“There’s a lot of thought that needs to go into becoming a manager. And then once you are one, you need to see it as a lifelong learning experience and an experience that can impact other people in the best of ways or actually in the worst of ways.” – Joanne Merrick

Today’s featured best-selling author is a speaker, Leadership Development Expert, and founder of The Leadership Recipe, LLC, Joanne Merrick. Joanne and I had a fun on a bun chat about her book, “Game On! Is Management Your Best Career Play?”, the realities of management, blending her passion for music into her teaching, and more!!!

Key Things You’ll Learn:

What inspired Joanne to write her first book

Her Australian roots, global career journey, and what brought her to the US

How research legitimized her leadership teachings

Why people become managers, the challenges they face, and the high failure rate among new managers

Her practical advice for new managers

Joanne’s Site: https://www.theleadershiprecipe.com/

Joanne’s Book: https://a.co/d/2AnRiSw

The opening track is titled, “North Wind and the Sun” by Trevin P. To listen to and download the full track, click the following link. https://compilationsforhumanity.bandcamp.com/track/north-wind-and-the-sun

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