Does your confidence as a manager of people need work?

Behind every confident team is a confident manager. In this podcast, I’ll be sharing tips on how to increase your confidence so that in turn, your team becomes happier, more innovative, and more productive.

As a new manager, it's crucial you understand how to lead your team to success. 

Effective leadership has a far-reaching impact, not just on the immediate team, but on the overall business and its success. That's why I have pulled together in this podcast, 10 tips for new managers to help you get started on the right foot

Difficult conversations are challenging enough and holding them remotely adds another layer of difficulty. 

There’s more room for misunderstanding and feelings getting hurt, not to mention the difficulties that trying to read body language when you’re not in the same room can bring. 

Here’s why I think holding difficult conversations virtually is never a good idea.

Managers in SME businesses tend to wear a lot of hats. In the space of a day, they deal with daily trivia as well as the higher-level strategic stuff and coordinating all the different parts of the business. 

All of that against a backdrop of constant and sometimes seismic change. 

It’s a balancing act that requires the right leadership skills. But what leadership skills are most important in SMEs?

Nobody likes delivering bad news. 

But how do you deliver bad news without upsetting the whole team? 

In this podcast, I look at how delivering bad news successfully is all in your approach and give you some examples of scenarios and how to deal with them.

How meaningful are the conversations you have at work? 

How can you go from superficial small talk and dancing around the real issues to talking about what matters the most at work? 

In this podcast, I look at how to make your conversations more meaningful, and how you can use them to create that welcoming and productive culture in your team.

What is your worst fear about difficult conversations? 

For many people, it’s the fear that they’ll lose control of their emotions. 

They worry they’ll storm out, get angry, or start crying. 

While it can be tough to keep your cool during an intense conversation, it is possible to have difficult conversations at work without crying. Here’s how.

What is the key to handling those crucial conversations better?

 Is radical candour the way forward?

 In this podcast, I look at some approaches to dealing with difficult conversations to get the best outcome for you and for the other person.

Managing relationships with team members can be tricky at the best of times, but what about when you add managing people you consider as friends to the mix? 

This podcast looks at how to navigate the difficult conversations and situations that can arise.

The state of your working relationships can be an important factor in whether you are happy and productive at work, or not. 

When a co-worker undermines you it can make you feel isolated and excluded at best. 

At worst, it can affect your mental health and even make you want to leave your role. 

So what should you do when a co-worker undermines you?