The Manager Track

We all have those tasks on our to-do lists that we dread and often find ourselves procrastinating on. Whether it's making difficult phone calls, organizing messy files, or tackling challenging projects, these tasks can be a source of frustration and hinder our progress. Waiting for motivation to strike is an unreliable approach, but by implementing consistent strategies, you can conquer procrastination and discomfort.

In this episode of The Manager Track podcast, I will be sharing tips for how you can increase your level of self-discipline and become good at accomplishing the things you don't like doing. You can't just wait for motivation to show up and overpower your procrastination or discomfort (because you'd be waiting a long time), the only reliable solution is implementing strategies and consistency into how you handle the tasks that you need to achieve.

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00:00 Preview

01:04 Introduction

02:26 Aligning Expectations to Reality

04:28 Stop waiting for motivation... just start doing it!

08:12 Tips for Building Self-Discipline

11:43 Recap

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Today, we're tackling a common dilemma: what should you do when you're expected to assume a leadership role, but deep down, you're not sure you're ready for the role, or you're just not interested?

Earlier last week, I came across a post on Reddit by someone seeking advice on their situation at work. Her boss was soon retiring, but she was having a difficult time getting others to believe that she was not interested in applying for the position. Her coworkers weren't able to grasp the idea that she preferred to remain in a supportive team member role.

In this episode of The Manager Track podcast, we're going to talk about what to consider if you're unsure if leadership is the right path for you. Maybe you're thinking about stepping into a leadership role or you are already leading and wondering if you made the right decision.

I have some thoughts and perspectives on this that I hope will help you gain some clarity around the different paths of leadership. I'll be giving you some nuggets to reflect on during this episode, including a 'No Go' list of preferences that indicate leadership wouldn't be right for you.

Watch this episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/yqeT4mv9-dY

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If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @ramona.shaw.leadership or DM me on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/ramona-shaw

Are you in your first manager role and don't want to mess it up? Watch our FREE Masterclass and discover the 4 shifts to become a leader people love to work for: ramonashaw.com/masterclass

Don't forget to invest time each week to increase your self-awareness, celebrate your wins, and learn from your mistakes. Your career grows only to the extent that you grow. Grab your Career Journal with leadership exercises and weekly reflections here: ramonashaw.com/shop

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00:00 Preview

01:06 Introduction

04:45 Growing in your career without becoming a manager

10:05 Most leaders don't feel ready when they start their new role

18:02 'No Go' List: Who should not be a leader

20:22 Recap

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Inevitably at some point we will fail, but that is part of pursuing new opportunities. The important part is that we take the time to learn from our failures so that we can grow as leaders.

As a first-time manager back in 2011 and now as a coach, trainer, and podcast host, I have experienced my fair share of failures. But I try to look for and use the challenges to learn and improve. I never would have made it this far in my career if I didn't embrace my failures and learn from them.

In this episode of The Manager Track podcast, I'm going to share four tips that will help you prepare for, process, and ultimately turn failure into something that is a catalyst for growth. As you get accustomed to using these four tips, you may even find yourself seeking out ways to fail faster so that you can go further in your career.

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Are you in your first manager role and don't want to mess it up? Watch our FREE Masterclass and discover the 4 shifts to become a leader people love to work for: ramonashaw.com/masterclass

Don't forget to invest time each week to increase your self-awareness, celebrate your wins, and learn from your mistakes. Your career grows only to the extent that you grow. Grab your Career Journal with leadership exercises and weekly reflections here: ramonashaw.com/shop

Love the podcast and haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to ramonashaw.com/itunes and give your honest review. Thanks for your support of this show!

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00:00 Preview

01:10 Introduction

06:33 Four Steps To Learn From Failures

06:50 1) To Prepare

11:45 2) To Own It

13:46 3) To Reflect

17:49 4) To Act & Grow

21:27 Recap

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Many of the issues, inefficiencies, and interpersonal conflicts we experience in the workplace can be traced back to a lack of trust between people. But how do we build trust in our teams?

In this episode of The Manager Track podcast, I am joined by Doug Thorpe to discuss some common barriers to building trust, the importance of psychological safety, and how you as a leader can begin influencing the level of trust on your team. Doug gives us a glimpse into his most recent book by sharing The Team Trust Model™, which is a diagram consisting of six essential steps that can help you successfully manage others while building a High Trust Team.

