Accidental Libri GmbH Accidental Manager to Intentional Leader: How to Lead Well When No One Prepared You For It

60% of new managers fail within 24 months, not from lack of talent, but because the technical expertise that earned them the promotion is the exact skill set that sabotages their leadership. Most are left to figure it out alone, levying a silent tax of burnout,disengagement, and lost productivity on their organizations.Accidental Manager to Intentional Leader is the definitive 90-day field map for themodern manager. Built on 26 years of cross-industry experience, Ruchi Sarna's "Un-Boss" Philosophy replaces positional power with professional presence organized into three phases: The Identity Reset, The Human Premium, and The Modern Edge with11 battle-tested frameworks simple enough to sketch on a whiteboard to solve a crisis in real time.What's Inside:The Doer-Leader Grid - Stop being the bottleneck; become the architect ofyour team's success.Fierce Empathy - Deliver hard truths while preserving the relationship.The Pressure Filter - Absorb organizational anxiety and translate it into calm,clear action.The AI Leverage Grid - Automate the "logic" of management to reclaim time for the human work that drives results.Whether you're managing former peers, navigating a hybrid world, or influencingstakeholders who don't report to you, this book is your roadmap from high-performingexpert to high-impact leader.Stop being the person with all the answers. Start building the team that finds them.