If you’re in you're a new manager and want to become a confident and competent leader people love to work with, then join leadership expert Ramona Shaw in this podcast. Each week, Ramona shares inspiring new perspectives and practical tips you can use right away to successfully transition into your first leadership role and to think, act, and communicate like the leader you know you can be.
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Picture this: You're captaining a ship, confidently steering towards your goals. But there's a catch – your ego is like a hidden underwater current, slowly pushing you off course without you even realizing it.
In this episode, Ramona shows you how to spot when your ego is trying to take the wheel and reveals common traps where ego masquerades as productivity.
Ramona also offers insights on evaluating your time management and realigning your priorities for better results. Throughout the episode, she examines how ego-driven choices can ripple outward, affecting both team dynamics and your overall effectiveness.
This episode is particularly useful if you've noticed a mismatch between your daily activities and areas where you could make the most significant impact.
- Learn how to turn your 1-on-1 meetings from time wasters, awkward moments, status updates, or non-existent into your most important and valuable meeting with your directs all week. Access the course and resources here: ramonashaw.com/11
- Have a question or topic you'd like Ramona to address on a future episode? Fill out this form to submit it for her review: https://ramonashaw.com/ama
Learn more about our leadership development programs, coaching and workshops at archova.org.
Grab your copy of Ramona's best-selling book 'The Confident & Competent New Manager: How to Rapidly Rise to Success in Your First Leadership Role': amzn.to/3TuOdcP
If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @ramona.shaw.leadership or DM me on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/ramona-shaw
Are you in your first manager role and don't want to mess it up? Watch our FREE Masterclass and discover the 4 shifts to become a leader people love to work for: www.archova.org/masterclass
Love the podcast and haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to ramonashaw.com/itunes and give your honest review. Thanks for your support of this show!
* Disclaimer: Shownotes may contain affiliate links. That means that I am awarded a small commission for purchases made through them, at no added cost to you.
* Disclaimer: Shownotes may contain affiliate links. That means that I am awarded a small commission for purchases made through them, at no added cost to you.
Making Remote & Hybrid Teams Work - With Chris Dyer
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 • Duration 33:36
Ever feel like remote leadership requires a whole new playbook?
In this episode of The Manager Track podcast, Ramona Shaw speaks with Chris Dyer, a remote work and company culture expert. Chris shares unconventional approaches to leadership, challenging the traditional use of one-on-one meetings in remote or hybrid setups. He offers alternative strategies to improve team communication, decision-making, and cohesion.
The discussion includes innovative meeting formats like "Cockroach" problem-solving sessions and "Tsunami Planning" exercises to help teams navigate challenges and stay connected. Chris highlights the need for leaders to adapt and experiment to maintain productivity and trust in remote settings.
If you're leading in a remote or hybrid environment and want practical strategies to improve team dynamics and communication, this episode is packed with unconventional ideas and techniques.
In this episode, Ramona Shaw tackles the victim mindset in leadership. She explores how feeling powerless and blaming external factors can hold leaders (and employees) back.
Ramona shares real-life examples and practical tips to shift from feeling stuck to taking charge. This is going to address both how leaders get themselves out of a victim mindset and how they can help their direct reports who might have a tendency to blame others and avoid ownership.
Learn how to recognize and overcome a victim mindset, foster a positive outlook, and lead with a high degree of responsibility.
- Learn how to turn your 1-on-1 meetings from time wasters, awkward moments, status updates, or non-existent into your most important and valuable meeting with your directs all week. Access the course and resources here: ramonashaw.com/11
- Have a question or topic you'd like Ramona to address on a future episode? Fill out this form to submit it for her review: https://ramonashaw.com/ama
What First-Time Managers Need to Unlearn & Do Differently to Succeed - With Jason Scott
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 • Duration 30:24
If you want to hear from an experienced leader who has started and built a number of companies about what it takes to step into a leadership role and let go of the habits that once made you successful as an individual contributor... then this episode is for you!
