You Can't Know It All: Leading in the Age of Deep Expertise

by Wanda T. Wallace Narrated by Eileen Stevens

Overview

Make the move from star contributor to exceptional leader in this long overdue hands-on guide.

Today's organizations are packed full of experts in every area from marketing to sales to IT. Many of these people are also leaders, heading teams or departments. They lead because they know more than the rest of their group. They are followed because of their credibility as experts.

Yet, the toughest transition in business comes when expert leaders are asked to move beyond their expertise and lead a larger group, they struggle with how to span a broad area without trying to become the expert in every aspect. In Wanda Wallace's experience, this move-from expert to spanning leader-requires a new mindset about how to lead.

Wallace explains what few people understand-how to add value as a leader when you're spanning an ever growing set of responsibilities. In You Can't Know It All, Wallace presents the coaching model she has developed to address this challenging transition. She provides tools and strategies for individuals to navigate their new roles and learn to combine their expertise with their leadership responsibilities. She also offers essential advice on the fundamental change in mindset that this requires.

Not just for novice managers, this invaluable audio handbook offers human resources professionals and mentors insights into why their company's star performer may be suddenly floundering, and offers essential tools to guide them.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Deeply powerful and delightfully practical, I instantly recognized my clients in its pages and, perhaps more important, I also recognized myself. A must-read for leaders serious about their results and their own growth.” — Sheila Heen, co-author of Difficult Conversations and Thanks for the Feedback

“In You Can’t Know It All, Wallace helps us see how leadership in today’s age of deep expertise has evolved from our general-manager notions of the past. Wallace weaves together compelling and candid stories of real leaders with her own coaching experience and simple, actionable exercises. This leadership book is on point and right on time.” — Dolly Chugh, author of The Person You Mean to Be, and associate professor, Department of Management and Organizations at the NYU Stern School of Business

“This is a real-world practical guide on how to move out of your comfort zone as a subject-matter expert and develop the skills you need to manage in today’s technical and fast-moving business world.” — John Murphey, former CEO of Bell Helicopter

“This is an incredibly important topic and one we don’t pay sufficient attention to. Making the transition from expert to non-expert is often the point at which high-potential careers falter, and we — the individuals and organizations — often don’t know why. This book helps us all understand the issues and how to overcome them, to the benefit of everyone.” — Liz Wallace, former head of talent at Vodafone Emerging Markets

“Dr. Wanda Wallace has packed You Can’t Know It All with practical tools distilled from a command of the research and refined in her coaching work with hundreds of leaders around the world. You Can’t Know It All fills a critical gap for those who aspire to lead and inspire on the big stage.” — Rob Kaiser, president of Kaiser Learning Solutions; writer, researcher and consultant

“This book is a must-have for careerists looking to advance in today’s global and complex business environment. From adopting the right mind-set to developing key skills, Wanda provides individual contributors and experts proven insights and tools to transition into valued leaders within their respective organizations.” — Cindy Pace, global head of diversity and inclusion of MetLife

Rob Kaiser

Dr. Wanda Wallace has packed You Can’t Know It All with practical tools distilled from a command of the research and refined in her coaching work with hundreds of leaders around the world. You Can’t Know It All fills a critical gap for those who aspire to lead and inspire on the big stage.

Cindy Pace

This book is a must-have for careerists looking to advance in today’s global and complex business environment. From adopting the right mind-set to developing key skills, Wanda provides individual contributors and experts proven insights and tools to transition into valued leaders within their respective organizations.

Sheila Heen

Deeply powerful and delightfully practical, I instantly recognized my clients in its pages and, perhaps more important, I also recognized myself. A must-read for leaders serious about their results and their own growth.

Liz Wallace

This is an incredibly important topic and one we don’t pay sufficient attention to. Making the transition from expert to non-expert is often the point at which high-potential careers falter, and we — the individuals and organizations — often don’t know why. This book helps us all understand the issues and how to overcome them, to the benefit of everyone.

Dolly Chugh

In You Can’t Know It All, Wallace helps us see how leadership in today’s age of deep expertise has evolved from our general-manager notions of the past. Wallace weaves together compelling and candid stories of real leaders with her own coaching experience and simple, actionable exercises. This leadership book is on point and right on time.

John Murphey

This is a real-world practical guide on how to move out of your comfort zone as a subject-matter expert and develop the skills you need to manage in today’s technical and fast-moving business world.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940173529299
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	06/18/2019
Edition description:	Unabridged

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