The Manager Track

In this episode of the Manager Track Podcast, I'm joined by Atlas Aultman. Atlas is not only one of the top 150 speakers in the nation but a recent #1 best-selling author with his leadership books for kids. He has also received several bronze star metals in the military and is a former White House Military Officer of the Year.

Listen in as he shares a lot of thoughts, controversial ideas, and suggestions for current and future leaders. I promise this episode will provide you with lots of food for thought on how to see and define your leadership!

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01:37 Meaning of Leadership

06:59 Caring about the Who

11:48 Stoicism for Leaders

17:02 Strategic Thinking & Timeboxing

21:55 3 Pieces of Advice for New Leaders

30:38 Clarity in Communication

34:14 Giving Feedback

38:16 Leadership Books for Kids

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All managers will sooner or later end up in situation where they have to manage an underperformer. And these situations can be tricky.

Many of my clients have asked me how to best navigate these situations but before we can talk about the "action plan" we have to understand the reasons why the underperformance occurs.

In this episode of the Manager Track podcast, I will share the 4 reasons for underperformance, tips that will help you better manage them, and how you can avoid your next hire being an underperformer.

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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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01:11 Reasons For Underperformance

09:19 1. Workplace Tension

09:48 2. Personal Challenges

10:41 3. Work Overload

11:14 4. Skill Deficiency

12:52 Defining An Action Plan

13:36 Learn From Your Past Mistakes

16:19 Recap

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In this episode of the Manager Track podcast, we're going to talk about how you plan for and use your time, and how some decisions that you make about your time may actually slow down people on your team.

Reflection Questions for you and your team:

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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

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01:01 What is Time Integrity?

04:12 Eroding Trust and Self Discipline

05:58 Small Changes To Increase Your Integrity and Reliability

07:44 Be Tolerant with Others and Strict with Yourself

09:51 Affects On Other People

14:54 Self-Reflection Questions

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Are your employees engaged in their work? Would you notice the red flags of their disengagement?

In this episode of the Manager Track podcast, I am joined by Sri Chellappa to discuss employee engagement, how to spot disengagement, and some tools that you can utilize to drive better engagement within your organization.

Sri Chellappa is the president and co-founder of Engagedly, a people strategy management software that enables organizations to build highly engaged high-performance teams.

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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

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02:35 Meet Sri Chellappa

04:41 What is Engagedly

05:55 Disengagement Red Flags

13:26 The Disengaged Manager

16:41 How to interpret engagement survey results

21:59 Ikigai in the workplace

27:56 Connect with Sri

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Have you second-guessed a decision you made earlier today or earlier this week?

If you've ever been in a situation where you made a decision or chose to do or not do something... it is likely that you have found yourself ruminating over whether or not you made the right choice.

For many of my clients, this kind of second-guessing can lead to feelings of overwhelm or  turn into hours of unproductive and distracted work.

If you experience this somewhat regularly or are well aware of what 'decision hangover' feels like, then it's important to recognize the signs so that you can take steps to address it and move forward with confidence.

In this episode of the Manager Track podcast, I am going to share three tips that will help you overcome self-doubt, mitigate decision hangovers, and avoid falling victim to your own mind.

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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

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01:05 Did I Make The Right Decision?

06:06 Three Tips To Overcome Self-Doubt

06:17 Get Clear On What You Base Your Decisions On

11:48 Separate Your Feelings From Others

15:40 Embrace "As Is" Decisions Instead Of "Win-Lose"

18:22 Recap

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We all stereotype people, whether we like it or not. We do it so quickly too. In a split second, we form assumptions and we often do it unconsciously.

We might assume that...

And the list goes on...

Stereotyping people is a way for our brain to organize information and to speed up judgment so we can quickly assess if we're safe or not. It used to be a survival strategy.

But in today's world, stereotyping is less useful. And if we do it without noticing, stereotyping can quickly affect our actions and opinions in a pre-judgmental and biased way.

And that will most certainly get in the way of us creating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable environment at work and may even create toxic situations.

In this episode of The Manager Track podcast, I am shedding some light on the negative impact of stereotyping and labeling in the workplace, how you can catch yourself doing it and how to get rid of it.

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00:00 Preview

01:11 What is workplace stereotyping?

06:26 Harvard Business School Study

10:18 Reducing effects of biases and stereotypes

14:20 Labelling is believing

17:52 Four Reflection Questions

19:53 Recap

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How do you manage someone performing a job you know nothing about? Or lead someone who values something totally different than you?

