Book Review-The Leader Lab

The Leader Lab,

Core Skills to Become a Great

Manager, FASTER

By: Tania Luna &

LeeAnn Renninger, PhD

88% of people say they are relieved when their manager is out sick!  If you want to shrink that number, this book is for you. It is nice to be a great manager, and in most cases that takes a long time and a lot of experiences. This book has The script for how to get there faster. The content was developed by studying the behaviors of great leaders and identifying the common behaviors they all display.  

Short Video (5 m):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtl5UrrgU8c

Detailed Video (44 m):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FDNBYfkZrI

Key Take Aways:

*The book first gives you the 7 Behavior Units (BU’s) of good leadership then goes into how to tie several of them together to develop 8 core skills.

*The book is loaded with many great tips, tricks and tools to help a leader implement, remember and master this content and be a Great Manager……..Faster

*There are practice stations, self assessments, calls to action and tons of relatable examples of every topic.

Core BU’s:

Q-Step, ask at least one question, great leaders ask lots of really good questions

Playback, paraphrase what you heard

Deblur, avoid Blur words like more, better, clarify Blur words when others use them

Validate, great leaders clearly say things to validate perspectives and feelings

Linkup, help create a connection to the bigger purpose or goals

Pause, this doesn’t come natural to most people, you have to practice

Extract, inspire the team to extract the learning from their experiences

The Core Skills; Coaching, Feedback, Productivity, One-on-Ones, Strategic Thinking, Meeting Mastery, Leading Change and People Development