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The Manager's Mic With Paul Leon — 124 episodes
What I’ve Learned Managing 17 Direct Reports | Tips for New Managers
Burnout Is Not Your Real Problem (feat. Dr. Heather Kidwell) | Tips for New Managers
How to Create a Community That Sees You (feat. Emily Green) | Tips for Managers
EEverything I Have Learned From Closing 5,000+ Sales | Tips For Sales Managers
EFuture-Proof Your Personal Brand Before AI Replaces You With Melanie Borden
Why Most Sales Compensation Plans Fail | Tips for Sales Managers
The People First Playbook | Tips for New Managers
How to Lead Without the Hero Complex | Tips for New Managers
EHe Has 3% Goodwill | Tips for New Managers
Military Lessons That Level Up Leadership | Tips for New Managers
ELeadership Lessons from Cave Diving: Stop Micromanaging | Tips for New Managers
EStop Blaming Your Team. This Is On You (ft. Barry Moline) | Tips for New Managers
EDesigning a Business Worth Millions | Tips for New Managers
How to Lead With 3% | Tips for New Managers
EGreat Leaders Don't Manage (They Teach) ft. Curtis Sprouse | EP 108
ENavigating the AI Landscape with Christopher Carter | EP 107
EWhy Smart Leaders Let AI Pick Their Clothes (ft. Anya Cheng) | EP 106
Merry Christmas | Bonus Episode
7 Failures That Taught Me More Than Success Ever Could | EP 105
ESecrets to Better Pay at Work! | EP 104
What 75% of My MBA Actually Taught Me About Getting One | EP 103
Skyrocket Servant Leadership With This 90-Day Plan | EP 102
Comedy & Selling With Kevin Hubschmann | EP 101
Five Habits to End Toxic Situations | EP 100
EResilient Through Adversity With Diana Fritz's | EP 99
EGive me 5 minutes, I Will Improve Your Public Speaking Skills by 150% | EP 73
Trustful Leadership With Ken Sher | EP 98
Content That Wins Decisions—Even as a Team of One | EP 97
Outdated Personality Assessments? An Upgrade for HR and Teams! | EP 96
Leverage AI For Selling With Daren Fields | EP 95
Overcoming Imposter Syndrome With Albert Bramante, Ph.D. | EP 94
Turning Your Side Hustle into Success Insights from Chip Higgins | EP 93
Finding Devotional Love: with Bernardo Mendez | EP 92
The Power of Profit Sharing in Business | EP 91
Selecting a Strong Soldier | EP 90
Making Remote Work Productive | EP 89
8-Figure Sales Strategies Greed-Based Learning & Empathy with Glenn Poulos | EP 88
Unlocking Relationship Success with Rabbi Shlomo Slatkin, M.S., LCPC | Ep 87
Turn Reps Into Closers With These 3 Discovery Questions | Ep 86
40+ Years of Sales Training Wisdom in 42 Minutes | Ep 85
Keeping The Human in AI With Rico Pena | Ep 84
Leaving a Leadership Legacy With Oakland McCulloch | Ep 83
The Real Goal of People Management | Why Most Managers Get It Wrong | Ep 82
How Coaching Reduces Turnover With Francie Jain, CEO of Terrawatt | Ep 81
Tricia Leon, Ph.D. Insights With Korn Ferry | Ep.80
12 Ways To Be A Terrible Manager | Ep 79
Participant Guides People Actually Want to Read | Ep 78
How I Bring Dead Leads Back to Life (Steal This) | Ep 77
3 Ways to Avoid Toxic Culture in Management | Ep 76
How Emotional Intelligence Separates Good Leaders From Great Ones | EP 75
Powering Up The Sales Value Proposition in 10 Minutes | 74
3 Beliefs I Have When Leveraging Mentorship | 72
30 Beliefs On What Great Management Looks Like | Ep 71
3 Easy Hacks for Clearer Email Communication in Under 5 Minutes | Ep 70
EMy Personal Framework to Conquer Call to Actions When Training | Ep 62
EExplode Sales Growth With The 3-Shot Close | Ep 60
My 3 Levers For Effective Feedback | Ep 61
How to Easily Close More Sales | Ep 69
Three S's for Selling Success | Ep 68
E3 Massive Areas of Leadership That I Struggle With | Ep 67
E5 Qualities That Make an Excellent Leader | Ep 66
EHow I Make Sales Conversations Easier | Ep 65
E3 Brutal Truths to Thrive in Corporate America | Ep 64
EDominate Discovery With These 2 Selling Frameworks I Personally Use | Ep 63
EThis Will Improve Weekly One on Ones With Your Manager Instantly | Ep 59
EMy 4 Areas of Focus to Win in 2025 | Bonus
EFail Forward: What 2024 Taught Me | Ep 58
E10 Public Speaking Mistakes Managers and Direct Reports Make | Ep 57
Data That Proves Helpful Beats Hurtful | Ep 56
EThe 4 Pillars of Trustworthy Leadership | Ep 55
The P's of Powerful Presenting | Ep 54
Trust by Data: Traits That Matter Most | Ep 53
EDoes DiSC Matter ? | Ep 52 | No Background Music
Does DiSC Matter? | Ep 51
The 3-2-1 Formula: Skyrocket Your 1-1s | Ep 50
Objections | Ep 16
An Exercise to Increase Communication Confidence | Ep 33
10+ Years of Sales Experience With Mistakes to Avoid (No Background Music) | Ep 49
10+ Years of Sales Experience With Mistakes to Avoid | Ep 48
Objections Don’t Just Exist in the Sales World | Ep 47
Empowering Sales Managers: Breaking Myths Within Consultative Selling | Ep 46
5 Ways to Be a Better Direct Report with Your Manager | Ep 45
Maker and Manager | Ep 44
Three Questions Every Manager Should Ask to Build Trust | Ep 43
The Level Set Statement | Ep 42
Flipping Price Only Prospects | Ep 41
How to Shift Perceptions When You’re Seen as the Problem | Ep 40
Reduce Conflict With These Concepts | Ep 39
Start Here When Building a Presentation or Training Piece | Ep 38
Transforming Rejection into Resilience | Ep 37
Effective Story Telling | Ep 36
Value is Not Price | Ep 35
Why Taking Responsibility Makes You Trustworthy | Ep 34
Overcoming The I Don't Have Time Objection | Ep 32
Developing a Strategic Mind | Ep 31
Prioritize Self Care | Ep 30
Questions to Align Your Team | Ep 29
Questions for Effective Follow-Up and Future Sales | Ep 28
How Many Times Do I Ask for The Sale? | Ep 27
3 Errors With DiSC Behavior Styles | Ep 26
Avoid This With Managers | Ep 25
Two Fundamentals of Mental Toughness | Ep 24
Tips on Impactful Questions | Ep 23
Limiting Beliefs in Sales | Ep 22
Tips on Training | Ep 21
Unleashing the Power of Focus: Exploring the 4Fs | Ep 20
Words Matter in Coaching | Ep 19
Words Matter in Sales | Ep 18
Is AI Killing Communication Skills? | Ep 17
Influencing Foundations | Ep 15
Have a Winning Opener | Ep 14
Why Roadblocks Are Good | Ep 13
Conquer Core Competencies | Ep 12
The Value Proposition | Ep 11
Negotiation | Ep 10
Giving Feedback | Ep 9
The Three W's | Ep 8
Integrity | Ep 7
Closing Effectively | Ep 6
Be Resilient | Ep 5
3 Tips on Communication Skills | Ep 4
Build Relational Value | Ep 3
What is Sales? | Ep 2
Public Speaking Tips | Ep 1