In this week’s episode of The Manager Track podcast, I am joined by Jason Scott. Jason is a CEO, founder, speaker, author, instructor, and location-independent nomad. From the start of his career spent jumping out of helicopters in the United States Navy, Jason has a long history of leadership, servanthood, and bearing witness to the transformative power of getting things done. As an expert in the space of project management and transformational leadership, we will be discussing:
What it means to lead
What he wished he knew as a new manager
What challenges and struggles he sees a lot of managers struggle with as they transition into or climb the ranks of leadership
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120VC - Since starting 120VC he’s personally overseen the global transformational efforts within organizations such as DirecTV, Trader Joe’s, Blizzard Entertainment, Sony Pictures, Mattel, and others. His team's unique, irreverent approach to change has generated breakthrough results and created meaningful jobs.
Next Jump Outfitters- Jason recently founded a company with his wife and two kids where they outfit trucks, trailers, and boats for adventure. Over the last two decades, they've mastered the art of the digital nomad, enabling a balance between work, exploration, raising, and educating kids. Their goal is to eliminate at least 50% of the time and effort traditionally required to live a life of adventure.
User Guides (aka READMEs)
Tuesday, October 25, 2022 • Duration 12:19
What does dating someone and onboarding a new team member have in common?
Both are about discovering the other's preferences and values and communicating your own.
In this week’s episode of The Manager Track podcast, I will share why you should be creating a User Guide (aka READMEs) for the people you work with.
Within the employee-manager relationship, there are only a few things more vital than building trust and understanding of how the other operates. But you don't need to take the slow train and learn as you go... you can accelerate this process by making explicit what is usually implicit.
User Guides, or READMEs are guides of how you prefer to work, communicate, make your decisions... and the things you do (and don't) value. I will share where you can find examples of such guides that can inspire your own, and how you can approach your team members so they can create one for themselves as well.
Learn how to turn your 1-on-1 meetings from time wasters, awkward moments, status updates, or non-existent into your most important and valuable meeting with your directs all week. Access the course and resources here: www.ramonashaw.com/11
Ramona’s 12-week Leadership Acceleratorthat helps new managers confident and competent leaders people love to work with!
Creating a Feedback Culture - With Harrison Kim
Tuesday, October 18, 2022 • Duration 31:35
Feedback is our #1 tool for improvement. But most of us need to learn how to give feedback effectively as it's not something we really learn until we find ourselves in our first leadership role.
In addition to learning and practicing the tactical skills, we also need to pay attention to the feedback culture within our organization or team so that feedback is intentionally built into the habits and routines of the employees.
In this week’s episode of The Manager Track podcast, I am joined by Harrison Kim, who is the CEO of Pavestep - an employee feedback and performance management solution. He founded Pavestep to help organizations develop their people faster and retain them longer. He is a former McKinsey consultant as well as a former private equity investor specializing in the human capital management sector.
Learn how to turn your 1-on-1 meetings from time wasters, awkward moments, status updates, or non-existent into your most important and valuable meeting with your directs all week. Access the course and resources by clicking here:
When to Work With a Leadership Coach
Tuesday, October 11, 2022 • Duration 14:18
“How will I know that it's the right time for me to work with a leadership coach?” This is a question that I was recently asked in a podcast interview and I wanted to share my answer with you here on The Manager Track podcast.
I'm going to share one of my own experiences working with a coach, along with three specific signals that it's time to work with a leadership coach.
Grab your copy of Ramona's best-selling new book 'The Confident & Competent New Manager: How to Rapidly Rise to Success in Your First Leadership Role': https://amzn.to/3TuOdcP
If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me or DM me on LinkedIn at
How to Lead a Thriving Team with Kirsten Moorefield
Tuesday, October 4, 2022 • Duration 34:09
The question is how to lead a thriving team… but not just any team. We don’t want mediocre teams, but rather thriving teams where people feel like both they personally, and the team as a unit are thriving.
In this week’s episode of The Manager Track podcast, I am joined by Kirsten Moorefield, who has spent countless hours with hundreds of teams from startups to Fortune 100 companies, observing a clear pattern between the happiest and most effective people.
Kirsten Moorefield is the Co-founder and COO of Cloverleaf.me. With over a million users, the SAAS platform provides a range of personality behavioral type assessments, and automated team coaching to empower teams to do their best work together.
I have been a user and partner of the platform for several years. I offer it to all of my clients because I see just how powerful this tool can be and how much it amplifies the work that I do in terms of coaching, training, and team development incentives.
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Want to use Cloverleaf.me with your team to create good communication, understanding, and appreciation of each other’s strengths and styles? Reach out to me at contact@ramonashaw.com.
