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287. Walking on Eggshells? What to Do When Your Boss Has a Fragile Ego

Walking on Eggshells? What to Do When Your Boss Has a Fragile Ego About this Episode Ep. 287 – If you’ve ever tiptoed around a leader’s ego, reworded feedback ten different ways, or held back a good idea just to avoid a blow-up, this episode is for you. We’re pulling back the curtain on executive …

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286. The End of “Nice Leadership”: How to Be Direct, Kind, and Respected

The End of “Nice Leadership”: How to Be Direct, Kind, and Respected About this Episode Ep. 286 – We all want to be seen as kind leaders. But too often, we confuse kindness with niceness. In this week’s episode of The Manager Track, I talk with leadership strategist and executive coach Andrea Wanerstrand, founder of …

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284. 9 Counterintuitive Habits That Make You a More Effective Manager

9 Counterintuitive Habits That Make You a More Effective Manager About this Episode Ep. 284 – Most of us enter leadership with a quiet script already playing in our heads. Be calm. Be confident. Be likable. Never micromanage. Always have the answer. We carry those ideals with us until reality shows us that they don’t …

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283. What’s Happening to Leadership? Public vs. Private Sector Leadership

What’s Happening to Leadership? Public vs. Private Sector Leadership About this Episode Ep. 283 – Have you noticed the widening gap between how we expect leaders to behave in the public sphere versus in corporate organizations? In Episode 283, Ramona Shaw tackles two timely and important questions: What is happening to leadership and how do …

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282. Leadership Lessons from a CEO Who Built a Culture by Design – With Lawrence R. Armstrong

Leadership Lessons from a CEO Who Built a Culture by Design – With Lawrence R. Armstrong About this Episode Ep. 282 – You want to grow as a leader, but your team can’t function without you. You’re stuck in the weeds because delegating feels risky. You know you should make space for creativity, but the …

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281. Are You Overexplaining? When Leaders Should (and Shouldn’t) Justify Themselves

Are You Overexplaining? When Leaders Should (and Shouldn’t) Justify Themselves About this Episode Ep. 281 – You reschedule a meeting and feel the need to explain exactly what happened. You set a boundary, then wrap it in 3 paragraphs of justification. You say no to a project and immediately start listing all the reasons why. …

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278. Lonely at the Top : Why Leadership Feels Isolating

Lonely at the Top: Why Leadership Feels Isolating About this Episode Ep. 278 – We don’t talk about it much, but most leaders eventually feel it:That shift in team dynamics after your promotion.The conversations that stop the second you walk into the room.The heavy pressure from above that you can’t share with your team. It’s …

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