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The Miracle Manager: Why True Leaders Rarely Make Great Managers
KEVIN G. ARMSTRONG – THE MIRACLE MANAGER
Manage A Team That Will Follow You Anywhere!
In The Miracle Manager, Kevin G. Armstrong argues that placing true leaders in management positions has become an epidemic that is destroying businesses.
Armstrong—a successful speaker, business owner, advisor and best-selling author—knows first-hand the consequences of mistaking great leadership for effective management. With knowledge gained from 20-plus years of exclusively advising CEOs, business owners and their management teams, the author presents a revolutionary approach to organizational management.
Utilizing professional researchers and actual case studies of great leaders and coaches of the past, Armstrong illustrates why being a stellar player rarely equates to being a great coach – why businesses have to start rewarding and recognizing their leaders, and valuing the special talents of their managers.
“Throughout history, many influential people have earned the title of leader,” says Armstrong. “Leaders look to the future, oblivious to who or how many are following. Being an effective manager requires you to efficiently and effectively work through others — to be what I call a ‘manacoach.’”
Armstrong shares his proven strategies for implementing management techniques based on revolutionary concepts to create scalable and sustainable cultures of accountability.
For business owners and their management teams, The Miracle Manager is your guide to aligning people with your company culture and creating a healthy environment through accountability where politics cannot survive.

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The Miracle Manager: Why True Leaders Rarely Make Great Managers
KEVIN G. ARMSTRONG – THE MIRACLE MANAGER
Manage A Team That Will Follow You Anywhere!
In The Miracle Manager, Kevin G. Armstrong argues that placing true leaders in management positions has become an epidemic that is destroying businesses.
Armstrong—a successful speaker, business owner, advisor and best-selling author—knows first-hand the consequences of mistaking great leadership for effective management. With knowledge gained from 20-plus years of exclusively advising CEOs, business owners and their management teams, the author presents a revolutionary approach to organizational management.
Utilizing professional researchers and actual case studies of great leaders and coaches of the past, Armstrong illustrates why being a stellar player rarely equates to being a great coach – why businesses have to start rewarding and recognizing their leaders, and valuing the special talents of their managers.
“Throughout history, many influential people have earned the title of leader,” says Armstrong. “Leaders look to the future, oblivious to who or how many are following. Being an effective manager requires you to efficiently and effectively work through others — to be what I call a ‘manacoach.’”
Armstrong shares his proven strategies for implementing management techniques based on revolutionary concepts to create scalable and sustainable cultures of accountability.
For business owners and their management teams, The Miracle Manager is your guide to aligning people with your company culture and creating a healthy environment through accountability where politics cannot survive.

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The Miracle Manager: Why True Leaders Rarely Make Great Managers

The Miracle Manager: Why True Leaders Rarely Make Great Managers

by Kevin G. Armstrong
The Miracle Manager: Why True Leaders Rarely Make Great Managers

The Miracle Manager: Why True Leaders Rarely Make Great Managers

by Kevin G. Armstrong

Overview

KEVIN G. ARMSTRONG – THE MIRACLE MANAGER
Manage A Team That Will Follow You Anywhere!
In The Miracle Manager, Kevin G. Armstrong argues that placing true leaders in management positions has become an epidemic that is destroying businesses.
Armstrong—a successful speaker, business owner, advisor and best-selling author—knows first-hand the consequences of mistaking great leadership for effective management. With knowledge gained from 20-plus years of exclusively advising CEOs, business owners and their management teams, the author presents a revolutionary approach to organizational management.
Utilizing professional researchers and actual case studies of great leaders and coaches of the past, Armstrong illustrates why being a stellar player rarely equates to being a great coach – why businesses have to start rewarding and recognizing their leaders, and valuing the special talents of their managers.
“Throughout history, many influential people have earned the title of leader,” says Armstrong. “Leaders look to the future, oblivious to who or how many are following. Being an effective manager requires you to efficiently and effectively work through others — to be what I call a ‘manacoach.’”
Armstrong shares his proven strategies for implementing management techniques based on revolutionary concepts to create scalable and sustainable cultures of accountability.
For business owners and their management teams, The Miracle Manager is your guide to aligning people with your company culture and creating a healthy environment through accountability where politics cannot survive.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781946633002
Publisher: Advantage Media Group, Inc.
Publication date: 03/31/2017
Pages: 176
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

KEVIN G. ARMSTRONG is an author, speaker, business advisor, disruptor and authority in implementing simple, proven management solutions – but simple doesn’t mean easy.

In his diverse and accomplished career, he has taught at the high school and college levels, owned and sold small businesses, been an investment firm top seller, and worked in management as a VP at the corporate level, overseeing agencies throughout North America. Kevin has decades of experience helping business owners—from “mom and pops” to Fortune 500s—get more out of their business. Kevin currently leads a group of advisors at the Interdependent Training Group (ITG) which advises business leaders on creating clear vision and implementing strategies to hold their management teams accountable for delivering on their vision.

For the past 20+ years of his career, Kevin has studied the important differences between the roles of ‘leader’ and ‘manager’ in business. His speaking engagements expand on this concept in an interactive, thought-provoking manner which disrupts current thinking and leaves audiences with a new understanding of how leaders can be leveraged through exceptional management to achieve business and personal success.

