Do Sweat the Small Stuff

What comes to mind when you think about leadership? The big stuff. Vision, strategy, decision making, motivation.

But sometimes all that is in place, yet something isn’t working. Teams are disengaged, performance and productivity are below expectations, morale is low.

There’s a missing piece: you.

Do Sweat the Small Stuff challenges you to notice and own the profound impact of your everyday micro-interactions. To explore how your speaking and listening, your tone, your habits and your behaviours affect those around you, whether you realize or not. Finally, it reveals how to reinvent those interactions to reshape how you show up as a leader and transform the engagement of your team, and ultimately your organization.

Sarah Langslow distils more than two decades of hands-on experience building effective leadership skills and behaviours in the corporate and sporting world and as an executive coach into an actionable plan for sustainable transformation.

What comes to mind when you think about leadership? The big stuff. Vision, strategy, decision making, motivation.

But sometimes all that is in place, yet something isn’t working. Teams are disengaged, performance and productivity are below expectations, morale is low.

There’s a missing piece: you.

Do Sweat the Small Stuff challenges you to notice and own the profound impact of your everyday micro-interactions. To explore how your speaking and listening, your tone, your habits and your behaviours affect those around you, whether you realize or not. Finally, it reveals how to reinvent those interactions to reshape how you show up as a leader and transform the engagement of your team, and ultimately your organization.

Sarah Langslow distils more than two decades of hands-on experience building effective leadership skills and behaviours in the corporate and sporting world and as an executive coach into an actionable plan for sustainable transformation.

Foreword Preface Introduction Part I: Why you do need to sweat the ‘small stuff’? Chapter 1: Micro-interactions matter Why the seemingly insignificant is in fact critical Chapter 2: Why you can’t afford not to pay attention The measurable business benefit of happy, engaged, high-performing teams Chapter 3: Put your people first Intentional, human-centred leadership is the day job Part I Summary Part II: It all starts with you Chapter 4: Leader, know thyself Understanding how you show up and what shapes your behaviours Chapter 5: Your words give you away Exploring the impact of the language you use Chapter 6: You hear exactly what you expect to What are you listening for, and what can’t you hear? Chapter 7: You are always being watched How your habits and behaviours create your organization‘s culture Part II Summary Part III: Becoming the leader you intend to be Chapter 8: The leader you want to be To address the micro, begin with the macro Chapter 9: Make every interaction count Making a difference through the words you use Chapter 10: (Re)learn how to listen How to own your biases and listen outside them Chapter 11: Set the tone The importance of owning your impact Part III Summary Part IV: A journey not a destination Chapter 12: Congruence Consistency is critical Chapter 13: The power of intentional practice Aligning intention and impact Chapter 14: Commit to the journey Why you’ll never be ‘done’ Afterword Appendices Acknowledgements About the Author Endnotes Index

FORMAT / ISBN / PUBLICATION DATE / RRP

Paperback / 9781788604864 / May 14, 2024 / £16.99

Ebook / 9781788604888 / May 13, 2024 / £9.99

Sarah Langslow

Sarah Langslow is a leadership development specialist, coach, trainer, international speaker and writer on what it takes to lead powerfully and with humanity. She integrates leadership lessons from a sporting career as a rower, including competing twice in the Oxford-Cambridge Boat race, a 15-year corporate career across management consulting and finance, and experience as an entrepreneur with her own leadership development business.

With two decades of hands-on experience building leadership skills and behaviours, she is also a sought-after coach and trusted advisor for senior leaders. She is a professional speaker on topics including relationship building, confidence and executive presence for leaders, and has spoken internationally. An active blogger, she regularly shares her experience, insights, and humour with her online communities and in her newsletter.

Sarah has an MA and an MBA from the University of Cambridge and is accredited by the ICF as a Professional Certified Coach.