The Manager Track Podcast
If you’re ready to take charge of your career and want to become a confident and competent leader people love to work with, then tune into The Manager Track podcast.
Each week, Ramona shares inspiring new perspectives and practical tips you can use today to step into your power, lead a thriving team, and accelerate your career.
The Manager Track Podcast
If you’re ready to take charge of your career and want to become a confident and competent leader people love to work with, then tune into The Manager Track podcast.
Each week, Ramona shares inspiring new perspectives and practical tips you can use today to step into your power, lead a thriving team, and accelerate your career.
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40. 3 Ways to Learn From Mistakes and Failure (and Not Get Knocked Down)
Failures and mistakes... We all make them. You might have bombed an interview, dropped the ball on a high-stake project, [...]
39. The 3 Steps to Reach Your Next Career Goal in 2021
It's the perfect time to start thinking about pursuing that next goal in your career or to finally achieve a [...]
How to Have Difficult Conversations That Inspire and Motivate – An Interview with Aleta Maxwell
In December, I checked out my podcast stats to see which topics seemed to resonate most with all of you. [...]
37. Own Your Leadership – A Coaching Call with Sue
Listen in to this insightful coaching call with Sue. Yes, you kinda get to be a fly on the wall 🙂 We cover [...]
36. Become a Strategic Thinker
When we look at research about 96%. of leaders say they lack time for strategic thinking. Even though most leaders know that they [...]
35. Holiday Edition: Gift Ideas for Professional Growth
Recently, someone reached out to me on LinkedIn and asked if he could purchase one of my training programs as a Christmas gift [...]
34. Creating a Social Contract as a Team
In this episode, we discuss the importance of a year-end review and reflection with your team and how to create a social contract [...]
33. Should I Stay or Should I Go? – A Coaching Conversation With Elaine
This is a live coaching conversation about making a career decision. Elaine is currently in a good role at a good company and working [...]
32. Accelerating Careers for Women in Data – An Interview with Sadie St. Lawrence
Join me in this episode as I speak with Sadie St. Lawrence, the founder and Executive Director of Women in Data. We talk about [...]
31. Master Any Conflict Situation
Being nice and kind doesn't mean that you'll be spared from conflict. Facing conflict and opposition is part of being human and part of [...]
30. How to Support Your Team Post Election
Biden won the race but the election-related anxiety and the stress won't dissipate as political conversations, disputes, and POTUS tweets will continue to [...]
29. The Two Common Blindspots Managers Have and How to Overcome Them
One of the biggest mistakes that I see managers make is to ignore their blindspots. We all have them but there are specific [...]
28. Why Having a Sponsor at Work Will Help You Get Ahead
When it comes to getting ahead you need more than a manager and a mentor; you need someone who advocates for you when [...]
26. How to Negotiate a Pay Raise
Tell me if this sounds familiar... You're a high-performer and are doing great work for your company. You're constantly exceeding [...]
26. How to Speak and Present Yourself Confidently Online and Offline – with Ravi Rajani
I'm thrilled to bring Ravi Rajani to you and to pick his brain on your and my behalf about how to confidently speak [...]
25. The Reason Why You’re Feeling Stuck
We first focus on building hard skills, then we invest in strengthening our soft skills.. but when do we actually spend time in [...]
24. “Can I Be Friends With My Direct Reports?”
"Can I Be Friends With My Direct Reports?" This is a question I often get asked when I do management trainings in organizations. [...]
23. How to Become a Better Leader With DISC
Do you work with someone who you just don’t get or who just doesn’t get you? Each day, most of us wake up [...]
22. Using LinkedIn To Attract Job Opportunities – With Chris Villanueva
Studies show that 70-85% of jobs (especially the good ones) are filled through internal candidates or employees' networks. That's a staggering amount! So [...]
21. Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
If you doubt yourself, feel like you don't belong or like you're a fraud or if you think that your success is due [...]
20. Moving Into Leadership – With Phil Burgess
In this episode, Ramona and Phil Burgess host of the IT Career Energizer podcast discuss successful leadership, remote working, and the importance of [...]
19. The Importance of Trust in Leadership – With Brian Harman
About two years ago, I went through training by a company called Landmark. During the training, I learned about the concept of Integrity. In [...]
18. How to Ask for Feedback
Imagine an athlete who never receives feedback on their performance. You'd probably agree that chances for this person to make it to the [...]
17. Embrace and Express Your True Self With De’Nicea Hilton
In today’s episode, I’m joined by De’Nicea Hilton. De’Nicea helps women embrace, embody, and express their perfect authentic self. Gentlemen, hold on - [...]
16. How to Navigate Negative Emotions at Work
We all have moments when we feel angry or emotional at work and that's not a bad thing. In fact, those emotional moments [...]
Managing an ambitious high-performer who is maybe even more knowledgable than you or who wants to become a people leader and have your job one day is not always easy.
Yes, it's awesome to have a star on your team. In fact, it should be your goal to develop high-performing employees.
However, while they have their work covered and don't need much guidance from you, you do have a crucial role to play… And that is to retain them!
Because of that, they require just as much attention as everyone else. Plus, there are a set of unique challenges and risks to be aware of.
In this episode, I'll share with you my 5 tips on how to manage a high-performer so you become the respected leader they CHOOSE to report to. Plus, I'll cover 2 things to avoid that could easily get you into tricky situations if you're unaware and not proactive enough.
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