The Manager Track

By Ramona ShawBusiness Careers

The Manager Track episodes

September 14, 2021Manage Your Mind Before You Manage People
The responsibility of leading other people comes with the responsibility to lead yourself - and this is what we call Self-Leadership.

A big component of Self-Leadership is Mind Management and I believe that it is one of the greatest skills that you can learn to evolve your leadership. Plus, I see it as one of the most overlooked aspects of leadership development.

In this episode, you'll learn what it means to manage your mind and how this skill will benefit you and help you to evolve your leadership, your EQ, and your people skills to the next level.

-- RESOURCES MENTIONED --
Book on Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain by Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett
Schedule a Call with Ramona: www.ramonashaw.com/apply
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20 min
September 07, 2021How to Fast Track Your Leadership Without Extra Stress & Long Hours
Join Stacey Ashley and me in this conversation as we discuss how leaders can increase their effectiveness and expand their impact without adding more hours to their workday.

Stacey shares how you as a leader can...
Differentiate yourself from an average leader and morph into a great leader

Get organized versus being busy and what discipline has to do with it

Better honor your leadership responsibilities while also still doing your own IC work

Delegate work without dictating tasks

Use coaching to create noticeably higher levels of accountability on your team

Empower employees to deliver great work quality without constantly relying on you offering a safety net

Resources Mentioned
Stacey's book 'The New Leader: From team member to people leader- a practical guide' on Amazon

Stacey's book "Show Up21: 5 Practical Ways to Activate Your Leadership and Rise to the Challenge" on Amazon

Stacey's website and the 28-Day Challenge: https://ashleycoaching.com.au/ and https://ashleycoaching.com.au/28Days

About Stacey Ashley
With over 30 years’ experience, Stacey has helped 1000’s to develop their leadership competence, confidence, and credibility. She is the author of three #1 Amazon best-selling books on leadership including the newly released, Show Up21.

After seeing leaders caught up in the basics, the fundamentals, which prevents them from stepping into their leadership where they can flourish, Stacey now works with aspirational leaders to develop their leadership skills and approach so they can inspire, influence, and have impact. To elevate the practice of leadership, so they too can Lead in Possibility. Organizations benefit from high-performance leadership, increased engagement and productivity, and an enhanced leadership talent pipeline.
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35 min
August 31, 2021How to Deal With "Toxic" People at Work
The vast majority, let's say 95% of people are good, caring people who have no intentions to hurt anyone. But then there are a few people who demonstrate behaviors that are hurtful towards others. They may be intentionally hurtful. They may intentionally push people's buttons. Or exclude people and make them feel less than, or insecure.

Now I use quotation marks around the word "toxic" in this title because I strongly believe that there are no "toxic people", but there are most certainly toxic behaviors or toxic dynamics, like toxic relationships.

And in my experience, it is inevitable that at some point in our careers, we find ourselves in a toxic situation or exposed to toxic behaviors.

And when you do, I want you to be equipped with tools to better handle the situation and with support to ensure you're getting out of it with your confidence and wellbeing still intact.

For this reason, this podcast episode is about...
why taking charge when you're exposed to toxic behaviors is crucial,

the 5 specific tips on how to deal with toxic behaviors, and

the negative lasting impact if you stay in toxic situations for too long (and why you might be sticking around too long).
If you're currently dealing with a "toxic" person at work and it's impacting your confidence or wellbeing, and you're ready to get help and finally get a handle on it, then let's talk. Schedule a call with me here: www.ramonashaw.com/apply

* Disclaimer: Shownotes may contain affiliate links. That means that I am awarded a small commission for purchases made through them, at no added cost to you.
19 min
August 24, 2021Why Coach When Giving Advice Is So Much Easier?
Although giving advice could be so much easier and faster, when you apply a coach-like approach as a manager, you increase self-responsibility and self-belief in your team members. Through your questions, you're giving choice wherever possible, while also providing them with a good balance of support and challenge.

