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The B-Suite: Middle Managers With Executive Impact | Rebecca Houghton  | Episode 266

The B-Suite: Middle Managers With Executive Impact | Rebecca Houghton | Episode 266

FromPeak Performance Leadership


The B-Suite: Middle Managers With Executive Impact | Rebecca Houghton | Episode 266

FromPeak Performance Leadership

ratings:
Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Jun 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description



Rebecca has been in the business of building better talent and enabling awesome careers for over 25 years. She has led large teams and significant business units, won brilliant awards, and totally stuffed things up, just like others. Rebecca earned her stripes leading large teams in complex organizations and built quite a reputation for 'doing business differently.' She knows that without the B-Suite (or middle managers), businesses fail.

She can proudly say that she is the best-selling author of IMPACT: 10 Ways to Level Up your Leadership. Rebecca has fun appearing on TickerTV, ABC radio, and Leaderonomics, and she writes for Harvard Business Review, Forbes, The Australian, News Ltd, CEO World, HR Leader, HR Director, and In The Black.

Rebecca is dedicated to building B-Suite Leaders with C-Suite Impact, and her best work is done with ambitious organizations, leaders, and their teams who want more impact from middle management.

Timestamped Overview for Middle Managers With Executive Impact

[00:05:10] "Creating a B Suite: High impact mid-level leaders." [00:08:29] Middle managers as strategic administrators or visionary leaders. [00:13:18] Focus on pace, space, and influence. [00:17:31] Being busy is not valuable, delegate tasks. [00:21:54] Prioritize tasks, say no sometimes. [00:27:13] Junior leaders follow orders, senior leaders gather information. [00:31:08] Deliberately influence manager to aid you. [00:35:08] Agendas can conflict; proper conversation is essential. [00:39:46] Poor sales and ops alignment, negative impact. [00:43:21] Asking questions crucial for advancing leadership skills. [00:44:50] "Check out Boldhr.com, amazing B-suite community."

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https://leaddontboss.com/266
Released:
Jun 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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As the world continues to accelerate in complexity and ambiguity, leaders cannot afford to settle for mediocrity. You need to be at your best, your team does, as well as your organization. Thus, you need to be peak performers. The Peak Performance Leadership Podcast is here for you to achieve just that. This weekly podcast will help you find new ways to become the best leader than you can be. I take the lessons learned from my 20+ years of leadership experience coupled with the world's best guests in all areas of leadership to give you a leading edge. This show focuses on the three domains of leadership: Leading Yourself - learn how to perform at your peak, to ensure that you have the mindset of a leader, set and crush your goals.Leading Your Team - learn how to inspire and motivate your team. Build a cohesive team through trust and mutual goals.Leading Your organization - efficiency and effectiveness are what drives bottom line. You as the leader must harness these aspects along with culture and so much more! In the end you'll become a LEADER and not "BOSS". Are you ready for more? Access all of our resources at: https://leaddontboss.com