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The Manager Track — 322 episodes
Stop Doing Your Team's Work: The Over-Functioning Manager Trap (Ep 319)
The Great Flattening: How to Lead a Team That Doubled Overnight (Ep 318)
Leading an Inherited Team: The First 90 Days (Ep 317)
AI in the Workplace: The Problem No One Names - With David Dean (Ep 316)
The 5 Mental Models New Managers Should Borrow from Charlie Munger (Ep 315)
Letting Go of Control: Why Your Best Intentions Are Stifling Your Team (with Glen Galaich) (E 314)
Why Your One-on-Ones Turned Into Status Meetings (And How to Fix It) (Ep 313)
Why Team-Level AI Integration Should Be Your #1 Job Right Now (Ep 312)
Delegating: When Stepping In Becomes Stepping On (E 311)
The First 6 Months in a New Leadership Role: 3 Shifts You Need to Make (Ep 310)
From Executor to Strategist: How to Talk About Your Work at the Right Altitude (Ep.309)
When You Regret Hiring Someone: What to Do Before It Gets Worse (Ep.308)
The ‘AI vs Human Skills’ Managers Must Pay Attention to (Ep.307)
How to Tell If Your Boss Is Blocking Your Career (And What to Do) (Ep.306)
How to Give Your Manager Feedback (Without Damaging the Relationship) (Ep.305)
The 3 Identity Barriers Holding High-Performers Back (Ep. 304)
Exec Communication: How to Speak So Senior Leaders Actually Listen (Ep. 303)
Creating Leadership Alignment When Priorities Are Unclear - With Betsy Kauffman (Ep. 302)
Why Good Managers Still Lose Great People (Ep. 301)
From IC to Manager: Hard Truths About First-Time Leadership (Ep. 300)
How to Rebuild a Bad Work Reputation (Ep. 299)
How to Build Trust Fast as a New Leader (Ep. 298)
Skip Level Meetings: Best Practices for Managers and Leaders (Ep. 297)
AI for Managers in 2026 (Ep.296)
Why Leaders Must Build Their Own Frameworks to Scale Impact (Ep.295)
Want to Achieve Big Goals? The Two Critical Factors Most People Miss
The Self-Sacrificing Manager: Breaking the Cycle of Doing Everyone's Work
Build a Team Culture You’re Proud Of - Even When the Company’s Isn’t
What Leaders Can Learn From NASA’s Culture - With Brady Pyle.mp3
Performance vs. Potential: A Better Approach to Assessing Your People
Promoted But Not Prepared: What You're Underestimating (And How to Prepare)
Beyond High Performance : What Are You Really Capable Of With Jason Jaggard
5 Steps to Prepare for Your Year-End Review
The Business Mindset Managers Need But Rarely Learn
Walking on Eggshells What to Do When Your Boss Has a Fragile Ego
The End of “Nice Leadership”: How to Be Direct, Kind, and Respected
Received Though Feedback? Now What?
9 Counterintuitive Habits of Effective Managers
What's Happening to Leadership Public vs. Private Sector Leadership
Leadership Lessons from a CEO Who Built a Culture by Design - With Lawrence R. Armstrong
Are You Overexplaining When Leaders Should (and Shouldn't) Justify Themselves.mp3
The 5 Gaps Undermining Your Executive Presence
The Behaviors That Make or Break Team Performance
Lonely at the Top: Why Leadership Feels Isolating
Frustrated at Work? How to Lead Without Blowing Up or Bottling Up
Biohacking Executive Presence: Signals That Shape Perception - With Scott Hutcheson
From Engineer to Manager: The 4 Changes That Blindside Most New Engineering Managers
The Self-Sacrificing Manager : Breaking the Cycle of Doing Everyone's Work.mp3
Behind the Scenes of Growth: Coaching Insights for Leaders on the Rise
Behind the Mask : The Hidden Drivers of Workplace Behavior
When Time Management Is a Culture Problem, Not a Calendar One
What it was like to be a new manager with Lisa, Susan and Dave
The Problem with Being Right How Certainty Limits Your Growth
Striking the Balance Between Empathy and Accountability - With Elise Boggs Morales
Caught in the Middle: Leading When You Disagree
Horizontal Leadership Creating Teams That Own Their Work
When Innovation Requires Disappointment AI Strategies and Leadership - With Kate O Neill
What Kind of Leader Are You, Really The 7 Manager Archetypes.mp3
Build a Team Culture You’re Proud Of - Even When the Company’s Isn’t
Decision Fog When Impostor Syndrome Clouds Your Judgement
The First-Time Manager Experience
How Leaders Are Actually Using AI Today