In this episode of The Manager Track podcast, our guest Shane Foss answers these questions and shares other leadership lessons from across his 20 years as a medical industry executive, and now as a Founder/CEO. Tune in to hear about some of the biggest challenges he has faced as a CEO, how metrics can unite your team, and why it is that you should "always be hiring!"

Shane is an expert in Business Development and Strategy, Sales Strategy, and Team Development.  After over 20 years as an executive in the medical industry, Shane launched Hooray Health, an unconventional health insurance company that works hard to provide affordable healthcare benefits for employers and employees. He loves to share insights on how managing a business has significantly changed since the Great Resignation, what strategies business leaders and managers can use to attract and retain employees, and how to keep teams focused and motivated.

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https://hoorayhealth.com

Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman

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01:39 Meet Shane Foss

04:31 Hiring Practices

06:38 What criteria do you evaluate candidates with?

08:54 How do you present yourself?

11:56 Thoughts on the great resignation

14:46 Consider the perspectives of others

16:52 Transitioning into remote leadership

18:27 Biggest leadership challenges Shane has faced as a CEO

20:20 Evaluating the performance of someone doing something you've never done

23:35 Connect with Shane

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Do you hide or guard your emotions at work? Or do you worry about coming across as "too emotional"?

Yes, you might want to bring your whole self to work but you also don't want to lose credibility by being too emotionally involved or by losing your poise.

In this episode of The Manager Track podcast, I am going to share how you can manage your emotions effectively while being intentional and aware of your impact on others. You will learn where our emotions come from, how to navigate them, what to pay attention to, and the four steps you can take when you notice your emotions at work.

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14% - None of my emotions

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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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01:37 How you manage your emotions affects your leadership

06:11 LinkedIn Poll: How much of your emotions feel best to show at work?

13:38 Four things to do when you notice your emotions

14:05 #1 - Label It

14:44 #2 - Challenge It

15:43 #3 - Be Curious

17:25 #4 - Be Mindful

18:50 Recap

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Preparing for the worst isn't about having a pessimistic outlook. It's about being realistic and prepared so that you can make smart choices if stuff hits the fan.

When we think ahead, evaluate risks, and prepare for the worst we demonstrate the skill of being a proactive leader (vs. a reactive leader). And as a result, we are way better prepared, aware, and able to navigate challenges than when we're being caught off guard.

In this episode of The Manager Track Podcast, I am going to share an exercise called The Pre-Mortem which is inspired by Stoicism.

I have done a couple of episodes on this podcast about the intersection of Stoicism and Leadership, and will likely talk about the topic a little bit more over the next few months, especially as I am in the process of writing a book about Stoic Leadership as we speak :-)

You will walk away from this episode with the knowledge of how to make a solid plan for 2023 by conducting the Pre-Mortem exercises.

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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

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00:00 Preview

01:19 Stoicism & Pre-Mortem Exercises

07:25 How to make a solid plan for 2023

11:57 Ask the question, "what if..."

16:10 Preform this internal exercise with your team

18:03 Make reviewing these plans a routine

18:50 Recap

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Chances are high that you've heard the buzz about ChatGPT. The discussions about this newly released AI tool has spread like wildfire on social media and beyond. So for this episode of The Manager Track podcast, I decided to share 8 common tasks that you could begin streamlining in the new year using ChatGPT (or other AI tools for that matter).

Yes, some of these tasks might have taken me an hour to complete on my own but can now be done in 15 minutes or less.

ChatGPT was released in late November 2022 by the startup OpenAI. The chatbot uses machine learning to come up with unique responses to the questions that you ask it. You interact with it in a conversational way, which makes it possible for ChatGPT to answer follow-up questions and provide specific answers to very targeted questions or prompts you pose.

But in my humble opinion, this is just the beginning of the exponential increase in businesses leveraging AI to perform tasks currently done by or heavily supported by humans. As such, I am really interested in seeing how AI will evolve and influence the workplace in the coming years. I'd love to hear from you about tasks you are streamlining with ChatGPT or if you have come across any other resources I should know about. Email me at [email protected].

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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

01:06 New Year Self Reflection

02:06 Podcast Update: Format, Survey, Resources

06:16 What is ChatGPT?

11:04 How shouldn't I use it?

14:07 #1 Job Descriptions

15:20 #2 Formal Emails

15:56 #3 Automated Email Sequences

16:37 #4 Presentation Headlines

17:23 #5 Shorten Text

17:57 #6 Performance Review Structures

18:54 #7 Meeting Agendas

19:22 #8 Topic Research

20:49 Recap

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