What are the key skills for managers like you to master as you start leading a new team? What does it take for you to become an amazing manager? How do you stand out so you are recognized as a potential senior leader?
In this episode of the Creating High Performing Teams podcast, we give you a run down of the most important skills to master as a new manager, and why they matter. Then, we tell you how you can start to build those skills with your team.
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Show Notes:
- Growth ideas for manager
- The Flaming Hot Cheetos story: (Note: this may be partially “Urban Legend”)
- The Toyota Total Production system and how they leverage the knowledge of all their workers:
- The Books we mentioned:
- Andy Grove’s High Output Management
- Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People
- And some other links specific to parts of today’s episode:
- What to talk about when managing a new team.
- Take an amazing 1 on 1 meeting template.
- How to give feedback.
- What is Task Relevant Maturity, and and how to apply it to your team.
Key actions for you to take today from the interview:
- Pick out one skill from the list we gave you and start working on it this week.
