The Control Standard: How to Own Outcomes, Reduce Surprises, and Become the Person Leaders Trust: How to Become the Person Leaders Trust to Own What Matters

Ward, Andrew Andrew Ward,

ISBN 10: 1739725964 / ISBN 13: 9781739725969

Published by Triple Twist Publishing, 2026

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Control Standard: How to Own Outcomes, Reduce Surprises, and Become the Person Leaders Trust: How to Become the Person Leaders Trust to Own What Matters
• Publisher: Triple Twist Publishing
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1739725964
• ISBN 13: 9781739725969
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

You're busy. But is the work actually under control?

In most growing organisations, the felt loss of control isn't a discipline problem. It's a drift problem. Work starts clear and slowly goes vague. Owners are implied, never named. Decisions stall. And the surprises that land late were visible all along — no one owned the act of raising them.

The Control Standard is a practical operating standard for the people who keep work moving: ambitious operators, new and emerging managers, and the leaders who coach them.

It shows how to convert uncertainty into something usable — an owner, a date, a decision, an escalation path, a fallback — so you become the person leaders trust with what matters.

Seniority is earned by making work easier to trust.

You'll learn how to:

• Tell real control from mere activity — and stop mistaking busyness for progress
• Own outcomes, not just complete tasks
• Communicate upward so senior people can actually steer
• Delegate and coach without micromanaging
• Catch drift and surprises early, before they become expensive
• Spot repeated pains and turn them into better systems, mechanisms, and habits
• Become easier to trust with important work

Grounded in 16 years of real delivery, not management theory. Short, concrete, and built to hand from manager to direct report.

For ambitious contributors, it is a guide to becoming easier to trust with important work. For line managers, it is the book you wish your direct reports had already read.

For readers of The Making of a Manager, Extreme Ownership, and The Coaching Habit who want the standard beneath them all.

About the Author

Andrew Lee Ward is a Birmingham-based tech entrepreneur, author, and powerlifter. He is the founder of Scorchsoft, an app development company established in 2010, and holds a First-Class degree in Computer Science with Business Management from the University of Birmingham. He is also the author of Execute Your Tech Idea and The ChatGPT Guide for Business. Andrew has been recognised for his work in technology and entrepreneurship, including Birmingham Young Professional of the Year in the Technology and Innovation category, and he has also represented Great Britain in bench press competition.