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Management Development Unlocked is a global top 5% podcast for new managers and leaders who want to transform from high-performing individual contributors to great people managers. As the saying goes, “What got you here won’t get you there.” The skills that made you a great employee are almost completely opposite from the skills that will make you a great manager and leader. Eric Girard is your guide during this key transition. Experienced managers and leaders will also benefit from the tips and tricks shared on the show.

Eric interviews guests from around the world with expertise in leadership, management, empathy, emotional intelligence, productivity, feedback, cultural competence, coaching, storytelling, engagement, and other management and leadership and management topics. Eric’s guests include authors and experts with decades of real-world experience who will help you smoothly make the transition into management and leadership.

About your host: Eric Girard is the CEO of Girard Training Solutions LLC, a management development firm focused on helping new managers and leaders transition into their role. ​Eric has over 30 years of experience helping improve the performance of managers, leaders, and employees, including 20 years in Silicon Valley at companies like Apple, Applied Materials, and Symantec. His superpower is facilitation, and he’s led programs around the world with his high-energy and engaging facilitation and speaking style.

Eric is a passionate, lifelong learner. As a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor, he is pursuing the rating of Master Scuba Diver Trainer. When he’s not hosting a podcast or designing and or delivering training, he enjoys spending time outdoors with his wife and twin 15-year-old daughters.
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On today’s episode of Management Development Unlocked, you’ll hear the final installment of Eric’s audiobook, Lead Like a Pro: The Essential Guide to New Managers. This episode focuses on change and why managers must be willing to adapt to new ways of doing business and relating to people. You’ll hear the elements required to handle change effectively, the benefits that come from it, and how the five stages of grief relate to change. Eric reveals three places you can focus your time and how to divide them up to decide where to invest your time and energy. He also outlines the Kubler-Ross model of change and the Bridges transition model. Finally, you’ll hear the five common reasons behind resistance to change, some steps you can take to address it, the three things resistance to change represents, and learning to view change as an opportunity.In this episode, you’ll hear:Change and the need for managers to adapt to new ways of doing business and relating to people.The elements of handling change effectively as a manager and the benefits you can get from managing change well.How understanding the five stages of grief can help you handle your team members’ reactions to change.A real-life example of what happens when a manager doesn’t prepare a team for a big change.Reflecting on how you view change and what it models for your team.Three places you can focus your time and how to divide them up to decide where to invest your time and energy.The Kubler-Ross model of change.Reducing resistance to change in your organization and how it manifests.The five common reasons behind resistance to change and some steps you can take to address it.The three things resistance to change represents and how to overcome it.Giving team members space to adjust to the change.The Bridges transition model.Beginnings and new understandings, values, and attitudes.Gaining control of your own responses and viewing change as an opportunity.The path to action: fact, story, feel, act.Remaining connected to your peers and boss through the change and maintaining a positive attitude.---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to take a look at the 20+ courses I offer for new and experienced managers! Get your copy of the Amazon #1 Bestseller and #1 New Release Lead Like a Pro - The Essential Guide for New Managers while you’re there!Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
On this episode of Management Development Unlocked, Eric welcomes Jen Recla to the show. Jen works in the coaching and team development space, helping leaders build engaged, collaborative, and resilient teams. She uses coaching, team development work, leading retreats, and leadership workshops. Jen is a believer in the use of fun and levity to improve team dynamics and project outcomes. She has 12 years of experience in this space, leading teams and learning functions at various organizations before opening her business. In this episode, you’ll hear:Jen Recla’s work with leaders and what she offers them.How fun can help develop a high-performing team by reducing stress and burnout, creating connections, building trust, and improving communication.Incorporating fun to improve team dynamics and project outcomes and one of Jen’s favorite activities to do this.Implementing AI into your team-building activities.Balancing productivity with a fun and engaging environment and asking for feedback.The practicalities of introducing fun into your team environment.Using small gestures to ingrain levity into your day-to-day environment.Jen’s advice for leaders uncomfortable introducing fun into a traditional or serious workplace culture.The risks of adding in fun and creating toxic positivity.The services Jen offers to her clients and organizations.Connect with Jen Recla:LinkedInWebsite---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to take a look at the 20+ courses I offer for new and experienced managers! Get your copy of the Amazon #1 Bestseller and #1 New Release Lead Like a Pro - The Essential Guide for New Managers while you’re there!Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
