The Lincoln Authority
– How to Lead with Authority in Today’s Organizations
Available on Amazon as a kindle ebook or paperback from Amazon.com
or kindle ebook or paperback from Amazon.ca (if you’re in Canada).
Increase Your Influence & Impact With Collective Leadership
The Lincoln Authority addresses the important but under-emphasized topic of collective leadership. It is how leaders exercise their managerial authority, and how collective managerial behavior affects an organization’s ‘authority structure’ – the strength of the correlation between directives given and actions completed.
An organization with a weak ‘authority structure’ cannot improve and adapt because it cannot convert leadership direction into concrete action – such an organization is effectively adrift. Improve your practice of leadership and increase the leverage of every hour you spend, every directive you issue.
The Lincoln Authority is crisp, practical, and every chapter contains ideas and examples leaders can apply to expand their influence and accomplish more. Authority principles come alive with micro illustrations from the life of Abraham Lincoln.
“Your excellent book, The Lincoln Authority, is an outstanding way to introduce business leaders to the importance of honest character in business, and the leadership skills necessary in business — all exemplified by President Lincoln.”
Lewis Lehrman – former President of Rite Aid Pharmacy,
economic historian, U.S. National Humanities Medal recipient, and author of Lincoln at Peoria – The Turning Point.
“Absolutely wonderful resource on leadership and how to effectively lead an organisation (or business unit). Filled with great ideas – but more importantly – filled with actionable takeaways to help be a more effective leader in the workplace. A must read for both new and seasoned business leaders.”
Joshua Siegal, VP Talent & Culture at Real Matters
The Improvement Toolbox
‘Every Manager’s Guide’ to Creating Long-lasting Improvement in Your Organization,
or ‘After the mission statements, posters, and coffee mugs what do you do now?’
Available as kindle ebook – Amazon.ca
Shows managers how to make simple adjustments to shape and sustain employees’ strategic behavior.
Provides managers with uncomplicated tools that people will actually use to improve their area’s performance.
The Improvement Toolbox is about constructing roles which encourage effective employee behavior rather than asking managers to spend time prodding, nagging, and controlling in order to see changes occur.
The Improvement Toolbox quickly shows managers two essential skills:
– How to keep your people doing the right things with you having to remind and nag them,
– How to improve the performance of your area by driving daily strategic behaviors.
The Improvement Toolbox is realistic and easy-to-understand and implement. The book is based upon 3 years of research with 72 organizations. Warning: If you follow the steps outlined in this book, you will have more time to manage, your area will run more effectively, and your leadership will be respected.
“The best management tool I’ve seen in 10 years!” Beth Tarter, VP Human Resources, OpenText Corporation
