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Promoted But Not Prepared: What You’re Underestimating as a First-Time Manager (And How to Prepare) About this Episode The promotion feels like a win, and it certainly is. It means people see your potential. But it also kicks off one of the hardest transitions of your career. We often assume that because we were great individual […]

Beyond High Performance: What Are You Really Capable Of? With Jason Jaggard About this Episode ​Ep290 – Many leaders still treat high performance as the destination. They double down on output, visibility, and achievement, convinced that hitting those marks means they have arrived. The reality is different. And maybe you can relate. Maybe you, too,

The Business Mindset Managers Need But Rarely Learn About this Episode ​Ep289 – Too many managers walk into their review hoping their work speaks for itself. But it rarely does. The meeting moves fast, details get lost, and key achievements fade into the background. When that happens, the conversation stays tactical instead of helping your

The Business Mindset Managers Need But Rarely Learn About this Episode Ep. 288 – This week on The Manager Track podcast, we’re talking about one of the biggest role misunderstandings in management. Most managers think their job is to organize, divide, and execute the work. It feels productive and responsible, but it also keeps them

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

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

Received Though Feedback? Now What? About this Episode Ep. 285 – This week on the Manager Track podcast, we’re tackling a moment nearly every leader will face: receiving hard-to-hear feedback. Not the kind you can brush off or fix with a quick tweak, but the kind that hits a nerve, stirs up emotion, and sticks

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

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

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