On today’s Management Development Unlocked, Eric shares his fifth power session from his Lead Like a Pro Course. This episode focuses on the art of delegation. You’ll hear why entrepreneurs have to learn how to delegate, questions to ask yourself as you delegate to your team, and your five responsibilities when you delegate.In this episode, you’ll hear:Why entrepreneurs must learn the art of delegation.A poll asking participants if they delegate too much or too little and why.What you should be able to accomplish by the end of this session and the agenda.Some questions to ask yourself as you delegate work to others.The five responsibilities you have as you delegate to your team.Playing “Delegate That” and discussing it with other participants.Delegation best practices and the questions you can ask to determine that.---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to take a look at the 20+ courses I offer for new and experienced managers! Get your copy of the Amazon #1 Bestseller and #1 New Release Lead Like a Pro - The Essential Guide for New Managers while you’re there!Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
Today’s Management Development Unlocked is the fourth installment of Eric’s power sessions series from his Lead Like a Pro course. This episode focuses on goal-setting. You’ll hear the objectives and agenda behind a goal-setting session, some common flaws, and how to set quantitative and qualitative goals. Finally, you’ll hear the four things you should be able to do by the end of the goal-setting session.In this episode, you’ll hear:Eric’s guidelines for this session.The objectives and agenda of the goal-setting session.The common flaws in goal-setting and previewing what a good goal looks like.The questions a good goal answers and SMART goal criteria.How to set a quantitative goal.What a qualitative goal is and how to set one.Setting team goals, receiving input from everyone on the team, and encouraging out-of-the-box thinking.The four things you should be able to do following this session.Creating a chat waterfall to share ideas.---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to take a look at the 20+ courses I offer for new and experienced managers! Get your copy of the Amazon #1 Bestseller and #1 New Release Lead Like a Pro - The Essential Guide for New Managers while you’re there!Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
Popular guest Al Dea returns to the show on this 100th episode of Management Development Unlocked. Al is the founder of The Edge of Work, a leadership development firm helping organizations develop the next generation of leaders inside their organizations while building high-performing and highly engaged cultures. Like Eric, Al has a passion for developing leaders and managers.In this episode, you’ll hear:Al Dea’s observations on managers’ role in employee career development and why it’s important.Finding ways to prioritize career development and what that could look like.Al’s thoughts on offering career coaches or mobility teams inside organizations.Why all leaders should be talent developers and make it a priority.The interconnectivity between doing your job, investing in talent, and developing talent and Al Dea’s suggestions for implementing it.He advises how organizations, talent development, and L&D can play a role in this process.Some of Al’s exercises for implementing talent development at your workplace.Connect with Al Dea:WebsiteLinkedIn---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to take a look at the 20+ courses I offer for new and experienced managers! Get your copy of the Amazon #1 Bestseller and #1 New Release Lead Like a Pro - The Essential Guide for New Managers while you’re there!Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
On today’s Management Development Unlocked, Eric shares his third power session of the Lead Like a Pro Course. This session focuses on the transition into management and what differentiates managers from leaders. You’ll hear the objectives of this session, the three groups of people whose expectations matter, and how your time distribution in a management role differs from that of a contributor. Lastly, Eric explains the importance of accountability.In this episode, you’ll hear:Eric’s guidelines for his Lead Like a Pro class.What makes managers different from leaders.The objectives and agenda for this session of the Lead Like a Pro course.The three groups of people whose expectations you should be concerned with and the questions you should be thinking about.Your time distribution in a management role and some prompts to help you determine the adjustments you can make to how you spend your time.Holding yourself accountable with a partner.---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to take a look at the 20+ courses I offer for new and experienced managers! Get your copy of the Amazon #1 Bestseller and #1 New Release Lead Like a Pro - The Essential Guide for New Managers while you’re there!Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
