With rapid change and hybrid workplaces becoming the new way of working, leaders are struggling to achieve their outcomes. How do you stay ahead in the face of constantly shifting priorities, competitors, and deadlines? With this fully revised and updated edition of Leadership Hacks, you’ll discover how to cut through the madness and get back to achieving results.
Author Scott Stein helps leaders—from CEOs to frontline managers to small business owners—identify ways to make a difference to the people they manage and the tasks they undertake. Here, he details proven hacks at every level: personal, one-on-one, team, hybrid and remote. With his tips, shortcuts and advice, you can rise above the daily deluge and make real progress.
This is a book for leaders looking for the life, work, and business hacks that will help you manage and inspire others. Whether you’re feeling burned out or thriving but still looking for better strategies to get things done and stay on top, this book will open your mind to new possibilities. If you’re leading a hybrid workforce, you’ll especially love the hacks for keeping your people productive and reducing costs.
identify what distractions slow you down
fast-track your productivity to do more in less time
streamline delegation so your people perform faster
learn the communication and technology shortcuts that get faster results
create and lead a hybrid workforce that increases performance.
Leadership Hacks shows you how to hack your day, shift your approach and boost your communication so you can lead in a more effective and efficient way, no matter where your team is.
Author(s): Scott Stein
Edition: 2
Publisher: Wiley
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 352
City: Hoboken
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
About the author
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The leadership dilemma — too much to do in too little time
Critical keys to hacking your leadership
Part I Personal hacks
Chapter 1 Distractions and productivity
Internal distractions
External distractions
Productivity hacks
Improving your productivity
Chapter 2 Technology and email
The five types of technology programs
Email
Part II One-on-one hacks
Chapter 3 Communication
The problem with ineffective communication
The Tell-Show-Ask strategy
Hacking your communication sequence
Chapter 4 Delegation
Why leaders don’t delegate
The delegation model
The four delegation levels
More delegation hacks
Chapter 5 Coaching
How coaching differs from delegation
Why does coaching work?
Reasons for coaching staff
Critical coaching components
The coaching hack model: keep it REAL
When should you coach?
Where to coach: face to face or remote?
Part III Team hacks
Chapter 6 Team meetings
Why most meetings are a waste of time
Meeting requirements: purpose and agenda
Types of meeting
Virtual team meetings
Chapter 7 Team mobilisation
Why leaders fail to mobilise their staff
Creating your mobilisation code
The five steps of the mobilisation hack model
Part IV Hybrid and Remote hacks
Chapter 8 Understanding hybrid
Five global trends that will accelerate hybrid workforces
Hybrid: should we or shouldn’t we?
Traditional, all remote or hybrid?
Chapter 9 Designing hybrid
Selecting your hybrid model
Adapting hybrid office design and layout
Ensuring remote staff have the right set-up
Chapter 10 Hybrid Success
Building a culture that supports hybrid
People: Setting up staff success
How to lead remote staff
Final words
Join the Leadership Hacks community
References
Index
EULA
