Middle management is hard. If you’re a middle manager, you already know that, and you may be searching for all the help you can get to become more effective and successful in that role. In other words, to become an exceptional middle manager.

Are you striving to develop your management skills, build high-performance teams, optimize strategies, set smart goals, and ace presentations to senior executives? Do you want to improve at managing teams, vendors, suppliers, programs, and projects? Are you hoping to advance your own career? If so, this book is for you.

By focusing each chapter on a specific business challenge, Jeff Lyon gives you the confidence to know exactly what to do and when to do it. This book offers practical, actionable advice rather than clever theories, models, and checklists that don’t apply to your day-to-day reality.

As your mentor and corporate trail guide, Jeff will teach you:

• How to think smarter…as you deal with the challenging circumstances that middle managers face today.
• How to build high-performance teams…in the midst of corporate downsizing and The Great Resignation.
• How to advance your career in today’s workplace…while landing positions that are both rewarding and personally fulfilling.