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Where leadership thinking becomes leadership action. Home of the Marlin Leadership Library™ 15 Minute Book Series and full-length leadership works built for leaders who want practical insight they can apply immediately.

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Marlin Publishing House™
An imprint of Meritas Advisory Group LLC
The Story Behind Marlin Publishing House™

A Name With
Deep Personal Roots

Marlin Publishing House was created to share practical leadership insights that help individuals and organizations grow. But the name carries a meaning that goes far deeper than publishing.

The marlin was the mascot of Mercy High School in Farmington Hills Michigan, where many of the leadership values that shaped Meri M. Stockwell's early life were first formed. Strength. Perseverance. Focus. The qualities a marlin embodies were the same qualities a young Meri was learning to develop during those formative years.

Years later that connection came full circle in a way that felt like more than coincidence. When Meri made her home on Marlin Drive the mascot that had once symbolized her school years unexpectedly reappeared as the name of the street she would one day call home.

What began as a meaningful personal connection became the inspiration for the publishing house. The marlin symbolizes strength focus and forward movement, qualities reflected in every book published under the Marlin Publishing House™ imprint and every leader these books are written to serve.

"The marlin has followed me. From Mercy High School to Marlin Drive. Now to every leader who opens one of these books. That continuity feels intentional."

Meri M. Stockwell, Founder, Marlin Publishing House™
Marlin Publishing House

What the Marlin Represents

Strength
The courage to lead through uncertainty with clarity and conviction.
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Focus
The discipline to cut through noise and move toward what matters most.
Forward Movement
The commitment to keep growing and moving toward the next level of performance.
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The Book That Started
the Conversation

Build Teams That Click by Meri M. Stockwell 📚 Buy on Amazon

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Build Teams That Click

by Meri M. Stockwell MBA CSP CEP
Part of the Marlin Leadership Library™ 15 Minute Book Series

Build Teams That Click is a practical leadership guide built from three decades of working with real teams inside real organizations across every major industry. It introduces the CLICK Framework™, a five-part model for building teams that perform with consistency communicate with clarity and sustain their results over time.

Written for the leader who is tired of generic team-building advice and wants a framework grounded in behavioral science tested in the real world and immediately applicable. Every chapter delivers both insight and action.

As part of the Marlin Leadership Library™ 15 Minute Book Series it is designed to be read in a sitting and applied the same day. Short on time. Long on impact.

The CLICK Framework™
C
Clarity of Roles
L
Leverage Strengths
I
Intentional Communication
C
Culture of Trust
K
Keep Accountability Visible
The Marlin Leadership Library™

15 Minutes. Real Insights.
Immediate Application.

A collection of short practical leadership guides designed for busy leaders who want insights they can apply immediately. Each title is written to be read in a single sitting and implemented the same day.

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Lead From The Middle™
For the leaders carrying execution between strategy and teams
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Leadership with Meri
Practical leadership insights from 30 years in the field
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The Power of Coaching and Mentoring
How great leaders develop the leaders around them
Coming Soon 📚
Rise and Lead
For leaders stepping into expanded roles and responsibility
Coming Soon 📚
Quiet the Saboteurs
A Positive Intelligence approach to mental fitness for leaders
Coming Soon 📚
The Talent Optimization Advantage
Using behavioral science to build teams that perform
Coming Soon 📚
Designing Teams That Work
The Predictive Index approach to team design and optimization

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Beyond the 15 Minute Series

Full Length Leadership
Works Coming Soon

In addition to the Marlin Leadership Library 15 Minute Book Series Marlin Publishing House will also publish longer-form leadership works, deeper dives into the disciplines that define high-performing organizations.

These full-length titles will explore the intersection of talent optimization procurement strategy mental fitness and organizational alignment in greater depth than a short guide allows. For leaders ready to go beyond the essentials into the full picture of what alignment-driven performance looks like.

If you are interested in being notified when full-length Marlin Publishing House titles become available subscribe to People Powered Performance or contact Meri directly.

Two Publishing Tracks
📚 Marlin Leadership Library™
15 Minute Book Series. Short practical and immediately applicable. 8 titles including Build Teams That Click.
📘 Full Length Leadership Books
Longer-form works exploring leadership alignment talent optimization and organizational performance in depth. Coming soon.
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