534: Moving from Top Performer to Excellent Leader with Ryan Hawk (Host of the Learning Leader Show)
Ryan Hawk shares how to transition from individual contributor to team leader.
You'll Learn:
1) Why top performers often struggle as new managers
2) What most managers fail to prepare for
3) Powerful ways to build your team’s trust
About Ryan:
Ryan Hawk is a keynote speaker, author, advisor, and the host of The Learning Leader Show, a podcast with millions of listeners in more than 150 countries. He is the author of Welcome To Management: How To Grow From Top Performer To Excellent Leader (McGraw-Hill, January 28, 2020).
A lifelong student of leadership, he rose to roles as a professional quarterback and VP of Sales at a multibillion-dollar company. Currently, as head of Brixey & Meyer’s leadership advisory practice, Ryan speaks regularly at Fortune 500 companies, works with teams and players in the NFL, NBA, and NCAA, and facilitates “Leadership Circles” that offers structured guidance and collaborative feedback to new and experienced leaders.
- Ryan’s book: Welcome to Management: How to Grow From Top Performer to Excellent Leader
- Ryan’s podcast: TheLearningLeaderShow.com
- Ryan’s website: LearningLeader.com
- Article: “Want To Cold Email Your Heroes? Read This…”
- Tool: 25 Getting to Know You Questions
Resources mentioned in the show:
- Book: Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins
- Book: Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success by Adam Grant
- Book: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t by Jim Collins
- Book: Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant
- Book: The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business by Patrick Lencioni
- Book: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni
- Book: The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
- Personality: Ryan Caldbeck
- Personality: Seth Godin
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