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Practical advice for making the shift to your first leadership position The number of people who will become first-time supervisors will likely grow in the next 10 years, as Baby Boomers retire. Perhaps the most challenging leadership experience anyone will face isn't one at the top, but their first promotion to leadership. They must deal with the change and uncertainty that comes with a new job, requiring new skills, and they've been promoted from peer to leader. While the audiobook addresses the needs of any manager, supervisor, or leader, it pulls from the best leadership and management thinking, and puts the focus on the difficulties that new leaders experience. Includes practical information for new managers who must supervise friends and former peers Authors are expert consultants who work with leaders at all levels Shows how to adopt the mindset of a leader, including: communicating change, giving feedback, coaching employees, leading productive teams, and achieving goals This much-needed audiobook can help new leaders get beyond the stress and fear to focus on becoming the most effective leader they can be-starting right now.
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Kevin Eikenberry, the author of several books, is the chief potential officer of the Kevin Eikenberry Group. Global Gurus includes him in its list of the World’s Top 30 Leadership Professionals. Wayne Turmel, the cofounder of the Remote Leadership Institute, is the author or coauthor of fifteen books, including The Long-Distance Leader and The Long-Distance Teammate. He has been named multiple times to the Remote Work Junkie’s Top 50 Remote Experts and Leaders to Follow.
Guy Harris introduces himself as The Recovering Engineer. With experience and training in chemical and nuclear engineering, service as a nuclear engineering officer in the US Navy submarine fleet, and work in the chemical industry; Guy knows the struggles of people with a technical background who find themselves in a role that demands they work with people.
Steve Menasche is a conservatory-trained actor and musician who has toured the world with West Side Story, Jesus Christ Superstar, and the American Folk Theatre. As a voice actor, he has been the “guy next door” voice for numerous national radio and television campaigns, including Proactive, Arby’s, Countywide, Shaklee, and Lexus. He can also be seen as an on-screen actor featured in nationwide ads for IBM. He is a fourth-degree black belt in jujitsu who still practices regularly and volunteers for underprivileged children.