Going from Corporate to Startup: Challenges, Mindset Shifts, and Strategies
Resilience at Work: The Leadership Skill You Can’t Ignore
Team Leadership with Alison Coward
Networking Without the "Ugh!": Relationship-Building for Leaders
The Leadership Identity Shift: From Executor to Influencer
The Perfectionist Leadership Trap
The Conflict Playbook: Strategies Every Manager Should Know
Managing Up with Melody Wilding
Understanding Different Communication Styles
Decision-Making for Managers: The Fallacy of Consensus
Why “Figure It Out” Doesn’t Work: The Cost of Untrained Managers
From Director to VP: How to Build an Executive Mindset for a Promotion
Mental Traps That Keep Leaders Stuck
Beyond Values - Creating Explicit Leadership Expectations
Reading The Room
Working With People You Don't Like
Changing Behaviors and Achieving Goals
Difficult People at Work
Fostering a Growth Mindset: Learning Strategies for Leaders
Why Leaders Should Rethink Employee Departures - With Robert Glazer
AI-Powered People Leadership
Delegating: It's Actually About Managing Yourself
From Sports to Leadership: How Athletic Principles Elevate Leaders - With Christian Muntean
How to Lead Gen Z in the Workplace
How to Manage Managers
How to Set Growth Goals That Actually Drive Results
Trusting Your Team & Your Team Trusting You - With Charles Feltman
If You Don't Do Politics, Politics Will Do You
How to Lead Your Team Through Uncertainty and Change
When The Ego Dictates Priorities
Making Remote & Hybrid Teams Work - With Chris Dyer
Feeling Guilty About Your Technical Skills Fading
How to Actually Connect & Build Relationships at Work - With Moe Carrick
Embracing Opposition
Why I Wouldn't Hire You - 5 Reasons Hiring Managers Decline Candidates for Leadership Roles
Optimizing Work Dynamics - With Lotus Buckner
The Confidence Paradox - Why Capable People Doubt Themselves
Chess-Inspired Strategies for Better Strategic Thinking
Spending Your Time on the Right Things
How to Spot & Overcome a Victim Mindset
Mental Health Awareness for Leaders - A Panel Discussion
Executive Communication
GenAI for Managers
Challenging Patriarchal Norms in Leadership
Deciding About Deciding
How to Transform Good Teams Into Excellent Ones with Rusty Komori
3 Feedback Models Every Leader Should Master
Executive Mindset
Tricky Relationships at Work
Navigating Perfectionism in Leadership
Your Future Role (With AI)
Being Too Comfortable
Unable to Keep Up
When our Minds Trick Us Into Ineffective Leadership - Interview with Cayla Horey
Supporting Your First-Time Managers: Success Strategies
Elevating Your Communication Skills with GenAI
Letting Someone Go
Current-Day Lessons from Historical Leaders - with Moshik Temkin
When Someone Doesn't Like What You Did or Said
Better Listening - What It Actually Means
People-First Leadership & Unconventional Practices - with Shawn Stewart
Positioning Yourself for Senior Roles with Richard Triggs
6 AI Skills & 5 Must-Take Actions
Copycat Leadership
Changing Behaviors & Achieving Goals
Leveraging Emotions
Coachability
AI: 2024's Most Important Leadership Topic
Re-Release: Having a Leadership Playbook
Re-Release: Is Your Thinking Helping or Hurting You
Interviewing for Leadership Roles - With Farah Sharghi
Reactivity
Unfounded Worries About Leadership
Difficult People at Work
Leading Well Without Leadership Talent
Ownership Mindset
What My Most Successful Clients Have in Common
Creating Effective, Engaging, and Enjoyable Meetings - with Mamie Kanfer Stewart
Tough Moments of Leadership - A Q&A Session
Smart People Problems
Entitlement
Developing AI-Enabled Leader: A Panel Discussion
Transitioning Roles
Emotional Labor
How to Advance as a Leader
A Formula to Navigate Change, Overwork, & Confusion - with Sonya Shelton
Leading as an Introvert
The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace with Dr. Paul White
Re-release: Navigating Difficult Conversations at Work
Communicating With Numbers
Teaming in a Hybrid Word & Pay Equity with Sally Loftis
Dual Models Leaders Have to Navigate
Wanting Better
Calendar White Space
Re-Release: How to Deal With “Toxic” People at Work
Overdone Strengths
Being Assertive at Work
Re-Release: Is Your Thinking Helping or Hurting You?