Quit The Quiet Quitting - And What You as a Manager Can Do For Your Team
Tuesday, September 27, 2022 • Duration 22:49
“Quiet Quitting” has been a buzzword for the last couple of months…and if you’re a little bit like me, you might even have started to cringe every time you hear the phrase now.
I’ve refrained from speaking about the topic so far because it seems to be broadly misconstrued and it aims to address a complex problem with an overly simple term or solution for that matter.
However, after sharing my thoughts with a reporter, I also decided to address the topic on the podcast.
So, in this week’s episode of The Manager Track podcast, I will share with you a little bit of its history in the workplace, why I personally dislike the term “Quiet Quitting”, the costs and risks associated with it, and my 3 suggestions for what you can do as a manager to address quiet quitting with your team members.
I hope this gives you a different and maybe new perspective on this latest hype of “Quiet Quitting.”
Did you know that a good 70% of employees avoid conflict?
Where do you land on this? Are you avoiding conflict at work?
I definitely used to be guilty as charged ;-) and even though I feel equipped to navigate conflict these days, it still doesn’t come easy.
If this sounds at least a bit familiar to you, then you've got to meet my colleague Sarah Albo.
Sarah is a Conflict Coach (yes, that’s a thing!), Certified Mediator and HR Consultant. In other words, she gets called in to mediate conflict, restore company culture, or help if someone has a difficult time with mental health.
In this week’s episode of The Manager Track podcast, you’ll hear my open and honest conversation with Sarah about why conflict resolution is a tricky thing for us to learn, what differentiates constructive from destructive conflict and how you can de-escalate or even prevent conflict from arising in the first place.
- Learn how to turn your 1-on-1 meetings from time wasters, awkward moments, status updates, or non-existent into your most important and valuable meeting with your directs all week. Access the course and resources here: ramonashaw.com/11
- Have a question or topic you'd like Ramona to address on a future episode? Fill out this form to submit it for her review: https://ramonashaw.com/ama
Learn more about our leadership development programs, coaching and workshops at archova.org.
Grab your copy of Ramona's best-selling book 'The Confident & Competent New Manager: How to Rapidly Rise to Success in Your First Leadership Role': amzn.to/3TuOdcP
If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @ramona.shaw.leadership or DM me on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/ramona-shaw
Are you in your first manager role and don't want to mess it up? Watch our FREE Masterclass and discover the 4 shifts to become a leader people love to work for: www.archova.org/masterclass
Don't forget to invest time each week to increase your self-awareness, celebrate your wins, and learn from your mistakes. Your career grows only to the extent that you grow. Grab your Career Journal with leadership exercises and weekly reflections here: ramonashaw.com/shop
Love the podcast and haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to ramonashaw.com/itunes and give your honest review. Thanks for your support of this show!
* Disclaimer: Shownotes may contain affiliate links. That means that I am awarded a small commission for purchases made through them, at no added cost to you.
* Disclaimer: Shownotes may contain affiliate links. That means that I am awarded a small commission for purchases made through them, at no added cost to you.
Learn more about our leadership development programs, coaching and workshops at archova.org.
Grab your copy of Ramona's best-selling book 'The Confident & Competent New Manager: How to Rapidly Rise to Success in Your First Leadership Role': amzn.to/3TuOdcP
If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @ramona.shaw.leadership or DM me on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/ramona-shaw
Are you in your first manager role and don't want to mess it up? Watch our FREE Masterclass and discover the 4 shifts to become a leader people love to work for: www.archova.org/masterclass
Don't forget to invest time each week to increase your self-awareness, celebrate your wins, and learn from your mistakes. Your career grows only to the extent that you grow. Grab your Career Journal with leadership exercises and weekly reflections here: ramonashaw.com/shop
Love the podcast and haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to ramonashaw.com/itunes and give your honest review. Thanks for your support of this show!
* Disclaimer: Shownotes may contain affiliate links. That means that I am awarded a small commission for purchases made through them, at no added cost to you.
* Disclaimer: Shownotes may contain affiliate links. That means that I am awarded a small commission for purchases made through them, at no added cost to you.
