Leadership Orientation is on June 18:

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Communication Strategies for Managers starts July 2:

⁠⁠⁠https://maven.com/kimnicol/communication-strategies⁠⁠

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One reason we hold on to anxiety and perfection is because of an underlying belief that you need them to be successful.  You might think that perfection makes you detail oriented, and anxiety motivates you towards achievement -- and you may have been rewarded for them!  In this episode, you'll get some ideas for how to think differently, so you can achieve what you want but in a new way.  It will make you a better manager, and you'll become more authentically confident.  Let's talk about it.

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Having friends at work makes our work experience much more rewarding.  In this episode, learn four things that great work friendships have.  And learn how to think about balancing friendships with people who report to you.

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There are three skills every manager needs:  Advocacy, Giving Feedback, and Boundaries.  Today we explore how they all connect.  When you know what you want, the next step is to consider how to go about making happen.  Is it something you need to advocate for?  Do you need to give someone feedback, to create a desired change?  Or is this a boundary issue that requires you to clarify an agreement with yourself?  Let's discuss.

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Being human means going through highs and lows.  Let's talk about what that means for you as a manager.  And:  what happens when you realize you don't love what you do?  In this episode you'll learn how a small shift in perspective can help you're feeling discouraged.

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If you've managed child care for your family, then you have experience managing people.  You've had to interview, hire, and onboard a new team member.  You've had to manage schedules, evaluate performance, and give feedback.  In this episode, let's talk about the connections between managing child care and being a manager at work.

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Many folks are uncomfortable setting boundaries because it can feel confrontational, like something you're putting against someone else.  Or boundaries can feel like a rule you set for other people.  But a boundary isn't about controlling other people.  Here's a way to think about it instead.  It may help you create boundaries more easily.

Being overly self-critical and diminishing your skills and accomplishments is one way to keep yourself small.  When you start to take up more space, it might feel weird -- like you're boasting, or being arrogant.  There's another way to think about it.  Rather than making yourself smaller or puffing yourself up into arrogance, this episode will give you a way to think about that let's you be "right" sized.

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Being ambitious does not mean you need to be great at everything.  And when you focus on what you're not good at, you're more likely to overlook and diminish what you are good at.  In this episode we look at where this story comes from, how it effects you at work, and what to do instead.  We'll talk about three types of family pressure and one common career pressure (especially if you are underrepresented at work), so you can identify these in your own life.

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One of the first ways we learn to do something new is by observing someone else, and then trying to mimic what we see.  But this always the best approach, and one pitfall is that you'll compare yourself to others and think that your job is to be like them and do what they do.  When you're a new manager, this looks like replicating what you've seen other managers do -- rather than thinking about what is needed in the moment.  It also results in discounting your own judgement and preferences, because if you don't see it modeled around you, you may assume that your own ideas are "wrong."  So let's talk about what to do instead.  

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