4 Areas of Leadership to Develop
Mind Over Matter: Overcoming Resistance To Doing What You Don't Like
What if I don't like to lead?
Bouncing Back: Learning from Failure
Building Trust on Your Team - With Doug Thorpe
Retain Employees Who Didn't Get Promoted
Beyond Busy: Digging into the Real Reasons for Time Management Struggles
4 Insights from Running a New Manager Training Program
Leadership & Femininity
The Micromanaging Dilemma: Balancing Control and Trust
Having a Leadership Playbook
Leadership Perspectives - With Atlas Aultman
Reasons for Underperformance
Time Integrity
What Managers Need to Know about Engagement Surveys - With Sri Chellappa
Second-Guessing Ourselves & Decision Hangover
Stereotyping & Labeling
Always Be Hiring & Other Leadership Lessons - With Shane Foss
Emotions at Work
Prepare for The Worst
ChatGPT and 8 Ways it Can Help You at Work
How Managers Should Navigate Remote Work & IT Security - With Denis O'Shea
What Is Your Leadership Philosophy
Common Mistakes With 1-on-1 Meetings
5 Common Blind Spots Leaders Uncover in their 360 Assessments
How to Create a Strong Team Culture - With Gustavo Razzetti
Becoming the Boss & How to Lead in a Multigenerational Workplace - With Lindsey Pollak
How to Build Connection with Your Team Members - With Jess Podgajny
People Are Complicated! How This Team Uses Assessments to Work Better Together - With Amber Zertuche
How to Hold Career Conversations with Your Directs - With my Team Member Brandy
How to Increase Employee Engagement & Team Alignment- With Steve Curtin
What First-Time Managers Need to Unlearn & Do Differently to Succeed - With Jason Scott
User Guides (aka READMEs)
Creating a Feedback Culture - With Harrison Kim
When to Work With a Leadership Coach
How to Lead a Thriving Team with Kirsten Moorefield
Quit The Quiet Quitting - And What You as a Manager Can Do For Your Team
Navigating Conflict at Work - With Sarah Albo
Giving Feedback: 3 Common Mistakes
Boost Your Confidence, Fail Faster, & Win More Through Improv - With Erin Diehl
Are You Cut Out to Be a Leader?
5 Often Overlooked Steps When Onboarding a New Employee
When a Direct Resigns, What's Your Responsibility?
6 Things I Wished All Managers Knew
Your Relationship with Your Job
Re-Release: 12 Unspoken Rules of Management
The "Zoom Ceiling"
Over-Identifying With Your Job
Burnout, Boundaries, and Saying "No" - With Teresa Vozza
Time Management is Pain Management
The Influence Equation - With Kevin Kepple
The Risks of Delaying Your Leadership Training
Misconceptions About Leadership Coaching
What's Compassionate Leadership?
3 Mistakes Managers Make During 1-on-1 Meetings
Stop The Advice Trap (Book Excerpt)
What Is Your Leadership Philosophy?
Train Your Thinking to Become a Better Leader
Protect Your Confidence as a Leader
How to Handle Criticism at Work
Become Great at Hiring - With Tatiyana Cure
People-Pleasing Leaders: An Oxymoron
What It Was Like to Be a New Manager - with Lisa, Susan, and Dave
Stop Asking for Direction
Leading a Hybrid Team
How to Get Approval for a Professional Development Budget
What Makes Us Feel Fulfilled at Work - With Bruna De Palo
Do You Validate or Elevate Your Directs?
