“There are no leaders, only acts of leadership.” Mark LeBusque is the Human Manager. He was told to take a good hard look at himself if he wanted to change and it paved the way for a remarkable change that led to outstanding results for his team. Year one sales target exceeded by 237% and when asked what he was doing differently “I treat my people like humans”. Now he runs programs to help managers let go of the 100-year-old leadership model and become Human Managers.
Resources
Mark’s book – Being Human – Why Robots Are Not The Answer To Business Success
Book on Adaptive Leadership- Leadership on the Line By Ronald A. Heifetz, Marty Linsky
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Great podcast.
Trusting people to perform their role & give them rope to express themselves to help improve themselves therefore the organisation. Seen it first hand with Mark.
From my point of view Human Management Works!
Thanks Tathra for your blog content. It is so wonderful to hear about others who are changing the way business is done to make it more human focused and yet still providing the results expected – and in Mark’s example – way beyond targets set. I’m loving the blogs.
Thanks Bronwyn, glad you’re getting some value out of it. Your business is certainly one of those making a difference too!
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