A book for managers who want to lead with clarity, courage, and humanity.
Management is hard, because most organisations never teach managers the real work:
how to handle uncertainty, how to communicate clearly, how to steady yourself, and how to guide others through the messy middle where ideas become value.
Meditations on Management is a collection of short, poetic, practical reflections drawn from nearly three decades of leadership, consulting, and organisational transformation.
It’s written for managers who want to get better — not by learning more frameworks, but by understanding the inner and outer work of leading people.
Each meditation is short.
Readable in under three minutes.
Grounded in lived experience.
Written to be returned to again and again.
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Meditations on Management is available as a free digital book.
Not because it lacks value — but because some ideas deserve to be shared widely.
Meditations on Management
What’s Inside
- Becoming a Manager Is Becoming Yourself
- The First Year Is Learning
- Don’t Blame Yourself
- Be Hopeful
- Handling Emotions
- Procrastination as Avoidance
- Your Management Will Never Exceed Who You Are
- The Truth About Management
- Feedback Is Measured in Months and Years
- Management Is Not a Promotion
- Management Is Problem Solving
- Management Is About High Standards
- Management Is About People
- The Pillars of Life
- How to Be Effective and Liked
- Exerting Influence
- The Trinity of Career Development
- Take Ownership
- You Are Always Wrong
- Show, Don’t Tell
- Widen Your Awareness
- The Grass Is Never Greener if You Are the Problem
- You Cannot Control the Future
- Don’t Complain or Whine
- Know Your Numbers
- Don’t Pretend to Know Everything
- Listening Widely
- Be Unwaveringly Honest
- Do What Needs to Be Done
- Don’t Seek Out Drama
- Don’t Be Too Theoretical
- Insulate Yourself From the Madness
- Use Stories — Often
- Releasing Agility
- Containers and Rules
- Staple Yourself to the Work
- Don’t Touch Work More Than Once
- Closing Thoughts
Who This Book Is For
- Anyone who is a manager, or wants to be one
- Anyone who wants to know how to make the world of work better
- Team leaders stepping into bigger roles
- People preparing for management
- Coaches, HR, and L&D professionals
- Anyone who wants to lead with strength and kindness
If you want to become a better manager and leader — one who thinks clearly, communicates well, and leads with confidence — this book is for you.
Download the Book
Meditations on Management is available as a free digital book.
Not because it lacks value — but because some ideas deserve to be shared widely.
Meditations on Management
Start becoming the manager you wish you had.