*THIS IS AN ENCORE PRESENTATION FROM MAY 2023*Rachel and Stuart have an engaging, insightful, and entertaining conversation with Ms. Natalie Catin, who has spent the last 20+ years in education as a teacher, a principal, and now as an executive coach for Pennsylvania educational leaders.  We discuss:Imposter Syndrome and how and why it manifests in black women    Leadership presenceAnd the value of leadership coachingLINKS:Email:  ncatin80@gmail.comLinkedInLet's Get Better Faster, by  Paul Bambrick-SantoyoTo help support our show, visit:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2017272/supportFor additional management resources and information, please visit us at:  https://managementworksmedia.com You can email us at:  managementworks@managementworksmedia.com Support the Show.Support the Show.

*THIS IS AN ENCORE PRESENTATION FROM 2022*In the first episode of “The Essentials of Management” series, Rachel and Stuart’s discussion builds off of the major themes of the book, The First-Time Manager, 7th Edition, by Loren B. Belker, Jim McCormick, and Gary S. Topchik.Key Moments:•   Stuart explains why he has been recommending The First-Time Manager for 20 years •   Rachel discusses how she found the book to be a good “one-stop shop” for managers at all levels of experience•   Rachel and Stuart discuss the notion of “choosing one’s management style”   •    They also discuss the fine-line between being transparent and revealing information that a team may not be ready to receive•   The grapevine is real and managers must learn how to tap into it and, prudently, use it•   Stuart once again takes off on a tangent about the importance of empowerment Click Here to Purchase The First-Time Manager Full Listing of the Books included in “The Essentials of Management Series”:The First-Time Manager, 7th Edition, by Loren B. Belker, Jim McCormick, and Gary S. Topchik.Welcome to Management: How to Grow from Top Performer to Excellent Leader, by Ryan HawkWhat Management is:  How it Works and Why it’s Everyone’s Business, by Joan MagrettaSimply Managing:  What Managers do, and can do Better, by Henry Mintzberg.  The Essential Drucker, by Peter F. Drucker For additional management resources and information, please visit us at:  https://managementworksmedia.com You can email us at:  managementworks@managementworksmedia.com As an Amazon affiliate, Management Works earns from qualifying purchases.Support the Show.Support the Show.

Imagine it is the 1970’s and you are a young woman just beginning her journey as a minister within a protestant denomination that is comprised of at least some members and leaders who oppose your ministry because of your gender.  In fact, imagine that you, as this young woman, had heard a radio minister of the same domination declare that the ‘pulpit was no place for petticoats.’  And, finally, imagine that when you were a young girl, you remember even your minister father stating his opposition to women holding official church leadership positions (a perspective that changed over time).  Well, today’s profiled leader, Dr. Patricia Suggs, does not have to imagine such a scenario–she lived it and is here to tell us about it.  Dr. Suggs is a former minister–one of the first women in her denomination to fill that role–and is currently the CEO of Arise Leadership, which focuses primarily on offering coaching and training to women in leadership positions.  Because her career began during a time in the U.S. in which women were often openly discriminated against, Dr. Suggs’ perspective as a woman leader just starting out in such a climate is essential to understanding how much progress has been made–and how much more still needs to be made. Arise Leadership  ConsultingSupport the Show.

Hello everyone!  This is Rachel and welcome to The Introspective Leader Podcast and to another addition of our Profile of a Leader series, where some of today’s top leaders and leadership experts take us through their personal leadership journeys; highlighting their greatest influences, successes, setbacks, and personal struggles.  As an organizational leader and as someone who is responsible for the performance of others, do you feel you sometimes struggle with finding the line that separates empathy from enablement?  Do you struggle with understanding why some employees seem much more difficult to lead than others?  And, do you at times feel exploited by the same employees to whom you are so consistently nice?  If you do, you are not alone.  Many leaders struggle with these components and at least some of them are driven out of leadership because of them.  However, this does not have to be your fate because today’s featured leader, Dr. Merrylue Martin, happens to be an expert in solving such conundrums and is here to share that expertise with us.     Dr. Martin is a people leadership strategist, business owner, and former Fortune 50 senior executive. She has experience developing and implementing real-world strategies and has worked with global leaders. Dr. Martin is also a graduate of the Wharton School's Women's Leadership program and Pepperdine University, where she conducted research on organizational leadership. Her dissertation from Pepperdine University explores the factors that influence an employee's decision to stay or leave an organization.  She is also the author of The Big Quit Survival Guide, in which she presents tools and tactics to attract and retain the best talent out there in today’s highly competitive job market.   Stuart and I interviewed Dr. Martin last year and had no doubt that her leadership story would make for an excellent Profile of a Leader episode; and we were not wrong.  So, here it is, picking up with Dr. Martin, or Merrylue, as she prefers to be called, discussing her current endeavors and objectives.  And, remember, at the end of Merrylue’s narrative, Stuart and I will take a few moments to discuss some of what we see as the highlights of that narrative.The Big Quit Survival GuideThe Job Joy Group WebsiteSupport the Show.

