The Manager Track Podcast

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

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

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

The 5 Gaps Undermining Your Executive Presence About this Episode Ep. 280 – When two equally capable managers get very different outcomes… We’ve all seen it (maybe lived it, too). Two people with: Yet one gets tapped for the big meeting, lands the promotion, and becomes the go-to voice in

The Behaviors That Make or Break Team Performance About this Episode When the “real meeting” happens after the meeting… We’ve all been there (likely on all sides of this story): People nod along in the team meeting. No one pushes back. A decision gets made. Then, moments later, Slack lights

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