You'll walk away knowing...
the benefits of asking even one question

the 4-step process to coach an employee

the critical mindset shifts required to become a coach-like leader
To learn more about the Leadership Accelerator program for new managers visit www.ramonashaw.com/leadership-accelerator

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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': https://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 https://www.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 --> www.ramonashaw.com/masterclass

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

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

* Disclaimer: Shownotes may contain affiliate links. That means that I am awarded a small commission for purchases made through them, at no added cost to you.
16 min
August 17, 2021Stop Feeling Responsible For How Other People Feel
I got a question for you... How do you feel when someone else is having a negative emotional reaction because of something you did or said?

If you feel guilty and responsible for how they feel then this episode is for YOU!

I often talk about emotional responsibility which means not to blame others for how we feel because our feelings are created by our own thoughts (not by other people or outside events!).

I know... this might be totally new to you and you might have a range of objections and questions pop up in your head right now. I get it!

Just stick with me.

Assume I'm right (and research from neuroscience to psychology is with me on this), then it's also true that you do not create other people's feelings.
But by the same token, you do not create other people’s thoughts.
Have you ever noticed, for example, that you can say something the exact same way to two different people and they both react differently? That’s because they are having different thoughts.

For many of us, the idea that we're responsible for our own feelings and that they are created by our own thoughts completely goes against the emotional model we adopted when we grew up.

But that old emotional model is incorrect. And not only that, but it is also at the root cause of people-pleasing and a range of ineffective leadership behaviors.

Think of sugarcoating feedback, avoiding tough conversations, saying no to requests, dishonest communication, and the list goes on.
When you take emotional responsibility for yourself but not for others, you are so much more present, more true to yourself, more effective and so much more compassionate with others.

Listen to this episode to see how this one shift in your thinking can unlock a whole new level of leadership effectiveness for you and change the way you show up in relationships at work and in your personal life.

-- RESOURCES MENTIONED --
Ted Talk by Lisa Feldman Barrett

Schedule a Free Leadership Accelerator Call with Ramona
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': https://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 https://www.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 --> www.ramonashaw.com/masterclass

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

Love the podcast and haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to https://www.ramonashaw.com/itunes and give your honest review. Thanks for your support of this show!
* Disclaimer: Shownotes may contain affiliate links. That means that I am awarded a small commission for purchases made through them, at no added cost to you.
19 min
August 10, 2021 How Do You Measure Your Own Performance?
How do you know if you're doing a good job at work?

Is it praise and recognition from others? A promotion? A bonus? Or a good performance review?

The likelihood is pretty high that one of those sounded right to you.

But what all these answers have in common is that these results are not fully in your control. All of them depend on other people and their needs and wants or on external factors such as business growth and revenue, etc.

For example, what if someone else gets promoted over you? Does that mean you're not good enough yet? You can probably see how quickly this assumption can lead us down a vicious cycle of self-doubt or frustration and disappointment.

In this episode, I invite you to rethink how you measure your own performance and base your assessment solely on things that are 100% within your control.

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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': https://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 https://www.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 --> www.ramonashaw.com/masterclass

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

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

* Disclaimer: Shownotes may contain affiliate links. That means that I am awarded a small commission for purchases made through them, at no added cost to you.
14 min
August 03, 2021 The Attitudes & Principles of Leadership
When it comes to leadership development, I take a hard stance against simple plug & play kinda playbooks that completely leave out awareness building and core leadership principles. Because in my view, this IS the foundation of great leadership.

Yes, frameworks and tools are amazing, especially for new managers who are often thrown into completely new situations and challenges. So having a playbook is awesome. But it's simply not enough!

Think about an iceberg. The bottom of the iceberg is invisible, yet is bigger, stronger, and carries the part that we can see above the water.

In terms of leadership, your core attitude, your beliefs, values, and principles are invisible to others. What they do see are your actions and expressions of them.

But it's the invisible part that matters most. Yet, in a world of "quick fixes" and "hacks" this part can get so easily overlooked, ignored, and underestimated.

In this week's episode, you'll learn 7 core leadership principles that if embraced, cultivated, and lived by will catapult your leadership to a whole new level.

As Winston Churchill said, "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference."

