James Turk’s
The Giving Game
Becoming the leader that others want to follow
Master the First Year: Lead with Confidence and a Giving Mindset
In The Giving Game, thought leader, executive coach, and CEO James Turk, provides an essential guide for new managers navigating the transition from team member to team leader. Focusing on the critical first year, with an emphasis on the first 45 days. The Giving Game offers practical, easily implemented strategies to set new managers on the path to lasting success.
This book goes beyond traditional programs, offering tips and tools often left out elsewhere. It focuses on practical application, ensuring readers can immediately implement what they learn. Based on the principle that in life and business it’s better to give than receive, The Giving Game emphasizes a giving mindset over a getting one.
James covers crucial topics like creating a high-performing climate, setting expectations, providing feedback and coaching, and influencing others. Recognizing the first 45 days and the first year as critical for new managers, he provides a playbook called F45, outlining exactly what to do in the first six weeks.
The F45 Playbook
Master the First Year: Lead with Confidence and a Giving Mindset
A key component of The Giving Game, the F45 Playbook is your week-by-week roadmap for the first 45 days in a new leadership role. Designed to help new managers build trust, take action, and make an early impact, it blends practical steps with intentional relationship-building.
This isn’t just theory—it’s a tool you can use right now.
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