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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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It turns out, resistance to your change initiative is (mostly) a good sign
A mentor would regularly offer: “Art, if you’re getting flak, you’re close to the target.” While always a sucker for good air force analogies, the flak or resistance didn’t feel good. It turns out, my mentor was right. Here’s how to better leverage the resistance or flak, as my mentor described it, as part of leading successful change initiatives.
New Video Series: Wake-Up Calls for Managers Shorts
Eliminating the drama-storms that run rampant in too many organizations and on too many teams is important for managers striving for a healthy working environment and great results. Here’s an approach that hundreds of my clients have successfully applied to solving this challenge.
“Simply put, managing is hard.” (Here’s a new playbook to help.)
Wake-Up Calls for Managers — Insights to Sharpen Focus and Elevate Results is my latest contribution to helping anyone responsible for the work of others survive and ultimately thrive in the hardest parts of their jobs. It’s also, as the title suggests, a “wake-up call” to think differently about how you engage with your colleagues and get the results you and your organization need in this world of change.
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