"Leadership Tapas captures the lessons new managers need most and serves them through a relatable story and memorable metaphors. . . . As a leadership development practitioner, I would recommend it to new managers and experienced leaders alike."

--Erica Kaufman, PsyD, founder of Evolved Leader Kinetics and author of Roots of Leadership: The Hidden Stories that Shape Leaders of Change

Leadership--Served Differently

Empowering new managers to lead with intent, one bite-sized lesson at a time.

As a top performer, your hard work earned you a well-deserved promotion to manager. But now your success is measured differently. Knowing what to do is no longer enough. Instead, you need to inspire your team to be their best--you need to learn how to lead. All too often, this is where new managers are left on their own. They're promoted without the proper support they need to successfully transition into a leadership role. But what if you had a mentor to guide you through this critical milestone, providing the essential ingredients and direction you need to craft your own recipe for success?

Leadership Tapas is a unique business parable that shares evergreen, bite-sized leadership lessons for your transformation from an individual performer to people leader. By simplifying foundational lessons into relatable everyday events and digestible mantras, this impactful book blends storytelling and business insight to teach you how to lead with intent.

You'll join fellow new manager, Jake, on his journey as he navigates the rising heat of his new role, seeking support from a proven mentor along the way. He secures guidance from Tess, an award-winning executive who also happens to be his grandmother. With wisdom from her decades of experience, she playfully and purposefully passes along important best practices to help Jake make the most of this significant career step.

This fractional feast provides a self-guided tasting experience: You can devour the material quickly or savor the stand-alone lessons on a weekly basis over your first year of management. By the end of the book, your leadership pantry will be stocked with all the staples a successful leader needs to make a meaningful impact.

As a seasoned leader with over twenty-five years of experience helping organizations and people grow, Lynn Bierling is on a mission to support new managers as they learn to lead with intent and integrity. She believes that impacting leaders early in their careers will strengthen and sustain the entire leadership ecosystem. As companies flatten, a mentorship famine is on the rise, and Leadership Tapas helps nourish that hunger for knowledge.

Gather around the Leadership Tapas table and give yourself grace as you embark on this new adventure. As you curate your own plate, you'll find community and connection--because leadership was never meant to be a solo journey.