All Episodes
The New Manager Podcast — 282 episodes
261. Slow Down
260. How to Ask for Help
259. What's your Leadership Philosophy?
258. Future Focused Feedback
257. Savor the Wins
256. When Managing Feels Heavy
255. Listen Without Trying to Fix Things
254. Refilling Your Cup, Finding Inspiration, and Meaningful Feedback
Bonus Friday: Beginner's Mind, Growing Pains, and Saying No
253. Saying NO is a Leadership Skill
252. On Confidence - Part 3
251. Communication Beyond Words
250. Making Mistakes and the Skill of Repair
249. Three Shifts from IC to Manager and Leader
248. On Confidence - Part 2
247. "Can I be direct with you?"
246. Trauma-Informed Care and Leadership
245. Everyone Is Making It Up As They Go
244. Vision, Reflection, and Intention
243. How to get the most from Communication Strategies for Managers
242. Manage AI Like a Person
Bonus Friday: The Two Essential Skills Every Manager Needs
240. Burnout at Work: 3 Components, and 3 Lenses
239. Change, AI, and the New World of Work
238. Five Reasons Why Managers Get Stuck in the Weeds
Bonus Friday: Speaking up
237: Make Two Lists: Qualities of an Awful Manager, Qualities of a Great Manager
Bonus Friday: Executive Presence
236. Setting the Tone with Executive Presence
Bonus Friday: Getting Past the Hero Mindset
235. Reframe Your Problems to Find New Solutions
Bonus Friday: Conflict Isn't Always Bad
234. On Confidence - Part 1
Bonus Friday: Feedback as a Service
233. Feedback Skills Challenge
Bonus Friday: Opinion Tennis
232. Listening is part of your Manager Toolset
Bonus Friday: Defining Success as a Manager
231. The Confidence Lounge with Elyse Conroy: The Truth About Becoming a Manager
Bonus Friday: Working with Difficult People
230. Managing Difficult People
229. How to Get Quality Feedback When You're a Manager
Bonus Friday: Mindfulness, Connection, and Communication
228. Be Human First
227. How Kind People Accidentally Start Micromanaging
Bonus Friday: Before you get to work.
226. Disengagement and the Number One Thing Employees Want from Leadership
Bonus Friday: How your values inform your strategy
225. Strategic Thinking for Manager-Level Decisions
Bonus Friday: People Pleasing
224. Empathy at Work
Bonus Friday: Managing People Who Are Older Than You
223. Gen Z, the Pandemic, and Workplace Dynamics
Bonus Friday: Before You Start Managing
222. Why new managers struggle to let go of IC work
Bonus Friday: Identify the Real Problem
221. Organize Facts and Feelings
220. AI at Work: Clarify the Conversation
219. Mindfulness, Balance, and Work as a Venue for Being Human
218. Feeling vs Reacting
217. Reviewing "Where Should We Begin? At Work"
216. Manager Appreciation
Announcing: Leadership Orientation
215. Mindfulness, Leadership, and Emotional Labor
214. Emotional Labor at Work
213. Embracing Uncertainty & Leadership Lessons from Disaster Response Training
212. The New Manager's Quick Guide to Feedback and Performance Reviews
211. Here's why AI might make you a better manager.
210. What does AI mean for managers?
209. What kind of team do you have?
208. Healthy Stress vs Unhealthy Stress
207. Working with Difficult People (Reprise)
Bonus: Too Many Meetings (mini episode)
206. The Dishwasher Dilemma
205. Managing Imposter Syndrome
204. Seven Tips for Facilitating Change
203. Dignity Prompts + Soft Skills
202. Start where you are.
201. Dignity, Conflict, and Repair
200. Prioritize tasks using a Neurodiverse lens with this classic framework
199. Conflict Isn't Always Bad
198. "How does it work?" Testing assumptions and identifying blind spots.
197. Be Open to Receiving Support
196. A Different Kind of Episode
195. Start Your Year in Review
194. Four Toxic Traits at Work
193. Mindfulness for Managing During Overwhelm
192. Goals vs Intentions
191. Appreciative Inquiry vs Toxic Positivity
190. Essential Skills for New Managers (Invitation)
189. Be easy on yourself.
188. Working with Difficult People
187. Career Conversation with Wendy Saccuzzo: What to do when you hit a plateau.
186. What Makes a Great Team
185. Time, Safety, and Simplicity
184. Seven Communication Skills Every Manager Needs
183. Communication Strategies for Managers
182. Being a Hard Worker, and Saying No
181. Leadership Lessons from the Olympics
180. Money at Work - Three Tips for New Managers
179. Three Tips for Uncertainty
178. Leading People First with Chris Lin and Kim Nicol
177. Neurodiversity Demystified with Terri Donohue
176. Communication Tip - Why You Might Over-Explain and What to do Instead
175. Defining Success as a Manager
174. "What's your role?"
173. Managing Up - Power and Partnership
172. Leading a Team Through Hard Times
171. Ask yourself, "What's Working?"
170. How to Be More Strategic
169. Communication Strategies for Disagreement
168. Have Better Meetings
167. Leadership Lessons from Side Quests
166. Your Career Ecosystem
Career Conversation: Pivots + Side Hustles
165. "What are you trying to solve for?"
164. Why Delaying Decisions is Draining
163. Your Health and Well-Being
162. "What support do you need?"
