The Manager Field Guide | Leadership Reset in Practice

by Dennis Keohane

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Better leadership starts with the everyday moments that matter.

How managers respond to bad news, delegate responsibilities, communicate uncertainty, and recognize contributions can shape their teams' experiences. But effective leadership doesn't always require complicated frameworks or new processes.

The Manager Field GuideOpens in a new tab offers seven practical tools and exercises to help managers navigate common leadership challenges, strengthen communication, develop employee capabilities, and recognize work that might otherwise go unnoticed.

Part of Workhuman's Leadership Reset in Practice series, this guide builds on insights explored in The Leadership Reset documentary, offering practical tools to help managers and HR leaders turn leadership insights into action.

Watch The Leadership Reset documentary to explore the ideas behind this guide.

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What you'll learn

  • Build trust and communicate clearly: Respond constructively to bad news and lead through uncertainty.
  • Strengthen delegation and team alignment: Develop employee capabilities and help teams navigate change.
  • Recognize overlooked contributions: Identify valuable work and make employee recognition more specific and meaningful.

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Dennis Keohane
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Dennis Keohane

Dennis Keohane is Manager of Content Strategy & Insights at Workhuman, where he spends his time shaping content strategy, guiding editorial planning, and exploring emerging topics HR leaders don’t know they’ll need to be experts in next year. When not in the content strategy trenches, he’s usually reading, writing, or chauffeuring his kids around New England.

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