The Power of Questions
The Shadow Sides of Being a "Type A" Leader
How Men Can Become Effective Allies in the Workplace
How Coaching Helped This Director of Engineering - With Joshua Samberg
Leading Older People
The Entry Interview
The 3 Steps to Achieving Your Career Goals in 2022
Re-Release: The First 30 Days as a New Manager
Re-Release: How To Negotiate Your Pay Raise
How Stoicism Can Inspire Mindful Leadership - With CIO Michael McGill
12 Unspoken Rules of Management
Having High Standards
Leaders' Exhaustion
How to Overcome Your Brain's Fixation on Bad Things
How to Change Behaviors and Grow as a Leader
How to Create a Strategy for Your Team
Being Caught In The Middle of Vax Mandates
Curiosity: Your Doorway to Positive Relationships and Collaborative Leadership with Dr. Alison Horstmeyer
Is It Me or Is It Them?
6 Often-Overlooked Traits That Separate Great Leaders From The Rest
How My APS Method Helps (New) Managers Succeed
How Great Leaders Control Their Egos
Manage Your Mind Before You Manage People
How to Fast Track Your Leadership Without Extra Stress & Long Hours
How to Deal With "Toxic" People at Work
Why Coach When Giving Advice Is So Much Easier?
Stop Feeling Responsible For How Other People Feel
How Do You Measure Your Own Performance?
The Attitudes & Principles of Leadership
Managing a High-Performer
New Managers: Being "Productive" Means Something Different Now
3 Tips to Influence Other People's Decisions
4 Stoic Principles That Will Make You a Better Leader
From IC to Manager - 4 Main Shifts
Building Confidence
6 Warning Signs That Your New Hire Won't Work Out
The First 30 Days as a New Manager
Attitude & Leadership
Busting 3 Myths of Leadership (for New Managers)
Hiring Best Practices for Managers
3 Big Mistakes New Managers Make & How to Avoid Them
How Not To Micromanage
5 Strategies to Be More Present as a Leader
Leaders: Commit to Yourself! - An Interview with Ela Staniak
Great Leaders Unlearn These 3 Lessons Once Learned In School
Dealing With Failure
Uncovering Blindspots & The Johari Window
How The Myers-Briggs Assessment Can Help You Lead
What Causes Imposter Syndrome?
Want to be Liked or Respected? Why it's the Wrong Question to Ask
How to Be More Focused and Get Less Distracted
Is Your Thinking Helping or Hurting You?
How to Run 1-on-1 Meetings Your Direct Reports Actually Enjoy
From Bud to Boss - A Coaching Conversation with Jen
Three Ways to Learn From Mistakes and Failure (and Not Get Knocked Down)
The 3 Steps to Reach Your Next Career Goal in 2021
How to Have Difficult Conversations that Inspire and Motivate - An Interview with Aleta Maxwell
Own Your Leadership - A Coaching Call with Sue
Become a Strategic Thinker
Holiday Edition: Gift Ideas for Professional Growth
Creating a Social Contract as a Team
Should I Stay or Should I Go? - A Coaching Conversation With Elaine
Accelerating Careers for Women in Data - An Interview with Sadie St. Lawrence
Master Any Conflict Situation
How to Support your Team Post Election
The Two Common Blindspots Managers Have and How to Overcome Them
Why Having a Sponsor at Work Will Help You Get Ahead
How to Negotiate a Pay Raise
How to confidently speak and present yourself online or offline - with Ravi Rajani
The Reason Why You're Feeling Stuck
"Can I Be Friends With My Direct Reports?"
How to Become a Better Leader with DISC
Using LinkedIn To Attract Job Opportunities - With Chris Villanueva
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
Moving into Leadership - With Phil Burgess
The Importance of Trust in Leadership - With Brian Harman
How to Ask for Feedback
Embrace & Express Your True Self With De'Nicea Hilton
How to Navigate Negative Emotions at Work
Coping With The Crisis - How to use your body intelligence to make faster & better decisions
How to Eliminate Distractions
Unconscious Biases in The Workplace - An Interview
Why Telling People What To Do Often Doesn't Work
A Powerful Perspective From a Black Woman
How To Win In Office Politics
How to Bring More Diversity & Inclusion to Your Workplace - An Interview
Being Visible in a Remote Work Environment
How to Delegate More Often & More Effectively
Navigating Difficult Conversations at Work
The 4 Ways to Keep Your Team Motivated & Engaged Even While Working Remotely
Key Insights From Our COVID-19 Leadership Survey
From Frazzled to Focused While Working From Home - with Alexis Haselberger
How to Focus on What Matters Most While Everything Seems to Be Changing
How to Best Support Your Team During a Time of Uncertainty & Change