Doug Thorpe is an executive coach and business advisor, but he's also the host of the Leadership Powered by Common Sense Podcast. He's been a captain in the US Army, a Senior VP in the banking industry, and has authored five books (most recently Trust at Work.)

Watch this episode on YouTube here!

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If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @ramona.shaw.leadership or DM me on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/ramona-shaw

Are you in your first manager role and don't want to mess it up? Watch our FREE Masterclass and discover the 4 shifts to become a leader people love to work for: ramonashaw.com/masterclass

Don't forget to invest time each week to increase your self-awareness, celebrate your wins, and learn from your mistakes. Your career grows only to the extent that you grow. Grab your Career Journal with leadership exercises and weekly reflections here: ramonashaw.com/shop

Love the podcast and haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to ramonashaw.com/itunes and give your honest review. Thanks for your support of this show!

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00:00 Preview

01:48 The Gift of Mentorship

05:00 Importance of Psychological Safety

09:11 Barriers to developing trust

11:53 The Team Trust Model™

20:53 Build trust with questions and systems

28:09 Why you should share this model with your team

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As a manager, delivering disappointing news to an employee who was expecting a promotion but didn't receive one can be difficult. Retaining and supporting employees in this situation is crucial, especially if you want to prevent them from considering other job opportunities as recruiting messages start landing in their inbox on LinkedIn.

In my coaching conversations with clients, the topic of employee retention often comes up when discussing promotions. It's understandable that both the employee and the manager would feel frustrated when a promotion falls through after working towards it, especially if you've been the one coaching them along their career path.

In this episode of The Manager Track podcast, I will share how to effectively handle the situation when a direct report doesn't get promoted, and how you can support them as they process the news. I will also share tactical steps you can take to retain your team members. By implementing these approaches, you can help your employee navigate disappointment while demonstrating your commitment to their development and career growth.

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If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @ramona.shaw.leadership or DM me on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/ramona-shaw

Are you in your first manager role and don't want to mess it up? Watch our FREE Masterclass and discover the 4 shifts to become a leader people love to work for: ramonashaw.com/masterclass

Don't forget to invest time each week to increase your self-awareness, celebrate your wins, and learn from your mistakes. Your career grows only to the extent that you grow. Grab your Career Journal with leadership exercises and weekly reflections here: ramonashaw.com/shop

Love the podcast and haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to ramonashaw.com/itunes and give your honest review. Thanks for your support of this show!

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00:00 Preview

01:01 Introduction

06:52 Acknowledge their disappointment

08:12 Be as transparent as you can

11:46 Understand the 5 step cycle of grief

15:57 Tactical next steps to retain your employee

19:49 Recap

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Struggles with time management are not rooted in a lack of knowledge, information, or any kind of perfect secret strategy.

You have already taken the courses, listened to podcasts, read books, and with all of this newfound knowledge you can still struggle with time management if you don't first uncover and address the underlying causes. It is the lack of implementation that causes this frustrating cycle to continue and its effect goes beyond the workplace, overflowing into your personal life.

Even if you don't personally struggle with time management, it could be a serious struggle for your team members which makes it hard for them to stay focused, think strategically, deliver within deadlines, and create a healthy work-life balance.

In this episode of The Manager Track podcast, I will share some common underlying reasons for these time management struggles, how you can identify the root causes that are specifically holding you back, and the tools I love using, along with self-reflection questions that will help your whole team improve and master project management.

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If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @ramona.shaw.leadership or DM me on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/ramona-shaw

Are you in your first manager role and don't want to mess it up? Watch our FREE Masterclass and discover the 4 shifts to become a leader people love to work for: ramonashaw.com/masterclass

Don't forget to invest time each week to increase your self-awareness, celebrate your wins, and learn from your mistakes. Your career grows only to the extent that you grow. Grab your Career Journal with leadership exercises and weekly reflections here: ramonashaw.com/shop

Love the podcast and haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to ramonashaw.com/itunes and give your honest review. Thanks for your support of this show!

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00:00 Preview

00:56 Introduction

04:23 Examples of underlying reasons

14:11 Identifying your underlying pattern

15:59 RACI Matrix Exercise

19:22 Questions to ponder

21:57 Recap

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Over the last 4 years, we've built and evolved our new manager training program called the Leadership Accelerator and I took some time to reflect on the key insights learned during that time.