Find out more about Kevin at kevingarmstrong.com.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 My Promise to You 1

We Can All Relate

A Long History of Confusing Two Roles

My Promise

Chapter 2 A Leader Stands Alone 9

Is a True Leader Concerned with Who Is Following?

Failure Is a Prerequisite

Leading, Not Managing

Chapter 3 The Manacoach 11

The Manacoach Defined

The Manacoach Test

Understanding Your Results

Differences Explained

An Example of a Leader versus a Manacoach

Chapter 4 Does A Star Make a Good Manager? 39

Who Is a Better Coach?

Running the Numbers on Players and Coaches

Ice Hockey

Basketball

Baseball

Why Doesn't Business Reward the Players?

Chapter 5 Culture and the Manacoach 51

What Is Culture?

Status over Achievement

Are You Trapped as a Manacoach?

What Do I Look for When I'm Hiring?

Chapter 6 There Is No Power Without Vulnerability 63

Depth

Why Vulnerability Is Hard Work

Finding Our Vulnerabilities

If You Can't Be Vulnerable, Don't Manage People

Chapter 7 The Manacoach on Hiring 77

The Ideal Candidate

Measuring the Alignment of Core Values

Linking the Right Person to the Right Job

Reference Checks

Behavior Assessments

Giving the Green Light to Proceed

Chapter 8 The Manacoach on Firing 91

Attitude/Values

Performance

Ability to Complete

Chapter 9 Delegating and Dependence 111

Dependence: You Get What You Put Up With!

Insecurities with Delegating

Not Knowing How to Delegate

Not Wanting to Go Home

Rejecting the Dependence

Chapter 10 Communication 127

Quit Hiding behind Your Keyboard!

Dare to Enter the Danger

Interpretation

Politics versus Accountability

Chapter 11 Rewards and Punishments 139

Why Bonuses and Profit Sharing Don't Work in Most Cases

The Carrot and Stick Method Doesn't Work

Chapter 12 Be Bold and Be S.M.A.R.T 147

Be S.M.A.R.T.

What Are the Conditions?

Concluding Remarks 153

My Type of Leader

Final Thoughts on the Manacoach

Appendix The Manacoach's Checklist 159

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“In the minds of great managers (manacoaches), consistent poor performance is not primarily a matter of weakness, stupidity, disobedience, or disrespect. It is a matter of miscasting.”

―Marcus Buckingham
Author of First Break All The Rules


“Most business owners need to understand that although they might be great leaders, they might not be great managers. Understanding the distinction made clear in this book could definitely help you to Finish Big.

―Bo Burlingham
Author of Finish Big, Small Giants, and The Great Game of Business, and Editor at large at Inc. Magazine


“I'm fortunate to spend more than a hundred days each year working with the leadership teams of entrepreneurial companies. If you read nothing else in Kevin's book, pay attention to the chapter on vulnerability. In my experience, it’s impossible to be an effective manager if you aren’t willing and able to be transparent and real.”

―Mike Paton
Visionary, EOS Worldwide,and best-selling Author of Get A Grip: How to Get Everything You Want from Your Entrepreneurial Business


“Read this book if you want to know why leaders can make lousy managers. I discovered the difference, and it has made an impact on the bottom lines of my clients.”

―Ruth King
Profitability Master and Author of the #1 bestselling book, The Courage to be Profitable


“Finally, a book that clarified exactly the difference between 'Leadership' and 'Management.' Kevin has been able to articulate the differences when others such as Jim Collins and Pat Lencioni who are icons in the field use them as if they were interchangeable. Love it!”

―Gregory Cleary
Founder, Pinnacle Business Guides


“From this book, I realized that I want to be a leader, but when you have people working for you, you need to be a good manager. I reference the book a lot. It is a great management textbook for me. I love how Kevin wrote it, and it taught me a lot about how to manage people to be curious, make solid business decisions, and make a difference in moving the company forward.”

―Susan O’Kelley
CFO, PCE Pacific, Inc.


“Kevin’s insights on leadership have always been on target and more importantly have proven extremely valuable in my development as a leader and have been a key driver of Unitech’s incredible success.”

—Rick Boates
President, Unitech Construction Management


“This book caused me to rethink some of my long-chariest beliefs. It not only serves as a primer for the uninitiated in this field but as a challenging catalyst for retrospection for the serious student of management and leadership. It should be a mandatory read for those who find themselves leading a cause or managing others.”

—Perry Niehaus
President and CEO, Laservalley Technologies


“Reinforced by solid research data and real-life experiences, Kevin has delivered a clear and concise guideline for anyone who is or wants to be a manacoach. If it weren’t for the people, business would be easy. Discover in this great read the tools that make the people element of business a whole lot easier. Keep it on hand at the office. If you are a business leader, read this book! And ensure your manacoach reads this book. If you are a manacoach, read this book and flourish as a successful manacoach who is getting things done efficiently and effectively through other people.”

—Doug Friesen
President and CEO, TAK Logistics


“This book is chock-full of wisdom for those who actually manage today’s successful businesses. It takes a deep dive into the role of world class, key managers and the critical role they play in winning organizations. Read The Miracle Manager today. You’ll be richer for it.”

—Bill Seelig
EOS Implementer, TAB Franchisee, Seelig & Company



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