Management is tough.
Build the skills to handle it.
In this hands-on lab, Peter Stark, co-author of Leadership Is Tough, gives you practical tools for the hardest parts of managing: making decisions without all the facts, holding people accountable, and handling difficult conversations. You'll work through them in small groups, then apply them to the challenge you bring.
President, Peter Barron Stark Companies
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A working session, not a lecture. The expert brings tools you can put to work right away, shows you how to use them, then you work through them together in small groups on the challenges people brought.
Managers and team leaders who want practical tools for the hardest parts of the job.
- A simple way to make decisions when you don't have all the facts
- A way to set clear expectations and hold people accountable without micromanaging
- A plan for a difficult conversation you need to have
- Tools and templates you keep and use with your team
Making the Call
- Deciding with incomplete information
- Knowing when to decide and when to gather more input
Building Accountability
- Setting clear expectations
- Following up without micromanaging
Difficult Conversations
- Preparing and opening the conversation
- Handling pushback
- 30 days of QuickCoach.ai, with supporting videos and AI coaching to keep working on your challenge
- The tools and templates from the lab to use with your team
Bring your challenge
When you register, tell us the challenge you want to work on. You'll work through the tools on it in small groups, with the expert coaching, so the more specific, the better.
Peter Stark
Peter Stark is president of Peter Barron Stark Companies, a San Diego management consulting firm that has worked with the NFL, Wells Fargo, Sony, Qualcomm and more than 200 other organizations. For more than 25 years he has helped leaders communicate clearly, build stronger relationships and hold people accountable, and he has coached more than 400 executives, managers and supervisors. He has written ten books, most recently Leadership Is Tough with Dr. Mary Kelly, and created The Manager's Toolkit, an online resource for managers.
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