Quick Fixes: How to step into leadership, improve your organization, and regain lost support

Update: 2025-11-03

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In this Quick Fixes episode, Anne and Frances work to solve three callers’ tricky work problems in under 30 minutes. One listener seeks advice on stepping into a leadership role for the first time, the next struggles with feeling powerless in a middle management position, and a final caller tries to regain the support of her team after receiving some difficult feedback.

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Quick Fixes: How to step into leadership, improve your organization, and regain lost support

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Quick Fixes: How to step into leadership, improve your organization, and regain lost support

Quick Fixes: How to step into leadership, improve your organization, and regain lost support