Leadership, Step by Step for 2027

Helps managers who lead people every day choose the right leadership style, influence without leaning on their title, motivate each person and coach in everyday conversations.

Who it's for

For team leaders, supervisors and middle managers who lead people every day: on a production floor, in a contact centre, in a clinic or in an office. Perhaps you have just been promoted, or you have managed for years and want a more deliberate way of doing it. You do not need a senior title to use it.

What you'll learn

• Step up from colleague to manager with a staged plan for your first 90 days, drawing on Linda Hill's research on new managers.
• Recognise Daniel Goleman's six leadership styles, find the one you fall back on and choose the style each situation needs.
• Match direction and support to each person's competence and commitment on a task, using Hersey and Blanchard's situational leadership.
• Build personal power alongside your position, using French and Raven's bases of power, and pick the right influence tactic for each request.
• Understand what drives each person with McClelland's three needs, and find the weak link in their motivation with Vroom's expectancy theory.
• Spot your triggers and pause before you respond, using Goleman's five components of emotional intelligence.
• Practise Kouzes and Posner's five exemplary leadership behaviours, and coach in conversations of ten minutes or less with a seven-question approach after Michael Bungay Stanier.

What's inside

• 60 pages, 8 chapters
• Every chapter follows the same pattern: key concepts, a numbered step-by-step method, an illustrative example from a fictional UK organisation, a tool (a table, template or diagram you can copy and use), common mistakes, a recap of the key steps and a short exercise to try on your own work. Tools include a new manager transition plan, a leadership style audit, a situational match table, a power base audit, a trigger log and a seven questions card.
• A 30-60-90 day leadership plan with a checklist for each phase, a weekly leader's checklist and a glossary
• PDF in A4 format — read on screen or print
• Instant download after purchase

Contents

1. Stepping Up from Colleague to Manager
2. Leading with Six Leadership Styles
3. Matching Your Style to Each Person
4. Using Personal Power, Not Just Position
5. Motivating Each Person on Your Team
6. Leading with Emotional Intelligence
7. Practising the Five Exemplary Leadership Behaviours
8. Coaching in Everyday Conversations

Part of The Business Library

This title is one of the 55 ebooks in The Business Library, available together for £109 (worth £1,437 if bought separately: the total of the individual prices of the included titles in our store). It is also included in The Ultimate Business Bundle, which adds 8 checklists and toolkits and 10 workbooks — all 73 products for £147.