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Fill The Vacuum! - Communicate Your Vision - Chapter 1

2026/04/20

If your people say they don't know what's going on strategically, or operationally, **it's your fault.** You can fill that void with your own vision and communications.

Network Building - The St. Jude Rule

2026/04/13

Do you know what it's like to lose a job? Get fired? Get laid off? If you don't, that's good. But more people who go through it wish more people who haven't did a better job of helping. When it happens to you, it's easy to feel lonely and afraid. St. Jude - the Patron Saint of Lost Causes - tells us what to do for those going through those hard times.

Building Peer Relationships - Part 2

2026/04/06

When you're a manager, you're thinking of your team all the time. But remember you're a part of a team, too: your boss's team. You need to work on having good relationships with your peers so your boss can achieve her goals.

Building Peer Relationships - Part 1

2026/03/30

Top Ten Hiring Mistakes - #7 - Being Swayed

2026/03/23

One of the most common mistakes of managers when hiring - it made our Top 10 list! - is being swayed by their directs into hiring someone that they weren't that impressed by. They always regret, they often write to us. Here's how to not fall prey to one of the most common hiring mistakes.

The Difference Between Line And Staff Leadership

2026/03/16

Managers today are constantly besieged by requests and demands from above their level. But just because someone is "above" you in the org chart doesn't mean they can easily task you and your team. Here's how to make that a little easier.

Three Current Modern Management Scams - Part 2

2026/03/09

This cast serves as a compendium of the biggest management scams of the 21st century. We have covered these topics extensively. But we know there are close to 2,000 podcasts so they might be hard to find.

Three Current Modern Management Scams - Part 1

2026/03/02

Why Does HR Make It So Hard To Fire People? - Part 2

2026/02/23

For over half a century, managers have been complaining: "HR won't let me fire this guy." This myth - and yes it is a myth - is so common that experienced managers teach it to new managers, and it affects entire firms' performance management systems much for the worse. The reason so many managers can't fire people is not because they can't. It's because they don't want to do it the right way, and they want to blame HR.

Why Does HR Make It So Hard To Fire People? - Part 1

2026/02/16

How To Be A Positive Interviewer - Part 2

2026/02/09

Too many managers make the mistake of thinking they have to be a "tough" interviewer. They think that interviewing is adversarial. They think they need to apply pressure to see how candidates react. But in fact, positive interviewing is much more effective, both in terms of outcomes and in terms of offer acceptance rates.

How To Be A Positive Interviewer - Part 1

2026/02/02

Top 10 Hiring Mistakes - #8 - Unprepared - Part 2

2026/01/26

If you want managing to be easier, learn to hire better. We've been saying it for two decades now. We normally put out positive guidance, about what to DO. In this series of casts, though, we address common misconceptions and mistakes most managers make when hiring. This guidance is about lack of preparation, which is an epidemic among managers. You can't be good at hiring if you're not good at preparation.

Top 10 Hiring Mistakes - #8 - Unprepared - Part 1

2026/01/19

If you want managing to be easier, learn to hire

Management Is An Organizational System

2026/01/12

One of the most common things professionals say about managing is that they have a personal 'style.' But does that make sense? Is it reasonable to expect that with all the systems organizations employ, they should leave out how to manage others?

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Kayla Fahey-Ahrndt 2025/08/20

See One, Do One, Teach One

I loved the episode on see one, do one, teach one. I had forgotten about this - we did learn this way as part of my medical/clinical education. Teachi...

Nivvea 2026/03/11

Getting harder to listen to every day

When I was new to the MT philosophies, I appreciated the value of the episodes and advice they provided on my drives to and from the office. But, I’ve...

OneOfYou2 2025/06/18

C title - now what

You got the job. Great! Now how do you know how to succeed in this role? This provides some good tools.

RussellVP 2022/10/25

Actionable advice

If you’re looking to be a better leader, start with the trilogy and keep going! Wish I would have found this before my first manager role. The advi...

KatherineChrisman 2023/07/14

Disappointed Former Listener/Member

I used to love this podcast for the actionable content, thoughtful structure and forward-looking insight. Those days are, regrettably, long gone. The ...

iosonosenzatitolo 2023/07/10

Tone and cadence makes it difficult to listen

I understand fluffing up the podcast. I don’t mind it in itself. But you can tell from the tone and cadence how fake it is. I point this out because I...

CO_crafter 2023/06/27

Hard to listen to

I’m a busy person and listen to podcasts to generate ideas for leading my team, growing my career, and gaining advice on topics where I have gaps. W...

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They sound like robots

The topics are interesting, but I just had to stop listening. They sound like robots. Not pleasing to listen to.

Gaby Pizzoli 2022/12/21

Performance Review

Listened to the Performance Review episode where they warned against conflating the performance review with feedback. Well… real life managers do that...

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Just say it

I like the content but it’s like you’re waiting around for them to get to the point. And then…the pauses…in every… sentence…makes it… impossible to ge...

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