Today’s episode of Management Development Unlocked is part two of the Lead Like a Pro power sessions. Eric outlines why empathy is imperative at work, four things empathy improves, and its three components. He shares three action items to increase your empathy, improve your listening skills, and the two questions you can ask someone at work to change the depth of your conversations. Empathy is no longer an unimportant skill in the workplace. Instead, it is a key to building better relationships throughout your career.In this episode, you’ll hear:Why empathy is an imperative skill at work.Four things empathy improves: innovation, engagement, retention, and inclusivityWhat empathy is and the three components of empathy.Three things you can do to increase your empathy.The three levels of listening and how they can improve your empathy skills.The two questions you can ask someone at work to change the depth of conversations.The skills you should have at the end of the Lead Like a Pro course.---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to take a look at the 20+ courses I offer for new and experienced managers! Get your copy of the Amazon #1 Bestseller and #1 New Release Lead Like a Pro - The Essential Guide for New Managers while you’re there!Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
In the first of five Power Sessions, Eric outlines his Lead Like a Pro course and what each session offers. Eric offers these sessions to clients for free and wants to offer them to podcast listeners as well. You’ll hear an outline of the Lead Like a Pro course, why empathy is invaluable in management, and the differing expectations employees, managers, and peers have of you at work. Eric explains the process for defining goals and setting targets, the impact of trust and integrity in the workplace, and the objectives that drive the full Lead Like a Pro course.In this episode, you’ll hear:Why empathy matters in management.Eric’s personal experience with an empathetic manager as he grieved his mom’s death.The definition of empathy and how it differs from sympathy.The differing expectations of employees, managers, and peers.Defining goals and setting specific targets.Trust and integrity’s impact on the workplace.The objectives behind the full Lead Like a Pro course.---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to take a look at the 20+ courses I offer for new and experienced managers! Get your copy of the Amazon #1 Bestseller and #1 New Release Lead Like a Pro - The Essential Guide for New Managers while you’re there!Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
On today’s episode of Management Development Unlocked, Eric sits down with Brian Walch, owner of Shiftfocus Coaching and Consulting. Brian is based in Anchorage, Alaska, and he helps organizations develop their managers. Brian also assists organizations in building best-in-class management cultures. He has a 25-year career in IT consulting and decided to move over to helping managers make a bigger impact while helping people develop in their careers.Eric and Brian cover the challenges managers face after they move past the honeymoon stage, Brian’s advice for burned-out managers, and why burnout can happen even when you love what you’re doing. He shares four domains you should consider as a manager, what to do when you believe you’re ready for more responsibility, and the one thing that can benefit brand-new managers most.In this episode, you’ll hear:The challenges managers face in their own careers once they move past the honeymoon stage.Brian Walch’s advice for burned-out managers and why internal motivation matters more than external.Why burnout can happen even when you love what you’re doing.Investing in yourself for the long haul and reaping the benefits.Continual progression even as you become more comfortable with your management position.Brian's four domains to consider as a manager: relationships and influence, skills and experience, results, and systems.What to do when you think you’re ready for more in management.Brian’s business, Shiftfocus, and what it can help you with.The one thing Eric believes can benefit brand-new managers.Connect with Brian Walch:WebsiteLinkedIn---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to take a look at the 20+ courses I offer for new and experienced managers! Get your copy of the Amazon #1 Bestseller and #1 New Release Lead Like a Pro - The Essential Guide for New Managers while you’re there!Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
On today’s Management Development Unlocked, you’ll hear part five of Eric’s six-episode series of his audiobook, Lead Like a Pro: The Essential Guide for New Managers. Building a healthy coaching habit can help break three vicious cycles at work, and Eric shares some tips for becoming a great coach for your team. You’ll learn about the GROW model, becoming an active listener, and some questions you can use in your next coaching session. You’ll also hear why feedback is crucial to a successful team. Eric outlines why feedback should be a habit—both constructive and positive—and how to handle adverse reactions to feedback and reward and recognize your team without money.In this episode, you’ll hear:Building a coaching habit and the three vicious circles at work that it can break.Evolving beyond your own tasks and taking proactive steps to help your team perform better.Coaching and feedback and the three things it can help you do as a new manager.Why you should always coach in private, be curious, and avoid statements that may make the coachee defensive.Questions that can help you evaluate your team’s performance.Challenging your assumptions and digging deeper.The purpose behind coaching at work.Four essential coaching skills and the GROW (goals, reality, options, and way forward) model for coaching.GROW in practice and avoiding offering advice.Six behaviors or active listening.Seven essential coach-like questions to get a coaching session rolling.Making feedback a habit and the simple things you can do to ensure it is received well.Keeping a record of the feedback you provide.Handling negative reactions to feedback.The coaching-feedback-coaching technique.Offering rewards and recognition to team members.The three ways to reward and recognize your team that doesn’t involve money and how to do it.---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to take a look at the 20+ courses I offer for new and experienced managers! Get your copy of the Amazon #1 Bestseller and #1 New Release Lead Like a Pro - The Essential Guide for New Managers while you’re there!Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
