The signals are already there.
You just have to know what to look for.
40 real-world organizational red flags, why they matter, and practical ways to address them before they become expensive problems.
Most organizational problems start small. A workaround here, a missed handoff there, a problem that keeps coming back. They’re easy to dismiss, but they’re usually telling us something.
Manage for Good: Signals of Impact
helps leaders recognize those signals early and know where to focus their attention.
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 8, 2026
40 Signals. Practical Ways Forward.
Each chapter starts with a real-world organizational red flag and breaks down what's happening, why it matters, and what you can do about it.
You'll learn how to:
- Spot problems earlier before small issues become expensive ones.
- Look beyond the symptom to understand what's actually causing the problem.
- Ask better questions instead of repeatedly fixing the same thing.
- Build better ways of working for your people and your organization.
- Know where to focus because not every problem deserves the same attention.
No complicated management theory. Just practical ways to better understand what's happening inside your organization and what to do next.
Written for People Doing the Work of Leadership
Whether you're leading a company, a function, or your first team, Manage for Good is for leaders navigating the very real challenges that come with managing people and growing organizations.
Executives & Founders
Navigating the systems, people, and processes that need to evolve as the organization grows.
People & Operations Leaders
Finding and fixing the friction between people, priorities, processes, and systems.
New Managers
Learning that being good at your job and managing other people are two very different skill sets.
Leaders Navigating Growth & Change
Because what worked at one stage of the organization may not work at the next.
Take It Beyond the Book
Sometimes you don't need another explanation of the problem.
You need something you can actually use.
Manage for Good Tool Kits
Six practical Tool Kits designed to help you diagnose problems, start better conversations, and put the ideas from Manage for Good into practice.
New Manager E-Learning Course
New managers are expected to delegate, give feedback, set expectations, navigate conflict, manage performance, and lead a team, often without much of an instruction manual.
The
Manage for Good New Manager Course
gives new managers a practical foundation for doing those things well.
Meet the author
Jeri Larsen, CEO of Manage for Good
Jeri has spent her career helping organizations close the gap between a really good strategy and what actually happens when people try to execute it.
She's served as a COO, CCO, CPO, and executive leader across Operations, People, Sales, Strategy, Client Success, and more. After decades of seeing organizations from a lot of different seats, she started noticing the same patterns.
The details change. The signals often don't.
Those patterns became Manage for Good: Signals of Impact.
Jeri has been named to Women We Admire's
Top 50 Women Leaders of Utah three times. When she's not working, you'll usually find her with her family, somewhere off-grid, on a river, or with a book in her hand and a dog on her lap.
Available October 8, 2026
See the Signals. Know What to Do Next.
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