Lead Better Now: A Practical Guide to Increase Your Influence as a Leader (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798892382168)

60% of A+ players who move to management are ready to quit within their first 24 months.

With little to no preparation, performers get moved into leadership roles and are expected to thrive-but the opposite happens:

• They struggle to manage the people who used to be their peers.
• They follow the bad examples of their predecessors.
• They fight to keep up with the increased workload, responsibilities, and admin work.
• They end up feeling like failures.

But it doesn't have to be that way. Performance Coach Jake Thompson has worked with companies and leaders around the world to create winning cultures. In Lead Better Now, he offers practical insights and strategies you can implement today to reshape your leadership experience and start driving the positive change you want to see in your team, department, and organization.

Lead Better Now will equip you with the skills necessary to increase your influence as a leader. You'll learn how to . . .

• Develop the right mindset for leadership
• Manage your time and team and get better results
• Connect and communicate effectively to create a culture of success

Whether you're a new manager trying to find your way and become a leader that people want to follow or you're a C-suite executive who recognizes that you need better training and systems for your leaders, Lead Better Now is for you.

"A valuable addition to anyone's library, Lead Better Now can be applied to a person's experiences in sport, business, and life!"

-Neil Solomon, dedicated coach and committed leader, president of Zen Media

"Lead Better Now is real talk, informative, and insanely applicable. Jake gives authentic, real-world examples and insights on how to make an impactful difference."

-Kolby May, regional VP, Osburn Contractors

"The action steps in this book will help you become the type of leader who earns the trust that is the foundation of all relationships, thus allowing you to maximize the positive influence and impact you have on others."

-Ed Molitor, CEO of The Molitor Group, executive coach, and host of The Athletics of Business podcast