Manager Matt Podcast Show

Knowing the culture of a business is important, you need to know how the place ticks. But if you go to far into the business you will start to fade away and be able to deliver results.

This week I look into how you can understand and avoid becoming a native.

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This week is a cross over show to introduce you to my other channel which focuses on how to become a lean business and remove waste

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Been put on a PIP can make you feel like your career is over but by keeping your head and having a plan will help you survive the process. In this week I will explore the process of how to work through a PIP with your manager to get the best result for you and your company.

Below are the 8 areas to consider within your PIP.

1.Understand the Expectations

2. Stay Positive and Open to Feedback

3. Focus on Improvement

4. Communicate Proactively

5. Demonstrate Your Commitment

6. Use the PIP as a Learning Experience

7. Stay Professional

8. Seek Support Outside of Work

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If you feel exhausted recruiting team member and when you get people they never stay, then you need to look at the 3C.

Connect, Care and Congratulate 

The best way to help keep your team is to work on a number of areas based around the 3Cs.

Have a listen to my ideas on the subject.

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Every member of your team will have talent, its up to you as the leader to make sure you are using the their talent wisely. If you dont get the balance right and set the right direction you are heading for failure. 

A talented team will be the key to your success as well as the success of the business.

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Practice makes perfect, Wrong, perfection is impossible. When you work with your teams you need to look at how you can create a culture of imperfect action. Move the business forward without falling in to the trap of looking for perfection

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What gets measured gets done is a good mantra to remember in leadership.

As a leader you need to make sure you give your teams a world class set of objectives to deliver. You cant just passed down your objectives they need to be true and set with the person in mind. Only through setting world class objectives can you get world class results.

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I know we dont want to think of our jobs as leaders are boring but we need to make sure we are consistent in our approach and execution of work tasks.

We the right level of consistent and sometime boring controls you will achieve great things in your role and deliver results. 

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We all get it sometimes, the feeling we are not go enough or we are in over our heads.

As a leader this feeling can be hard to shake and can lead to stress and a feeling of loneliness. This week I talk about how you can deal with these natural feelings and hopefully move on t deliver results. 

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This weeks show examines the idea of were you should and should not firefight as a Leader. It looks at how you have a culture of great problem solvers can drive behaviours which never fixes the problems . Some times you need to put fires out but you need to prevent them in the fire place

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