The B-Suite: Middle Managers With Executive Impact | Rebecca Houghton | Episode 266

Rebecca has been in the business of building better talent and enabling awesome careers for over 25 years. She has led large teams and significant business units, won brilliant awards, and totally stuffed things up, just like others. Rebecca earned her stripes leading large teams in complex organizations and built quite a reputation for 'doing business differently.' She knows that without the B-Suite (or middle managers), businesses fail.

She can proudly say that she is the best-selling author of IMPACT: 10 Ways to Level Up your Leadership. Rebecca has fun appearing on TickerTV, ABC radio, and Leaderonomics, and she writes for Harvard Business Review, Forbes, The Australian, News Ltd, CEO World, HR Leader, HR Director, and In The Black.

Rebecca is dedicated to building B-Suite Leaders with C-Suite Impact, and her best work is done with ambitious organizations, leaders, and their teams who want more impact from middle management.

Timestamped Overview for Middle Managers With Executive Impact

• [00:05:10] "Creating a B Suite: High impact mid-level leaders."
• [00:08:29] Middle managers as strategic administrators or visionary leaders.
• [00:13:18] Focus on pace, space, and influence.
• [00:17:31] Being busy is not valuable, delegate tasks.
• [00:21:54] Prioritize tasks, say no sometimes.
• [00:27:13] Junior leaders follow orders, senior leaders gather information.
• [00:31:08] Deliberately influence manager to aid you.
• [00:35:08] Agendas can conflict; proper conversation is essential.
• [00:39:46] Poor sales and ops alignment, negative impact.
• [00:43:21] Asking questions crucial for advancing leadership skills.
• [00:44:50] "Check out Boldhr.com, amazing B-suite community."

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