From Bud to Boss: Secrets to a Successful Transition to Remarkable Leadership

by Kevin Eikenberry, Guy Harris

Practical advice for making the shift to your first leadership position The number of people who will become first-time supervisors will likely grow in the next 10 years, as Baby Boomers retire. Perhaps the most challenging leadership experience anyone will face isn't one at the top, but their first promotion to leadership. They must deal with the change and uncertainty that comes with a new job, requiring new skills, and they've been promoted from peer to leader. While the book addresses the needs of any manager, supervisor, or leader, it pulls from the best leadership and management thinking, and puts the focus on the difficulties that new leaders experience. This much-needed book can help new leaders get beyond the stress and fear to focus on becoming the most effective leader they can be-starting right now.

Genres: Business, Leadership, Nonfiction, Management

320 pages, Hardcover

First published January 7, 2011

About the author

Kevin Eikenberry is a recognized world expert on leadership development and learning and is the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group. He has spent nearly 30 years helping organizations across North America, and leaders from around the world, on leadership, learning, teams and teamwork, communication and more. Twice he has been named by Inc.com as one of the top 100 Leadership and Management Experts in the World and has been included in many other similar lists. He is the author, co-author or a contributing author to nearly 20 books, including Remarkable Leadership and bestseller From Bud to Boss (with Guy Harris), The Long-Distance Leader: Rules for Remarkable Remote Leadership and The Long-Distance Teammate: Stay Engaged and Connected While Working Anywhere (with Wayne Turmel). His blog is consistently ranked among the world’s best, most read and most shared on leadership. He's also the host of The Remarkable Leadership Podcast.

Reviews

[Karen Jackson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book

[Kevin Eikenberry · Rating 5 out of 5]

We know that reading a book won’t make you a great leader, nor will attending a workshop solve all of the challenges. So we created a companion to help leaders in the moment when challenges arise.

This “book” is a companion for the leader.

In fact, it isn’t a book. It isn’t designed to be read cover to cover – it is a wire-bound guide to help leaders deal with challenges and situations head-on and more effectively. So while we will call it a book, it isn’t at all. It is a journal, a toolkit, an in-the-moment performance support tool for leaders who want to be more productive and successful.

Want to lead a meeting? There are tools to help you plan for and run that meeting.

Want to help your team become more productive? There are tools to help you diagnose what to do and how to do it.

Need to implement a change? There are tools to help you create a plan that will work.

Want to set clearer expectations with a team member? There are tools and exercises here to help you.

This is just a short list of the situations you may encounter, but did you notice the consistent word in the above list?

Tools.

- See more at: http://blog.kevineikenberry.com/leade...

[Mark Osborne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book that covers off nicely the journey from being 'one of the team' to leading the team. It's sensible and practical and above all asks you to remember what got you to the leadership position in the first place. Stick with your strengths and communicate a lot with the people above and below you- have clear conversations about what success looks like. It's a really nice, practical book that (hopefully) will be of use to everyone one day.

[Eddie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great for any new supervisor or manager. Kevin and Guy offer practicable steps to help you move from individual contributor to being responsible for the contributions of a team.

[PVLD Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

A perfect starter guide for anyone recently promoted internally. This book covers is all -- setting boundaries with your former peers, having difficult conversations, determining and communicating your vision, and helping your team transition through change. Each chapter ends with concrete steps and activities you can do right away to put the concepts learned in to action.

Reviewed by Lessa, Librarian.

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[Phil Palmieri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yeah, I know what the title sounds like it will be... but, it's not, i swear!

A lot of obvious info, but it's also got some great insight and validation of thoughts and ideas of moving up to a team lead from what were your peers. it is NOT a 'Bud' book, they even call out their own title in the intro :)

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sounds like he is speaking to a roomful of men who have never managed someone before. Which is fine - there is clearly a need for that. It just doesn't take a more diverse audience into consideration. Some of the concepts seem pretty obvious if you already know the basics about emotional intelligence, empathy, and servant leadership.

[Juan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent tips to mediate your transition into a leadership role.

[Theresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent tips for new managers. Not as much info for managing peers as I expected, but alot to implement anyway.

[Cheryl Elder douglas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for people transitioning from a co-worker to leader. I highly recommend!!

[Lois - Who Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read for work project.

[Kristen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good business book. Practical advice on how to manage and aspects of coaching and team leadership

[Jamachia Marshall · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read for work.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

For a leadership book, I actually found it to be very engaging and a quick read. I appreciated the bite- size chapters.

[Bailey Steele · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not my typical book lol. I had to read it for work but, very informative and his a lot of tips and tricks I’ll be using

[Johnnysbookreviews · Rating 5 out of 5]

An underrated book about leadership. Working through this book with my leadership team at work and it's been a game changer. How can I lead effectively? But also how can my team lead effectively? 

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book for anyone making the leap from team member to team leader with plenty of practical advice and help to not only lead your new team effectively but ensure that you understand your new role as manager.

[Barbara Lovejoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't remember how I first learned of Kevin Eikenberry, but finding him has been a "gold mine." I get his weekly news which always contains some great gems. I had read his book Remarkable Leadership which was excellent. Then with my new position at Esperanza as Ex. Dir./Principal, I was especially excited to read this book, From Bud to Boss. I was not disappointed. It, too, is excellent--filled with wise counsel.

[Joanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book compiles a lot of already known ideas into one place. It is a good book to keep your head in the game.

My problems: The book didn't have any meat until about page 50. It was just talking about what eventually was going to be discussed, in the first 50 pages as well as throughout the rest of the book. A good editor could have condensed the book into a more manageable read.

[Kathleen Rainwater · Rating 4 out of 5]

Making the transition from "bud" to "boss" can be a tricky one . The authors show how to adopt the mindset of a leader. They suggest that you start clarifying the expectations of your manager and of your new reports. The book is full of additional information on how to become a successful leader.