Description
Book SynopsisWhat if you could become a great manager, leader, and communicator faster? The Leader Lab is a high-speed leadership intensive, equipping managers with the Swiss Army Knife of skills that help you handle the toughest situations that come your way. Through painstaking research and training over 200,000 managers, authors Tania Luna and LeeAnn Renninger, PhD (co-CEOs of LifeLab Learning) identified the most important skills that distinguish great managers from average. Most importantly,they've discovered how to help people rapidly develop these core skills. The result? You quickly achieve extraordinary team performance and a culture of engagement, fulfillment, and belonging. Too often, folks are promoted without any training for the countless crucial responsibilities of the modern manager: being part coach, part player, part therapist, part role model.The Leader Labserves as your definitive guide to what it means to be a great manager today and how to become a great leader faster. This book is based on LifeLabs Learning's wildly successful workshop series. It combines research, tools, and the playful, fluff-free style that's made LifeLabs the go-to professional development resource for over 1,000 innovative companies around the world. You'll learn how to: Quickly improve performance and engagementHandle tough conversations with confidenceIdentify and resolve the underlying issues holding your team backCreate a culture of inclusionSpark innovationReduce stress and burnoutFinetune your coaching, productivity, feedback, one-on-one, strategic thinking, meeting facilitation, people development, and leading change skillsLearn the same high-leverage skills that new managers at the world's most innovative organizations are using to create impactful change in business and in life This interactive, accessible, and brain-friendly resource will help you and your team ramp up and reach the tipping point of managerial greatness fast.
Table of ContentsThe Backstory
How to Use This Book
PART I: The Core BUs
1: Q-step
2: Playback
3: Deblur
4: Validate
5: Link up
6: Pause
7: Extract
PART II: The Core Skills
8: Coaching Skills
9: Feedback Skills
10: Productivity Skills
11: Effective One-on-Ones
12: Strategic Thinking
13: Meetings Mastery
14: Leading Change
15: People Development
Leader Lab Wrap-up
References
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Index
