Managing from a Position of Darkness? Know Your Numbers....a conversation with the authors of The Big Book of Dashboards

Published: May 30, 2017, noon

b'Managing from a Position of Darkness? Know Your Numbers\\u2026.\\nYou are leading from a position of darkness if you aren\\u2019t intimately familiar with your numbers. It is critical to have this knowledge when you are in management leading teams and the business. The numbers can be boring, scary or exciting. Let\\u2019s make them exciting using the data that\\u2019s critical to the success of your business and present them in ways that are attractive and meaningful. When data makes a huge difference, it can change the course of an organization. Asking questions differently and asking different questions can be a good place to start. Get ideas for looking at your data in meaningful ways by listening to the conversation Steve had with the authors of The Big Book of Dashboards. If you value data and what it can indicate, you may never be looking at numbers and an Excel spreadsheet the same way again.\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nLearn more about Steve Wexler and Andy Cotgreave by clicking these links -\\xa0The Big Book of Dashboards - Visualizing Your Data Using Real-World Business Scenarios and Tableau software\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\nClick here to check out our newest leadership development tool \\u2013 LEAD \\u2013 Leadership Education and Development\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nSteve Caldwell is an executive mentor and coach to managers and leaders who desire to excel in their career and become the leader others want to follow. Steve is a leadership expert, host of the\\xa0Manager Mojo podcast and author of the book\\xa0Manager Mojo \\u2013 Be the Leader Others Want to Follow. (www.ManagerMojo.com)\\n\\nSteve also coaches his followers not only on how to become great leaders, but how to effectively coach and lead their employees to find satisfaction and fulfillment from their jobs and life.\\n\\nHaving started his work career at the savvy age of 13, Steve is also currently CEO of Predictive People Analytics based in San Francisco, CA, a firm specializing in helping leaders increase sales, reduce turnover, and attract key talent. (www.PredictivePeopleAnalytics.com)'