-- RESOURCES MENTIONED --
Leadership Accelerator Program
Schedule a Call with Ramona
* Disclaimer: Shownotes may contain affiliate links. That means that I am awarded a small commission for purchases made through them, at no added cost to you.
23 min
July 27, 2021 Managing a High-Performer
Managing an ambitious high-performer who is maybe even more knowledgable than you or who wants to become a people leader and have your job one day is not always easy.

Yes, it's awesome to have a star on your team. In fact, it should be your goal to develop high-performing employees.

However, while they have their work covered and don't need much guidance from you, you do have a crucial role to play... And that is to retain them!

Because of that, they require just as much attention as everyone else. Plus, there are a set of unique challenges and risks to be aware of.

In this episode, I'll share with you my 5 tips on how to manage a high-performer so you become the respected leader they CHOOSE to report to. Plus, I'll cover 2 things to avoid that could easily get you into tricky situations if you're unaware and not proactive enough.

-- RESOURCES MENTIONED --

Book: The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace

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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': https://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 https://www.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 --> www.ramonashaw.com/masterclass

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

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

* Disclaimer: Shownotes may contain affiliate links. That means that I am awarded a small commission for purchases made through them, at no added cost to you.
17 min
July 20, 2021New Managers: Being "Productive" Means Something Different Now
Do you ever end your day wondering where all the hours went? Your to-do list is longer than it was in the morning, and it feels you got nothing important accomplished.

If you can relate to this, then you're not alone.

As an IC (individual contributor) your main job was to get "stuff" done. Your performance was measured based on how much you accomplished and how fast you achieved your goals.

So that's what you used to define a "productive" day... it was all about scratching things off your to-do list.

But now that you're leading a team, the days can feel so "unproductive." All you do is helping others move their work along and solving their problems while also spending more time than you like sitting in meetings.

So by the end of the day, there is not much to show for all the work you did all day.

I remember when I felt this way. I started to doubt what I really contributed at work and I worried that my team members would see me as a lazy manager because I didn't produce much myself.

What I didn't realize during that time was that I had this whole thing upside down. I changed my role but never updated my definition of what a "productive" or successful day would now look like.

I was stuck in my old definition of what used to make me successful as an IC.

This is a challenge that many of my clients face because it is one of the numerous shifts new managers have to go through.

In this week's episode of The Manager Track podcast, I'll walk you through the 3-step process to sail through this transition and redefine what a "productive" day might now look like for you.
-- RESOURCES MENTIONED --
Jeff Bezos Interview

The Pause Principle

Schedule a call with Ramona
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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': https://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 https://www.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 --> www.ramonashaw.com/masterclass

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

Love the podcast and haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to https://www.ramonashaw.com/itunes and give your honest review. Thanks for your support of this show!
* Disclaimer: Shownotes may contain affiliate links. That means that I am awarded a small commission for purchases made through them, at no added cost to you.
17 min
July 13, 2021 3 Tips to Influence Other People's Decisions
Ever been super convinced that your idea was the best but then to your complete surprise your boss decided to take a different route?

The reason for this might have been your boss's different perspective and rock-solid reason for that but it could also have been due to the fact that most of our decisions are based on emotions, not logic!

If you rely mostly on data, logic, and facts to make your case, then you're likely doing a poor job trying to influence other people's decisions.

And influencing and persuading other people is not an unethical thing. Quite the opposite. It's a requirement for great leadership.

In fact, I like what Marshall Goldsmith shared in an HBR article on the topic of influence:

"When presenting ideas to upper management, realize that it is your responsibility to sell — not their responsibility to buy."

And because so many of my clients want to develop their influence and persuasion skills, I thought I'd share some quick but very actionable tips with you as well in this podcast episode.

You may have spent years developing your technical expertise but as you grow as a leader, learning how to influence will become significantly more important.

So my hope is that by making an investment in learning how to influence and persuade, you'll be able to have a bigger positive impact on the people you lead and your organization overall.

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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': https://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 https://www.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 --> www.ramonashaw.com/masterclass

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

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

* Disclaimer: Shownotes may contain affiliate links. That means that I am awarded a small commission for purchases made through them, at no added cost to you.
19 min

About The Manager Track

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If you’re in you're a new manager and want to become a confident and competent leader people love to work with, then join leadership expert Ramona Shaw in this podcast. Each week, Ramona shares…