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Wake-Up Calls for Managers
For the hard parts no one prepares you for
When the path isn’t clear, the stakes are high, and the answers aren’t obvious—this is where managers struggle most.
Wake-Up Calls for Managers delivers practical, real-world guidance for navigating:
- Tough conversations
- Leading through uncertainty
- Building influence without authority
- Driving results through others
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Struggling with a level-up leader? 3 ideas to help.
When the newly promoted (level-up leader) flails, leaving a trail of stress and strife in their wake, there are a few steps you can take to help them acclimate to the role. I share 3.
The Great Delayering Is Solving the Wrong Management Problem
Eliminating micro-team managers may make perfect sense. Eliminating layers may make sense, too. But gutting management capacity and turning managers into players with token responsibility for coaching, coordination, development, and execution is a recipe for trouble.
Stuff happens. Where you look matters. How your Locus of Control affects your success.
If something goes wrong, how do you respond? Do you look primarily outward at the external factors that created that outcome…circumstances, other people, luck, management or others? Or, do you focus your attention on what you can influence moving forward? Your locus of control counts in your success.
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