On today’s episode of Management Development Unlocked, Eric welcomes Roberta Ndlela to the show. Roberta is a member of the Zulu tribe in South Africa and grew up under the apartheid system. Apartheid ended when she was 18, and at 19, she began her corporate career in the transportation industry, where she honed her communication skills. Later, as she taught English in South Korea, Roberta recognized the value of adaptability.  She credits her communication and adaptability skills for her success today.In this episode, you’ll hear:How Roberta Ndlela defines “soft skills” as human skills.Why you need soft skills in addition to technical knowledge.The top eight behaviors that successful managers or leaders possess.The data behind soft skills, why CEOs spend 20% more time learning soft skills than the average person, and the increased productivity rates of their teams.Quiet quitting and workers’ reluctance to do more than the minimum at work.Roberta Ndlela’s free 30-minute call to assist listeners with speaking or leading people.Connect with Roberta Ndlela:LinkedInInstagram---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to take a look at the 20+ courses I offer for new and experienced managers! Get your copy of the Amazon #1 Bestseller and #1 New Release Lead Like a Pro - The Essential Guide for New Managers while you’re there!Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
On this Management Development Unlocked replay, Eric interviews Roger Martin, co-founder and CEO of ThriveMore Brands. ThriveMore is a platform company with franchise brands under its umbrella, including RockBox Fitness and beem® Light Sauna. They also have a nutrition company and are discussing bringing an overseas franchise concept to America. The company employs 27 people in its home office.In this episode, you’ll hear:Roger Martin’s company, ThriveMore Brands, and an overview of what it does.His tips for overcoming imposter syndrome and why you’re probably not growing if you haven’t experienced it.What competency-selective interviewing tactics are, and how they contrast with just using your gut to hire.The impact of AI in the workplace and what makes it a powerful tool.How managers deal with failure, take responsibility for it, and work to fix the problem at the speed of trust.Psychological safety and the value of feeling safe to make mistakes and grow.The franchise brands that make up ThriveMore Brands and the goal of those brands.Connect with Roger Martin:LinkedInThriveMore BrandsInstagramTikTokTwitter/X---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to take a look at the 20+ courses I offer for new and experienced managers! Get your copy of the Amazon #1 Bestseller and #1 New Release Lead Like a Pro - The Essential Guide for New Managers while you’re there!Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
On this episode of Management Development Unocked, Eric welcomes Brian Nelson-Palmer back to the show for a friendly debate. Brian is the founder of Productivity Gladiator and teaches personal, practical productivity skills. Brian’s target audience is recently promoted office people managers. Brian and Eric have different productivity styles, and this episode is all about their dueling opinions on various ways of remaining productive, including calendars, task lists, what time work should start, and more. While they may disagree on their methodology, Eric and Brian share a passion for getting things done in a timely manner.In this episode, you’ll hear:The five things Eric and Brian Nelson-Palmer are in disagreement about.Using a calendar for tasks and events (Eric) versus Brian’s use of a calendar and a separate task list.The paradigm differences that may make Eric’s method work for one person but Brian’s method for someone else.Planning every facet of your day versus leaving room in your schedule to remain flexible.Why Eric works out in the afternoon but starts work very early.Brian’s preference to sleep in later and work out earlier in the day.Brian’s explanation that meditation does not work for him other than getting back to sleep.The benefits of meditation that Eric loves.Why Brian loves Amazon’s Subscribe and Save and Eric’s dislike of it.Connect with Brian Nelson-Palmer:LinkedInWebsite---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to take a look at the 20+ courses I offer for new and experienced managers! Get your copy of the Amazon #1 Bestseller and #1 New Release Lead Like a Pro - The Essential Guide for New Managers while you’re there!Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
