The Corporate Middle: Recent Episodes
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You need to do a better job with your people, period. On todays show I have a special guest Anna Oakes. Anna is a TedX speaker and CEO of We Restore Humanity where she focuses on helping individuals and companies build people centered high performing teams.
Anna and I discuss how investing in the relationship with your team is the only way to be truly successful. The people you lead have basic needs and as the manager it is your job to provide them.
More on Anna:
www.BuildHighPerformingTeams.com
https://youtu.be/XgezgVHVciM
My guest today is Brian Ahearn he is an expert in the application of influence and persuasion. In this episode Brian and I talk about his new book "Influence People: Powerful Everyday Opportunities to Persuade that are Lasting and Ethical". We are going to talk about some actual practical ways to incorporate the science including:
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How to be more persuasive with email
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Why being friendly with your team can increase your influence.
You will come away with some tips that are going to help you become a better manager.
Find out more about Brian at:
https://www.influencepeople.biz/
The truth of your job is that your results don't matter. The perception of you and your results is actually what determines your career. Spreading negativity can have a massive impact on the perception others have. When you focus on other people's faults you are actually doing more damage to your own career.
Most staff meetings are terrible, but as the Manager, you can make a few small changes that will have a huge impact on the effectiveness of your meetings. In this episode we will talk about why having multiple short sync ups is more effective than one long meeting and why being able to look someone in the eye is a huge value.
This is Part 2 of my conversation on Leadership with Blake Binns. Blake is a business coach who focuses on helping his clients not only grow their business but become better leaders as well. In this part of the conversation Blake and I discuss:
- Focus on controlling your microculture
- Ego is the enemy of great Leadership
- What is a Rockstar Employee?
To find out more about how Blake can help your business check him out at GoodAdviceCoaching.com
This is part one of my conversation with Blake Binns. Blake is a business coach who has worked with high profile clients including Ronald McDonald House. We touch on topics such as why understanding who you are is the key to good leadership and why so many company changes fail. There is a lot of great information in this episode I think you will enjoy.
Check out more info on Blake at https://www.goodadvicecoaching.com/home
Disagreeing with your boss is always a challenge. No matter how good your manager is there are always landmines to avoid. You have to learn how to do it the right way or pay the consequences. I am going to give you three straight forward tips on this episode to teach you how to disagree with your boss correctly.
If you want to be more successful in your career you need to learn how to be more persuasive. My guest today is Brian Ahearn who is an expert at teaching and training people on the skills necessary to be more persuasive. Brian was named one of the Top 100 Influencers by the Science of Digital Marketing.
For more information check out Brian's website.
https://www.influencepeople.biz
PowerPoint Plagiarism is the norm in Corporate life but the most important question you should be asking is who made it? You need to understand the source of the information to make better management decisions. You also want to make sure you are not perpetuating the problem!
Burnout is a real problem and now the world health organization has recognized it as an actual mental condition. The truth is with a job you can't stop burnout but you can do a few things to control it and make it less severe. As a manager, you need to control it for yourself and watch for signs of it from your team.
This is a special episode as it is the introduction to my new book "Surrounded by Insanity: How to Execute Bad Decisions"
It is Available now on Amazon. It is a middle manager's guide on how to survive and thrive in large corporations.
The truth is we all feel like we are surrounded by Insanity.
Your career is often at the mercy of other people’s decisions. No matter how hard you work, it can feel like you’re fighting a losing battle when you’re tasked with implementing ideas you know are doomed to fail. While it’s true you can’t control the stupid people who force these decisions on you, you can execute their bad ideas without ruining your career.
Setting project deadlines is always a perilous task. In this short episode, I will give you a few quick tips that can help you navigate this difficult situation.
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Never open your mouth without all the details.
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Always have two timelines ready
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Over-communicate like crazy
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Don't sweat it too much, all deadlines are made up anyway.
How to have work-life balance. Everyone seems to want to answer that question, but is there a consequence for pursuing work-life balance? Will your career be impacted? YES, but that's okay.
The research keeps saying your team needs Psychological safety to be high performing. Heres the problem, as a middle manager you don't have much control over the culture of your company. How do you make your team high performing without it? There are a few things you can do that we will talk about in this episode.
Everyone likes to talk and boast about their company culture but the truth is only two things actually matter. What do you Measure and Reward? These two things actually determine what your company culture is like and determine what your team will focus on.
How do you manage someone older than you? This is a tough question to answer when you are a new manager. You must learn to throw your stereotypes out the window and not worry about it. You probably care more about age than they do. Treating people like individuals is the only way to figure it out.
On this short episode we will tackle how to give negative feedback to someone on your team. During performance reviews you have to give proper feedback that is both timely and corrective.
The Harsh truth is your boss does not really care about you or your career. You have to learn how to understand what your boss does care about to be successful.
Dont give in to workday inflation! Focus on working as few hours as possible and make those hours count.
Middle Managers, Don't waste your time on low performers! The secret to management is spending your time effectively.
Being a middle manager sucks. Everyone is against you. We are going to figure this out together.