Tired of constantly playing “whack-a-mole” in your business, always struggling to deal with unexpected, non-stop challenges, problems, and obstacles? So were we, so we decided to write Leadership Whack-A-Mole.

With over 40 years’ experience (80 together), we’ve “been there, done that,” just like you. Like you, we’ve succeeded and failed. We feel like we’ve been through a lot and learned a lot, so we wanted to share our knowledge and experience with other established and upcoming leaders.

In our roles as leaders and consultants, we spent 40 years having conversations with each other about all of the leadership challenges in the book. We analyzed and expounded on such issues as:

  • What’s wrong with performance reviews and what do we do about it

  • Navigating change so that your business grows – not dies

  • How to effectively develop leaders by avoiding classroom training

  • What to do with those toxic employees (and leaders)

  • How to best meet your customers’ requirements (and keep them satisfied)

Leadership Whack-A-Mole is a book about our experiences written in a way that shows you what we did (and didn’t do) to deal with the leadership challenges we faced. By hearing about our real-life experiences (and those of our clients), you’ll be able to solve your leadership problems in different ways than you’ve tried before.

We didn’t want Leadership Whack-A-Mole to be an academic essay! We had too many years of reading the newest “flavor of the month” best-sellers that were impossible to apply. Sound familiar? This practical book makes it easy for you to grasp and apply these proven leadership methods and practices.

We learned our leadership lessons “the hard way,” and we want to share our experience with you to help you manage the pitfalls we encountered. We documented the book in a “field guide” format to help you:

  • Adapt your leadership practices and behaviors to your unique business environment

  • Fine tune your leadership skills to address the unique challenges of your business

  • Align your decisions and actions with your personal and organization’s values

  • Recruit, retain, engage, and ensure the best performance from your team members

  • Identify, meet, and exceed the expectations of your customers

  • Manage challenging conflicts through effective conflict management strategies

  • Assure the desired outcomes for your business by creating and reinforcing a high-performance culture

  • Commit to a long-term strategy for maximizing your career, your contributions to your business, and your life

In the words of one of our readers, “There are ample tactile approaches presented in the text that you can make actionable before you put the book down.”

Read a free chapter and see for yourself.

What Others Are Saying About
Leadership Whack-A-Mole

“All leaders possess blind spots and, despite our best intentions, make mistakes. Drawing upon the wisdom and research provided by Ric and Jeff in this book should help equip the reader with new and better tools to develop better functioning teams and organizations. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and know you will too.”

David H Richardson

David H. Richardson, CPA

President and CEO (Retired)

Take Charge America, Inc.