About Rivr Notes
Rivr Notes is a monthly newsletter for leaders navigating complexity and change. Each month, I share a short, thoughtful post on leadership, performance, and wellness—grounded in real experience and designed to help you think more clearly, act with intention, and lead with confidence.
I’m Brent Drever—a 6x founder and 9x board member with 30+ years helping executives, boards, and owners make high-stakes decisions. I’ve advised leaders through transition, guided owners through exits, and helped boards align around strategy and governance.
Rivr Notes is part of OnRivr—my platform for leadership refined through experience. Beyond Rivr Notes, I’m the co-host and creator of the Midlife Circus podcast (with my good friend Rob Espenel), where we trade polished scripts for real conversations about reinvention, relationships, work, and purpose in midlife. OnRivr also backs leaders through OnRivr Investments and the OnRivr Foundation.
And yes, about the river: rivers move, adapt, and reshape the world around them. Leadership—and life—rarely runs straight. Sometimes it surges, sometimes it drifts, but it’s always in motion. That’s why this newsletter is called Rivr Notes and why we have Rivr Guides. Navigating leadership, performance, and wellness takes more than direction—it takes presence, curiosity, and the ability to move with change.
If you’re leading others—or simply trying to lead yourself—with more clarity and courage, Rivr Notes is for you.
Looking forward to you taking the journey with me.
Brent, your Rivr Guide
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