Your Leadership User Manual: Clarifying expectations for success
08/01/23 • 19 min
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Episode #257 // I came across an article by Shanna Hocking, which introduced me to the concept of the Leadership User Manual. Hocking credits its origins to Adam Bryant, who wrote an article almost 10 years ago titled, What if you had to write a user manual about your leadership style?
Imagine the power of a physical document that can help your people to understand how they can best work with you. What a great idea!
Knowing how your boss operates, and what he values, could save you years of guesswork, as the only other way to work it out is through trial and error. I wish I’d thought of this years ago!
In this episode, I take a deep dive into the concept of the leadership user manual. I look at the benefits and risks, and I take you along the journey with me as I develop my own inaugural leadership user manual.
We’ve also created a leadership user manual template, a free download, so that you can develop your own guide.
Source Material:
Books (on Amazon)
One Bold Move a Day - Shanna Hocking
Principles - Ray Dalio
Fast Company Article:
How to be the boss everyone wants to work for - Shanna Hocking
LinkedIn Articles
Leaders Need User Manuals (and what I learned by writing mine) - Abby Falik
What if you had to write a "User Manual” about your leadership style? - Adam Bryant
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Episode #257 // I came across an article by Shanna Hocking, which introduced me to the concept of the Leadership User Manual. Hocking credits its origins to Adam Bryant, who wrote an article almost 10 years ago titled, What if you had to write a user manual about your leadership style?
Imagine the power of a physical document that can help your people to understand how they can best work with you. What a great idea!
Knowing how your boss operates, and what he values, could save you years of guesswork, as the only other way to work it out is through trial and error. I wish I’d thought of this years ago!
In this episode, I take a deep dive into the concept of the leadership user manual. I look at the benefits and risks, and I take you along the journey with me as I develop my own inaugural leadership user manual.
We’ve also created a leadership user manual template, a free download, so that you can develop your own guide.
Source Material:
Books (on Amazon)
One Bold Move a Day - Shanna Hocking
Principles - Ray Dalio
Fast Company Article:
How to be the boss everyone wants to work for - Shanna Hocking
LinkedIn Articles
Leaders Need User Manuals (and what I learned by writing mine) - Abby Falik
What if you had to write a "User Manual” about your leadership style? - Adam Bryant
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FREE 5 DAY LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE: Want to boost your leadership capability? Start the free 5 Day Leadership Challenge today: https://yourceomentor.com/challenge
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Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Previous Episode
Moment #27: Defining Weak Leadership
Moment #27 // Weak leaders are characterized by what they’re not prepared to do.
Weak leaders are unwilling to push back on the boss; they don't put the team's interests ahead of their own; they’re unwilling to set ambitious goals; they’re afraid to challenge, coach, and confront their people; and they’re reluctant to challenge the status quo.
What's the price of leadership weakness? Unrealized potential; poor performance; lack of market competitiveness.
Eventually, this leads to job cuts, restructures, and redundancies. And in some cases, the company won’t survive. Weak leaders allow performance to slip, and the outcomes are entirely predictable.
You can take a deeper dive into these insights by listening to Ep.68: The Price Of Leadership Weakness.
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FREE 5 DAY LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE: Want to boost your leadership capability? This challenge will start you down the path of improving your leadership confidence and skills—if you're willing to put in the work!
Start the free 5 Day Leadership Challenge today: https://yourceomentor.com/challenge
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You can connect with me at:
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentor
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor
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Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally.
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Next Episode
Moment #28: When Should You Outsource?
Moment #28 // How do you go about making an outsourcing decision for your company?
It’s important to be clear on exactly why you want to outsource, and to understand the relative cost of doing something yourself, as opposed to having a specialist external firm do it for you.
Knowing when to outsource is as critical as any skill you need in business, and this Moment exposes the key questions you need to ask to nail it.
You can take a deeper dive into these insights by listening to Ep.95: The Joys Of Outsourcing.
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FREE 5 DAY LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE: Want to boost your leadership capability? This challenge will start you down the path of improving your leadership confidence and skills—if you're willing to put in the work!
Start the free 5 Day Leadership Challenge today: https://yourceomentor.com/challenge
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You can connect with me at:
Website: https://www.yourceomentor.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yourceomentor
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourceomentor
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-moore-075b001/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@YourCEOMentor
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Our mission here at Your CEO Mentor is to improve the quality of leaders, globally.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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