Learn how to turn your 1-on-1 meetings from time wasters, awkward moments, status updates, or non-existent into your most important and valuable meeting with your directs all week. Access the course and resources here: www.ramonashaw.com/11
Grab your copy of Ramona's best-selling new book 'The Confident & Competent New Manager: How to Rapidly Rise to Success in Your First Leadership Role': https://amzn.to/3TuOdcP
Are you in your first manager role and don't want to mess it up? Watch our FREE Masterclass and discover the 4 shifts to become a leader people love to work for --> www.ramonashaw.com/masterclass
Don't forget to invest time each week to increase your self-awareness, celebrate your wins, and learn from mistakes. Your career grows only to the extent that you grow. Grab your Career Journal with leadership exercises and weekly reflections here: www.ramonashaw.com/shop
Love the podcast and haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to https://www.ramonashaw.com/itunes and give your honest review. Thanks for your support of this show!
— CHAPTERS —
00:00 Preview
02:06 Meet Jason Scott
03:32 Helping individual contributors become leaders
05:21 Becoming the architect of your own success
06:26 The difference between a leader and a boss
16:42 Our way is not necessarily the right (or only) way
19:19 If you could accomplish this great thing by yourself, you would have...
23:27 I hire people who want to become leaders
26:29 First-day advice for new managers
29:08 Connect with Jason
* Disclaimer: Shownotes may contain affiliate links. That means that I am awarded a small commission for purchases made through them, at no added cost to you.
Grab your copy of Ramona's best-selling new book 'The Confident & Competent New Manager: How to Rapidly Rise to Success in Your First Leadership Role': https://amzn.to/3TuOdcP
Are you in your first manager role and don't want to mess it up? Watch our FREE Masterclass and discover the 4 shifts to become a leader people love to work for --> www.ramonashaw.com/masterclass
Don't forget to invest time each week to increase your self-awareness, celebrate your wins, and learn from mistakes. Your career grows only to the extent that you grow. Grab your Career Journal with leadership exercises and weekly reflections here: www.ramonashaw.com/shop
Love the podcast and haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to https://www.ramonashaw.com/itunes and give your honest review. Thanks for your support of this show!
— CHAPTERS —
00:00 Preview
00:08 Intro
00:52 Dating analogy
03:42 Back to the workplace
06:42 Why not just use assessments?
07:36 What are they
10:19 How do I make one?
11:03 Recap
11:58 Outro
* Disclaimer: Shownotes may contain affiliate links. That means that I am awarded a small commission for purchases made through them, at no added cost to you.
Grab your copy of Ramona's best-selling new book 'The Confident & Competent New Manager: How to Rapidly Rise to Success in Your First Leadership Role': https://amzn.to/3TuOdcP
Are you in your first manager role and don't want to mess it up? Watch our FREE Masterclass and discover the 4 shifts to become a leader people love to work for --> www.ramonashaw.com/masterclass
Don't forget to invest time each week to increase your self-awareness, celebrate your wins, and learn from mistakes. Your career grows only to the extent that you grow. Grab your Career Journal with leadership exercises and weekly reflections here: www.ramonashaw.com/shop
Love the podcast and haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to https://www.ramonashaw.com/itunes and give your honest review. Thanks for your support of this show!
* Disclaimer: Shownotes may contain affiliate links. That means that I am awarded a small commission for purchases made through them, at no added cost to you.
Are you in your first manager role and don't want to mess it up? Watch our FREE Masterclass and discover the 4 shifts to become a leader people love to work for --> www.ramonashaw.com/masterclass
Don't forget to invest time each week to increase your self-awareness, celebrate your wins, and learn from mistakes. Your career grows only to the extent that you grow. Grab your Career Journal with leadership exercises and weekly reflections here: www.ramonashaw.com/shop
Love the podcast and haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to https://www.ramonashaw.com/itunes and give your honest review. Thanks for your support of this show!
— CHAPTERS —
00:00 Preview
00:27 Intro
01:06 Fitness Coach Anecdote
02:43 1. It helped me clearly identify a goal
03:19 2. The commitment increased my focus
04:35 Working with a leadership coach
06:25 Three clear indicators you should work with a leadership coach
07:05 1. Not knowing your strengths
08:54 2. You don't have clear leadership principles
11:06 3. You don't have systems in place
11:45 The APS Method
12:29 Recap
13:55 Outro
* Disclaimer: Shownotes may contain affiliate links. That means that I am awarded a small commission for purchases made through them, at no added cost to you.
