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M2: Managing Managers
by Thomas Cox
Managing managers is MUCH harder than just managing a team -- it's not just you figuring out what works for you. You have to help others figure out what works for them. So you must understand leadership at a 10x level.
Episodes
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M2 Ep 011 - Inbox Dumpster Fire
If your team keeps filling your inbox with questions, updates, and requests for decisions, the problem may start before anyone writes an email. Jim worked with an executive who was spending much of her day responding to her team. She wanted to be available and helpful, but her own work kept…
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M2 Ep 010 - Creating Accountability
You manage managers. Almost nothing you're accountable for gets done by your own hands -- it gets done because you asked someone, and they agreed. And yet the meeting ends with everyone nodding, and a week later the work hasn't moved. It's as if the meeting never happened. In this episode of M2:...
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M2 Ep 009 - Outcome Thinking
You manage managers. That means more than half your business lives or dies on the quality of frontline supervision. And yet teams still spend enormous energy solving problems without ever confirming the outcome they’re solving for. In this episode of M2: Managing Managers, Jim and Thomas tackle…
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M2 Ep 008 - The Operating Envelope
Scale your team’s speed and ownership without losing control. You want a team that spots problems, fixes them, and innovates without waiting for your permission. But how do you give that kind of autonomy without inviting chaos? In this episode of M2: Managing Managers, Jim and Thomas break down…
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M2 Ep 007 - Caring Means Challenging
High-performing teams operate in a zone of "safe discomfort." In this episode of M2: Managing Managers, Jim and Thomas dismantle the false choice between being a supportive "servant leader" and a demanding driver of results. We break down the science and give you the scripts for upholding high...
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M2 Ep 006 - Engaging Staff via Excellence
Staff engagement rises when people can do work they’re proud of, and when “excellent” stops being vague. In this episode of M2: Managing Managers, Jim and Thomas share a lightweight, reusable 12-week cadence that helps frontline managers engage staff by co-creating a shared definition of…
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M2 Ep 005 - Executive Burnout
Executive burnout often looks like success from the outside and feels like a trap on the inside. You’re winning. You’re needed. You’re the clutch player. Then one day you realize you built a “prison” made of dependencies, expectations, and a superhero identity you can’t sustain.In this episode of...
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M2 Ep 004 - How to Build Trust
As a manager of managers, you need to do more than build trust. You need to understand HOW trust gets built at every level, so you can ensure your subordinate managers are well-trusted by their directs.In this episode, we break trust into three pieces you can actually manage:* Competence: People...
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M2 Ep 003 - 10x Harder?
How do you succeed when you're promoted to manage other managers? The common belief is that it's 10x harder, but the truth is it requires a completely different playbook. This new role demands a shift from direct action to indirect influence, from solving daily problems to coaching your managers,...
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M2 Ep 002 - the Player Lineup tool
How do you best grow your subordinates? One approach is with a Player Lineup. This is a short and simple document where you track the learning and growth needs of your subordinates, for use in your 1-1 coaching conversations AND when planning holistically for the growth of your team. The TXL...
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M2 Ep 001 - Managing Managers, an Introduction
There's a science to managing managers. In fact, without that science, you will struggle needlessly to fully support your subordinate managers in becoming excellent leaders. Jim Prinzing and Thomas Cox share their breakthrough understanding of what followers need in order to follow at their best,...
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Ultimate PIP - Get Your Low Performer Up to Par or Out the Door in 90 Days Without Drama
Ultimate PIP: Up to Par or Out the Door in 90 Days with Zero Drama Thomas "the PIP Guy" Cox shows you why the typical PIP (Performance Improvement Plan) process is broken and harmful, what to do instead, and why you should embrace the PIP as a tool that will improve your own leadership and help...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Managing managers is MUCH harder than just managing a team -- it's not just you figuring out what works for you. You have to help others figure out what works for them. So you must understand leadership at a 10x level.
HOSTED BY
Thomas Cox
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Managing managers is MUCH harder than just managing a team -- it's not just you figuring out what works for you. You have to help others figure out what works for them. So you must understand leadership at a 10x level.
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