Today’s episode of Management Development Unlocked comes from chapters five and six of Eric’s bestselling book, Lead Like a Pro: The Essential Guide for New Managers. These chapters outline how to perform a SWOT analysis of your team and the importance of building trust with your team members. Eric shares how to implement the Tuckman model of team development, the five dysfunctions of a team, how to overcome or avoid the five dysfunctions, and eight values to incorporate into your leadership style. Finally, Eric shares some important takeaways from The SPEED of Trust by Stephen R. Covey.In this episode, you’ll hear:How to perform a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis to focus on your team’s internal and external factors.Holding a team meeting to discuss a SWOT analysis together.An alternative method of a SWOT analysis suggested by the Harvard Business Review.Performing SWOT analysis regularly for your team and yourself in conjunction with the brainstorming methodology mentioned in chapter three.Why using a SWOT analysis can help you identify where to focus your coaching efforts and training programs and develop a plan to improve team performance and achieve goals.Implementing the Tuckman model of team development (forming, storming, norming, and performing) and what to expect.Setting expectations with your team as you use the Tuckman model.The importance of building trust within your team.The essential concepts all managers should know to build trust with a team and how it can benefit managers.The five dysfunctions of a team.Overcoming or avoiding the five dysfunctions of a team.The key to a successful team.Why managers must lead by example and demonstrate a commitment to the team.The eight values to incorporate into your leadership style.Takeaways from The SPEED of Trust you can use with your team.---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to take a look at the 20+ courses I offer for new and experienced managers! Get your copy of the Amazon #1 Bestseller and #1 New Release Lead Like a Pro - The Essential Guide for New Managers while you’re there!Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
This episode of Management Development Unlocked features Brandon Birkmeyer. Brandon is a former Madison Avenue agency executive who worked on accounts like Coca-Cola and Apple. He left the corporate world six years ago and now does corporate training and speaking. Brandon is the author of the book, “Front & Center Leadership: How Leaders Can Use Personal Branding to Stand Out and How You Can Too.” He is also the host of the podcast “Brands on Brands.”In this episode, you’ll hear:Brandon Birkmeyer’s book on personal branding in the corporate space, “Front & Center Leadership.”The three components of a successful personal brand.Brandon’s catalyst for writing his book and leveraging your human potential to become a personal brand.How the principles laid out in his book apply to the future of management development.His steps for bringing leaders to the forefront with practice.Who Brandon’s book is for and why new managers can benefit from it most.Overcoming the reluctance to build a personal brand.The three types of reluctance.Connect with Brandon Birkmeyer:Website---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to take a look at the 20+ courses I offer for new and experienced managers! Get your copy of the Amazon #1 Bestseller and #1 New Release Lead Like a Pro - The Essential Guide for New Managers while you’re there!Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
Today’s episode of Management Development Unlocked features Dr. Phyllis Quinlan, president and CEO of MFW Consultants. Phyllis has 40+ years of experience in the nursing field and is a certified professional coach, which she weaves into her consulting firm. She specializes in helping leaders create healthy work environments, building a sense of resilience and well-being in staff using emotional intelligence and the principles of healthy work environments.In this episode, you’ll hear:Phyllis Quinlan’s role as president and CEO of MSW consultants, her background as a nurse, and her work as a coach.The components of a healthy workplace environment and the part an emotionally intelligent leader plays in that.Civility at work, why it matters, and what incivility looks like.Phyllis’s tips for creating a culture of civility and citizenship alongside a healthy workplace.The differences between bullies and individuals who are chronically uncivil.Why leadership finds it challenging to address bullying behaviors on their teams.The importance of documentation.What you can expect from Phyllis’s book, “Bringing Shadow Behavior into the Light of Day.”Connect with Phyllis Quinlan:LinkedInMFW ConsultantsBringing Shadow Behavior into the Light of Day bookmfwconsultants@gmail.com---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to take a look at the 20+ courses I offer for new and experienced managers! Get your copy of the Amazon #1 Bestseller and #1 New Release Lead Like a Pro - The Essential Guide for New Managers while you’re there!Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
On this episode of Management Development Unlocked, Eric welcomes Anca Enache, founder of 3P Impact Consulting. Anca helps purpose-driven small- and medium-sized companies create a competitive advantage by revealing the environmental, social, and governance risks and opportunities that may impact their business.In this episode, you’ll hear:Anca Enache’s work in sustainability alongside purpose-driven companies.The definition of a business continuity plan at the team level and how it can help a company.A real-life example of the benefits of a continuity plan.The six components of an effective team-level business continuity plan.The steps required to implement a continuity plan.Anca’s work as a consultant.Connect with Anca Enache:LinkedInWebsiteEmail---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to take a look at the 20+ courses I offer for new and experienced managers! Get your copy of the Amazon #1 Bestseller and #1 New Release Lead Like a Pro - The Essential Guide for New Managers while you’re there!Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
