Managing To Make A Difference: How To Engage, Retain, And Develop Talent For Maximum Performance

Managing to Make a Difference is a book for mid-level managers. The majority of business books today are aimed at the C-suite – where most companies invest the majority of their development resources. The pain point this book would address are mid-level managers who do not receive a lot of guidance about how to excel as managers and leaders and are under tremendous pressure to do a variety of things in an organization beyond the development of those they lead. At the end of the day, they are caught in the middle – literally the “sandwich” generation of corporate America. This book will help readers build highly engaged, high-performing teams through practical tools and techniques at a variety of issues that present themselves – all with a coherent philosophy and substantiated research.

LARRY STERNBERG is a Talent Plus Fellow and on the Board of Directors. He has designed and conducted training programs on a variety of topics for thousands of executives and managers and has served as a facilitator for numerous organizations to articulate their mission, vision, and values. His areas of expertise include selection, training and development, employee engagement, empowerment, self-directed work teams, strength management, and leading change.

KIM TURNAGE has spent her career figuring out where people naturally excel and connecting them with opportunities to stretch those talents. A natural teacher and coach, she works as a senior leadership consultant with Talent Plus, helping global client partners with the selection, development, retention, and succession planning of top leadership talent.