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Managing a Team
The best Paper Napkin Wisdom conversations on managing a team, chosen and in order.
Most managers got the job because they were great at the work. Nobody taught them to support someone else doing it. Michael Walsh runs an exercise in his workshops. Name your best boss and your worst. Then notice which list you're on. Most bad bosses, he says, don't know they're bad.
Across his Freedom by Design series with me, Michael redefines the job. People are accountable for their results. The manager is accountable for supporting them. He suggests a one-on-one of 15 to 20 minutes with each person, every week. Leaders who hand managers the answer, he warns, build dependency. Cameron Herold grows leaders on two ladders, skills and confidence. Confidence is the cheapest rung to start on.
Michael Erath traces most people problems to unclear expectations. And Ted Nolan, who won three straight Memorial Cups as a coach, put away his wish list. He learned to win with the team he had.
“Learn to win with what you got”
Ted Nolan, Episode 230
Start here: the top 10
1
How to Build Great Managers: Deron Quon's Three Steps to Greatness
Episode 108 · Deron Quon
Deron Quon's three steps to building great managers.
2
How to Grow Your Leaders: Cameron Herold on Skills and Confidence
Episode 187 · Cameron Herold
Cameron Herold: grow leaders on two ladders, skills and confidence.
3
Do Bad Bosses Know They're Bad? Michael Walsh on Growing Managers
Episode 274 · Michael Walsh pt 12
Michael Walsh: why good employees become bad bosses, and what growing managers takes.
4
Why You Can't Hold People Accountable: Michael Walsh on Growing Managers
Episode 277 · Michael Walsh pt 13
Michael Walsh: what a manager's job actually is, and the weekly habit behind accountability.
5
Stop Solving Your Managers' Problems: Michael Walsh on Growing Leaders
Episode 280 · Michael Walsh - pt 14
Michael Walsh: stop solving your managers' problems and grow them into leaders.
6
How to Build a Career Growth Plan: Michael Walsh's Ten Questions
Episode 268 · Michael Walsh pt 10
Michael Walsh: a ten-question career growth plan for every employee.
7
How to Find Time to Develop Your People: Michael Walsh on Integrated Results
Episode 265 · Michael Walsh pt 9
Michael Walsh: finding time to develop your people while running the business.
8
What to Train Your Team On: Michael Walsh's Four Dimensions of Results
Episode 262 · Michael Walsh pt 8
Michael Walsh: train your team on results in four dimensions.
9
Learn to Win With What You Got: Ted Nolan on Leading Every Player
Episode 230 · Ted Nolan
Ted Nolan: learn to win with what you've got; leading every player on the team you have.
10
Why Your Team Keeps Missing Expectations: Michael Erath
Episode 191 · Michael Erath
Michael Erath: why your team keeps missing expectations, and how to define every role.
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