161. Understanding Perfection and Micromanaging
160. Create a Well-Nurtured Network
159. Why Self-Awareness will make you a better Communicator and a more Effective Manager.
158. Listener Spotlight with Adrian Bond: How to Be a Successful Manager and Leader
157. Managing Change
156. New Manager Tip: Emotions (and Disappointment)
155. Direction, Decisions, and Discomfort
154. Calm, Confident, and Capable
153. Create Great Relationships at Work with Maggie Reyes
152. Fresh Perspective and Micro-Adjustments
151. Self-Care and Support for Managers
150. How to Recover from Failure
149. Two Things New Managers Need to Identify to Be Effective at Work
148. Listener Spotlight with Amberlee
147. Ask - What New Managers Need to Know about Making an Ask
146. The "To Be" List
145. Use this Framework to Feel More Calm and Grounded
144. Managing Time by Managing Expectations
143. The Freedom to Decide
142. Q4 Checklist
141. The Value of Being (when Doing feels too hard)
140. The Downside of "Making It Work"
139. Managers Are People, Too
138. Communication Tips for the Conflict Averse
137. How to Measure Success
136. Three Things that will Help You Be a Great Manager
135. Reflections on Leadership, Career, Sports, and Life
134. We Need to Talk About Feedback
133. Great Managers Do This
132. Out of Overwhelm
131. Why Self-Care Makes You a Better Manager
130. What to Do If You Fear Confrontation
129. “Walk Me Through”
128. Managing Your Time: 5 Lenses
127. Giving Effective Feedback
126. Decision Making, Discretion, and Influence
125. The Support & Authority Map, Revisited
124. Where to Get Insights on Onboarding, Leading, and Managing
123. Confidence, "What's the point?", and Professional Development
122. What You Say vs How You Say It
121. "How do I get them to. . .?"
120. Confident Money Conversations
119. Mindset, Attitude, and Engagement
BONUS: Saying No is a Leadership Skill (Invitation)
118. Mindfulness as a Skill of Attention
117. Process over Perfection
116. How to Feel In Control
115. Where is your growth?
114. Caught In the Middle and Feeling Like a Failure
113. Being compassionate with yourself.
112. Getting past the hero mindset.
111. Pushing Back vs Slowing Down
110. Identify the Problem
109. Work Environment, Agency, and Autonomy
108. Essential Communication Skills
107. How to ask your work to pay for your professional development.
106. When you're afraid of conflict.
105. Working with Emotions
104. Three Questions for the New Year
103. Tension at Work
102. The Question Behind the Question
101. Boundaries Holiday Edition
100. Data, Story, Emotion
99. Executive Presence
98. How to Know If You're Doing a Good Job
97. Managing High Performers
96. Mindset, Commitment, and Change
95. Reflection Questions
94. Emotional Labor and Managing People
93. Presence
92. What Other People Think
91. Authentic Confidence for Introverts and Quiet People
BONUS - Learning How to Ask
90. "My coworker is now my competitor."
89. People-Pleasing
88. Managing People Who Are Older Than You
87. How to Be Assertive
86. Emotions at Work
85. Making Good Use of Your Time
84. Before You Start Managing
83. Speaking Up
82. Anxiety, Perfection, and Problem Solving
81. Friends at Work
80. Three Skills for your Manager Toolkit
79. "I don't love what I do"
78. Child Care and Managing People Skills
77. Boundary as an Agreement with Yourself
76. "I don't want to be boastful."
75. You don't have to be great at everything.
74. Comparing to Others
73. Time Management
72. Better Meetings
71. Ambition and Three Career Stages
70. Managing Your Mind & Negative Creativity
69. Identify the Real Problem
68. What Happens in Coaching
67. Purpose Over Perfection
66. Oh No, Everything Is Great
65. Fundamentals for When You Feel Overwhelmed
64. Authority and Decision Making
63. How to Be Direct
62. Feedback as a Service
61. How to Advocate for Yourself at Work
60. From Founder to Manager
59. "I can do it."
58. Facilitator Mindset
57. Strategic Thinking and Feedback
56. Strategic Thinking
55. Like Driving a Car
54. Just for Now
53. Communication Skills + Being an Introvert
52. Three Key Skills Every Manager Needs
51. Opinion Tennis
50. Strategic Thinking for End of Year
49. How and Why to Celebrate
48. Small Change, Big Change
47. Self-Sabotage as a Misguided Desire for Safety
46. Leadership Like a DJ
45. Keys to Effective Manager Development
44. Willing to Be Wrong vs Needing to Be Right
43. The Illusion of Speed
42. Beginner's Mind with Adam Hesch
41. PTRs and Making Decisions
40. Managing Relationships with Ross Swalve
39. See and Respect the Value You Bring
38. "I don't know what I'm doing."
37. Different Personalities at Work with Lawrence Patrick
36. The Third Essential Skill Every Manager Needs
35. Perfection Will Bite You in the Butt
34. Scope of Care
33. Value Tracker
32. Know Your Value with Michelle Karver
31. When to Leave
30. The Difference Between Leadership and Management
29. Immeasurable Assets - Confidence
28. Three Stories About Promotions
27. There Are Many Ways
26. Who Broke the Toaster?
25. Immeasurable Assets - Trust
24. What Are You Avoiding?
23. What to Do Next
22. Your Value Story
21. How Are We Going to Work Together?
20. People Are Selfish
19. Managing Your Energy
18. Trust Yourself
17. The Problem with Trying to Solve Problems
16. If You’re Actively Job Seeking
15. Influence by Inner Weather
14. Feedback: No Sandwiches
13. Communication: Feedback
12. The Best Manager You Ever Had
11. How to Support Your Team as Humans
10. The To Be List
9. The Lens You Look Through
8. Using Personality Assessment Tools
7. The Support & Authority Map
6. Asking for Training Budget
5. Taking things personally
4. How Self-care will make you a better manager
3. If you’re worried about doing it wrong.
2. The Two Essential Skills Every New Manager Needs
1. Welcome to The New Manager Podcast