In this episode, we'll discuss:

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Are you in your first manager role and don't want to mess it up? Watch our FREE Masterclass and discover the 4 shifts to become a leader people love to work for: ramonashaw.com/masterclass

Don't forget to invest time each week to increase your self-awareness, celebrate your wins, and learn from your mistakes. Your career grows only to the extent that you grow. Grab your Career Journal with leadership exercises and weekly reflections here: ramonashaw.com/shop

Love the podcast and haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to ramonashaw.com/itunes and give your honest review. Thanks for your support of this show!

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00:00 Preview

01:03 What is the New Manager Training Program?

03:14 Four Insights From Running The Program

06:03 1) Peer support matters more than you might think

11:03 2) Mindset is underestimated and skill training is overestimated

14:42 3) You need to know what good leadership looks like, but also recognize for yourself what good leadership means to you

18:08 4) Topics need to be interconnected

20:22 Recap

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You might be surprised by this title. I don't think I talk much about feminine leadership traits or women in leadership and so forth, although I do coach a lot of women on specific topics such as being the only woman or working in a male-dominated environment.

One of the things that prompted me to record this episode is that there are a lot of older books around the topic of leadership that were written through a masculine lens. I wanted to quickly talk about this because sometimes we refer back to these books and they're classics and they're great, but we can't forget the fact that they were written in a very different business context and at a time when leadership looked very different than it needs to look today.

In this episode of The Manager Track podcast, I will help you differentiate masculine and feminine traits, the roles they play for both men and women, and why you should be embracing your feminine traits in the workplace.

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If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @ramona.shaw.leadership or DM me on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/ramona-shaw

Are you in your first manager role and don't want to mess it up? Watch our FREE Masterclass and discover the 4 shifts to become a leader people love to work for: ramonashaw.com/masterclass

Don't forget to invest time each week to increase your self-awareness, celebrate your wins, and learn from your mistakes. Your career grows only to the extent that you grow. Grab your Career Journal with leadership exercises and weekly reflections here: ramonashaw.com/shop

Love the podcast and haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to ramonashaw.com/itunes and give your honest review. Thanks for your support of this show!

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00:00 Preview

00:49 Introduction

03:34 Differentiating Masculine vs Feminine Traits

09:56 Start Embracing Your Feminine Traits

15:16 Recap

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How do you balance control and trust? This is the dilemma of micromanagement.

While micromanaging is not a good leadership style it can be used as an effective time-limited and targeted management tool when a situation calls for it.

In this episode of The Manager Track Podcast, I will be sharing when you should micromanage, and how to do it well so that it is not being perceived negatively by direct reports, but actually seen as supportive.

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If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @ramona.shaw.leadership or DM me on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/ramona-shaw

Are you in your first manager role and don't want to mess it up? Watch our FREE Masterclass and discover the 4 shifts to become a leader people love to work for: ramonashaw.com/masterclass

Don't forget to invest time each week to increase your self-awareness, celebrate your wins, and learn from your mistakes. Your career grows only to the extent that you grow. Grab your Career Journal with leadership exercises and weekly reflections here: ramonashaw.com/shop

Love the podcast and haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to ramonashaw.com/itunes and give your honest review. Thanks for your support of this show!

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00:00 Preview

01:31 Is micromanagement in your blind spot?

09:06 When you should micromanage

14:11 How to micromanage well

17:15 Recap

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We've all been there: feeling like we're just repeating the same mistakes or not retaining the things we have heard.

But what if you took a lesson from those experiences, rather than letting them slip away?

On this episode of The Manager Track podcast, I'll show how creating and using your very own leadership playbook is the key to advancing in your career! Discover when and why it's useful as well as exactly how having one can help propel you forward on an upward trajectory.

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Grab your copy of Ramona's best-selling new book 'The Confident & Competent New Manager: How to Rapidly Rise to Success in Your First Leadership Role': amzn.to/3TuOdcP

If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @ramona.shaw.leadership or DM me on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/ramona-shaw

Are you in your first manager role and don't want to mess it up? Watch our FREE Masterclass and discover the 4 shifts to become a leader people love to work for: ramonashaw.com/masterclass

Don't forget to invest time each week to increase your self-awareness, celebrate your wins, and learn from your mistakes. Your career grows only to the extent that you grow. Grab your Career Journal with leadership exercises and weekly reflections here: ramonashaw.com/shop

Love the podcast and haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to ramonashaw.com/itunes and give your honest review. Thanks for your support of this show!

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00:00 Preview

00:48 This is your leadership playbook

03:28 What is the purpose of your playbook?

07:58 Reflecting on your leadership

11:25 Recap

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