The Manager’s Compass
Welcome to The Manager’s Compass. This is where Leadership Cartography becomes practical. Each post helps you name what is happening, understand what it is signaling, and choose one next move that steadies your leadership.
We map the terrain. You choose the route.
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Manager Identity: Stop Being a Doer and Start Leading
You're still doing the work you used to do. You're still the person people come to when things break. When did you become the manager, exactly?
New Manager: How to Master the Former Peer Transition
You're not quite a peer anymore, but you don't feel like "leadership" either. Here's how to navigate the former peer transition without losing yourself.
What to Do When You Inherit a Challenging Team
Inheriting a challenging team is rarely a personality problem. It is usually a signal that the leadership structure collapsed before you arrived. This post helps you diagnose the one structural break causing the most friction, so you can rebuild clarity, rhythm, trust, or dialogue without trying to fix everyone at once.
How to Give Constructive Feedback That People Actually Listen To
Constructive feedback lands when it orients behavior, names the standard, and creates a repair loop instead of a verdict. Use the Feedback Alignment Mini-Map plus steady scripts to handle defensiveness, clarify expectations, and follow up without hovering.
Stop reacting to pressure. Start mapping your next move
Friction is a signal
What is the pressure telling you?
Every manager navigates a different terrain. Identifying your leadership style is the first step to reading the signals and finding your steady next move.
Clarity requires a map
Browse over 70 digital toolkits built for modern leadership challenges. From difficult conversation scripts to promotion readiness, find the exact map you need for your current terrain.
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