“A leader is anyone who takes responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes and has the courage to develop that potential” - Brene Brown
Grab your copy of Ramona's best-selling new book 'The Confident & Competent New Manager: How to Rapidly Rise to Success in Your First Leadership Role': https://amzn.to/3TuOdcP
Are you in your first manager role and don't want to mess it up? Watch our FREE Masterclass and discover the 4 shifts to become a leader people love to work for --> www.ramonashaw.com/masterclass
Don't forget to invest time each week to increase your self-awareness, celebrate your wins, and learn from mistakes. Your career grows only to the extent that you grow. Grab your Career Journal with leadership exercises and weekly reflections here: www.ramonashaw.com/shop
Love the podcast and haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to https://www.ramonashaw.com/itunes and give your honest review. Thanks for your support of this show!
— CHAPTERS —
00:00 Preview
01:48 Intro
02:32 Importance of team dynamics
07:11 What makes teams thrive?
10:03 Psychological safety
11:40 Don’t overstep
15:22 Practical ways to create psychological safety
15:42 Cloverleaf.me
15:54 Start Stop Continue
17:37 Grow your self-awareness
18:32 Leadership style misconceptions
21:30 Appreciate the differences
24:28 Create a user guide
26:56 What do you wish all managers knew?
28:25 A time I overstepped
31:56 Recap
33:39 Outro
* Disclaimer: Shownotes may contain affiliate links. That means that I am awarded a small commission for purchases made through them, at no added cost to you.
Grab your copy of Ramona's best-selling new book 'The Confident & Competent New Manager: How to Rapidly Rise to Success in Your First Leadership Role': https://amzn.to/3TuOdcP
Are you in your first manager role and don't want to mess it up? Watch our FREE Masterclass and discover the 4 shifts to become a leader people love to work for --> www.ramonashaw.com/masterclass
Don't forget to invest time each week to increase your self-awareness, celebrate your wins, and learn from mistakes. Your career grows only to the extent that you grow. Grab your Career Journal with leadership exercises and weekly reflections here: www.ramonashaw.com/shop
Love the podcast and haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to https://www.ramonashaw.com/itunes and give your honest review. Thanks for your support of this show!
— CHAPTERS —
00:00 Preview
00:19 Intro
01:03 Quiet Quitting Is Not New
01:51 Challenges For Remote Workers
04:04 My issue with the term "quiet quitting"
05:50 Assembly Line Mindset
07:23 Flexibility
08:31 This episode is my opinion
09:07 Boundaries and Values
13:05 What Managers Should Know
15:41 Suggestion #1
16:44 Suggestion #2
18:24 Suggestion #3
19:47 Recap
22:19 Outro
* Disclaimer: Shownotes may contain affiliate links. That means that I am awarded a small commission for purchases made through them, at no added cost to you.
Grab your copy of Ramona's best-selling new book 'The Confident & Competent New Manager: How to Rapidly Rise to Success in Your First Leadership Role': https://amzn.to/3TuOdcP
Are you in your first manager role and don't want to mess it up? Watch our FREE Masterclass and discover the 4 shifts to become a leader people love to work for --> www.ramonashaw.com/masterclass
Don't forget to invest time each week to increase your self-awareness, celebrate your wins, and learn from mistakes. Your career grows only to the extent that you grow. Grab your Career Journal with leadership exercises and weekly reflections here: www.ramonashaw.com/shop
Love the podcast and haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to https://www.ramonashaw.com/itunes and give your honest review.
Thanks for your support of this show!
— CHAPTERS —
00:00 Preview
01:31 Intro
02:15 Navigating Conflict
03:31 How did you become a conflict coach?
05:23 Constructive vs Destructive Conflict
07:34 Preventing destructive conflict
09:17 Feltman's four components (+ bonus from Sarah)
11:41 Avoid the storyland of assumptions
14:16 Prepare for communication
16:12 The fear of hurting someone else
18:09 What else drives us to avoid conflict?
20:32 Cost of not addressing conflict
22:05 Creating Safe Spaces
24:47 Dealing with conflicting opinions
26:19 Cause and effect
29:25 How to pick your battles?
34:19 Connect with Sarah
35:20 Outro
* Disclaimer: Shownotes may contain affiliate links. That means that I am awarded a small commission for purchases made through them, at no added cost to you.
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