eBooks for Leaders
Students and colleagues have often asked me how I more than doubled profit within nine months in a large business unit.
The answer is in these ebooks. These resources provide simplified, condensed views of my "plug and play" leadership models. These ebooks are for my current teams and direct reports to better understand my approach, mind-set, and tools to manage operations, lead, and manage financials. If any new member of my team wants to prepare for a meeting with me and anticipate my questions, then I highly recommend scanning these tools. I'm sharing these with all who have an interest with the aim of helping others fast-forward their learning and add value to their organization.
You can download and use these for free. Drop me a note and provide any feedback.
eBook 1
A Field Guidebook for Managers
A FIELD GUIDEBOOK FOR MANAGERS ON STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION
3 Skills of Winning Managers:
How effective small business managers guide the front-line to grow the organization’s bottom line.
eBook 2
The 4 Top Skills for New Leaders
Ron's Top 4 Skillsets for New Leaders
In the process of learning and attempting to master these 4 skills my career advanced from an individual contributor to leader of several thousand employees and $100M+ budgets. I highly recommend that new managers learn these concepts.
WORKBOOK #1
Three steps to spot high potential contributors.
Even experienced leaders too often fail to match talent with organizational needs which leads to turnover and sub-par financial performance.
Learn and apply these three skills from an insightful executive who helped a direct report go from being nearly fired to one of five top sought after experts.
WORKBOOK #2
Know the 'new and different', then inspect what you expect.
Managers all too often fail to inspect the implementation of new behaviors. This inspection is a key difference between success and failure.
Learn two skills that will help you improve results from important projects through better communication and inspection.
WORKBOOK #3
Avoid this one management miscalculation.
Industrial age, antiquated command and control style leadership still exists in organizations. Here’s what to know and avoid.
Learn from the all too common mistake of Phil - a less effective leader. Use the table in this workbook to selfreflect on your own leadership style.
WORKBOOK #4
Consistency is critical when managing financials.
Too many P&L owners take a short-term view of financials. Doing so will often disappoint customers and upset employees.
It is paramount that P&L managers accurately forecast and deliver financial results. Inconsistent results signal to executives that the manager may not know the business well enough. For example, consider Xavier’s situation.
WORKBOOK #5
The Game of Telephone and team communication.
In this case study we learn from Liam who was recently promoted into a client services position. We can strengthen key partnerships through better communication.
Liam learned an important lesson through a painful experience. Answer these questions to ensure you don’t repeat his errors.