On today’s episode of Management Development Unlocked, Eric shares part three of this six-part series from his book, Lead Like a Pro: The Essential Guide for New Managers. Featuring chapters three and four, you’ll hear why it’s important to set SMART goals for your team, Eric’s brainstorming guidelines for setting team goals, and why you should be performing weekly one-on-one meetings with team members. Eric also shares why you must learn how to delegate effectively and how it can improve your relationship with your team. You’ll also hear about the six levels of initiative that can help bring out the best in everyone, along with Eric’s tips for helping you decide what to delegate.In this episode, you’ll hear:Creating clear goals for your team and how you benefit from them.Understanding the purpose behind a goal and the four components behind a good goal.SMART goals: specific, measurable, achievable (or aligned), relevant (or resourced), and time-bound (or trackable).The benefits of SMART goals for new managers and how to set them in three simple steps.Questions you can ask to identify a SMART goal.Eric’s eight brainstorming guidelines for setting team goals.Setting one-on-one weekly meetings with team members to make progress toward goals.Altering SMART goals to fit your organization’s needs.Learning to delegate tasks to your team effectively and how it can improve your relationship with your team.The benefits of effective delegation and some reasons managers fail to delegate.The ten commandments for effective delegation.Delegating the right tasks to the right people and how to determine if a team member is ready for the task at hand.The six levels of initiative, encouraging higher-level thinking from team members, and bringing out the best in everyone.Eric’s tips for deciding what could be delegated to your team.---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to take a look at the 20+ courses I offer for new and experienced managers! Get your copy of the Amazon #1 Bestseller and #1 New Release Lead Like a Pro - The Essential Guide for New Managers while you’re there!Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
Today’s episode of Management Development Unlocked features Stacey Caster, co-founder and CEO of North Executive Advisors. Stacey specializes in leadership development and executive coaching. She is also a speaker, podcast host, and author.In this episode, you’ll hear:Stacey Caster’s background in senior leadership and her role today as the CEO and co-founder of North Executive Advisors.What’s different about leading leaders versus leading individual contributors.The leadership skills required to lead leaders and why it requires forecasting farther into the future.Building a network outside of your four walls to understand what your competitors are doing.The importance of emotional intelligence in leadership.Leveling up your career development from becoming a leader to becoming a leader of leaders.Marketing your personal brand inside your company to position yourself for leadership roles.What good leaders can do to strengthen a business.The mistakes a leader can make that will crash a business.Stacey’s upcoming book, “The Leadership Navigator: Chart Your Course to Leadership Mastery.”Connect with Stacey Caster:WebsiteBookNorth Executive Advisors---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to take a look at the 20+ courses I offer for new and experienced managers! Get your copy of the Amazon #1 Bestseller and #1 New Release Lead Like a Pro - The Essential Guide for New Managers while you’re there!Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
On today’s Management Development Unlocked, Eric interviews Eloisa Marquez-Gonzalez, an operation strategist and advisor to green tech organizations. Eloisa helps them design their operations, and once they’ve grown, she helps those companies streamline to ensure their impact is growing along with their company. Another fun fact about Eloisa is that she is a former professional tennis player who eventually left that career to pursue an engineering degree.In this episode, you’ll hear:Eloisa Marquez-Gonzalez’s position as an operation strategist and advisor focused on green tech organizations.Her career in professional tennis, a pivot to engineering, and finally to the climate space.The differences between innovation and continuous improvement.What the green tech sector encompasses, and what green tech operations are.The metrics that differentiate green tech ops from traditional ops.Creating an environment of collaboration where people feel comfortable bringing new ideas to leadership.The steps managers in any industry can take to integrate sustainability practices into existing operations.Eloisa’s green tech operations roundtable and what she hopes to accomplish with it.How to foster curiosity and creativity within your team.Connect with Eloisa Marquz-Gonzalez:LinkedInWalking Tree---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to take a look at the 20+ courses I offer for new and experienced managers! Get your copy of the Amazon #1 Bestseller and #1 New Release Lead Like a Pro - The Essential Guide for New Managers while you’re there!Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
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