire

Hold the Line