One of the most difficult leadership positions in business today is also the most common: the "leader in the middle."
If you lead people and answer to someone else--a boss, shareholder, customers--you are among the millions of "leaders in the middle."
"Leaders in the middle too often serve down to their people and defend up to their bosses, instead of serving up to their bosses and coaching down to their employees," says author Nathan Jamail, who has spent decades managing and coaching top performing teams.
"It's time challenge the traditional notions of servant leadership and learn to serve up to your bosses, serve out to your peers, and coach down to those you lead with humility, selflessness, and confidence."
In his newest book, "SERVE UP COACH DOWN", Jamail provides a playbook for leaders in the middle detailing just how powerful they are without pretending that their position doesn't require different skills.