Welcome to another addition of our Profile of a Leader series, where some of today’s top leaders and leadership experts take us through their personal leadership journeys, highlighting their greatest influences, successes, setbacks, and personal struggles. There is a minority of people who see our world in a much different way than the rest of us do.  As the saying goes, they are people who march to the beat of their own drum and know deep down in their heart that it is not they who are out of step, but everyone else.  They see and address life’s problems from a different angle than others and, as a result, their solutions often seem, on first blush, bizarre and even scary.  But, often, those are exactly the type of solutions that are needed.   Well, today’s featured leader, Roy Osing, is such an individual.  He proudly wears the contrarian label and, just as proudly, will point you to the successes his contrarian nature has helped him and his various teams and clients manifest.   Roy is a former president, CMO, and entrepreneur with over 40 years of successful executive leadership experience in virtually every aspect of business.  As President of a major data and internet company, Roy’s leadership took the company from its early stages to $1 Billion in annual sales.  Currently, he devotes his time and energy to inspiring leaders, entrepreneurs and organizations to stand apart from the average boring crowd and achieve their true potential.  He is also the author of the no-nonsense book series ‘BE DiFFERENT or be dead,’ and the host of “The Maverick Paradox Podcast.” We pick up with Roy’s narrative as he relates what he sees as the greatest challenge facing today’s business leaders; and we continue as he takes us through some of the highlights of his 40 years as, what he refers to, an “audacious leader.”.  And after Roy’s story, stay with us as Stuart and Rachel briefly discuss a few of the highlights that stood out to them. THE "BE DIFFERENT OF BE DEAD" WEBSITEThe "Management Works" WebsiteSupport the Show.

We at The Introspective Leader Podcast know that there have been times in our lives when we have desired something big, something well beyond our current realities, but were hesitant to push beyond our self-imposed limitations to achieve it.  Can you relate?  We bet you can, because staying within our comfort zones, and avoiding pushing through the internal barriers we have created for ourselves, is a common feature of human existence.  Mr. Art Turock, however, has developed an insightful and effective process that he says will free us from the confinement we have created for ourselves, and, today, he joins Rachel and Stuart on The Introspective Leader Podcast to share that process with you.FREE GIFT FOR OUR PODCAST LISTENERS FROM ART! LINKSCompetent is Not an Option: Build an Elite Leadership Team Following the Talent Development Game Plan of Sports Champions, by Art TurockInvent Business Opportunities No One Else Can Imagine, by Art TurockGetting Physical, by Art TurockArt's WebsiteTo help support our show, visit:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2017272/supportFor additional management resources and information, please visit us at:  https://managementworksmedia.com Support the Show.

Have you ever worked for a leader who had a high need for control?  You know, the type of leader who holds all the power and is reluctant to share it?  Perhaps even, you are that type of leader.  Well, whether it be your style or the style of someone you worked for, it is what Kurt Lewin identified in the 1930’s as the autocratic style of leadership; and what it is exactly, and what is its strengths and weaknesses is what Rachel and I discuss today on The Introspective Leader Podcast. SOURCESWGU Article Organizational Communication ChannelLeadership Theories Top 10 (useful for most of the ones we will be covering)Leadership Ahoy VideoTo help support our show, visit:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2017272/supportFor additional management resources and information, please visit us at:  https://managementworksmedia.com Support the Show.

Having been diagnosed with ADHD, Dez Rock is a neurodivergent leader who knows that having ADHD has been anything but a detriment to her career because her ability to see the world as a puzzle—and manage all of the pieces to that puzzle—has made her an exceptional leader. To help support our show, visit:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2017272/supportFor additional management resources and information, please visit us at:  https://managementworksmedia.com Support the Show.

At the risk of sounding like a brag, I have to say that by now there are few management and leadership concepts about which I don’t have at least a cursory knowledge.  However, an exception is the Agile methodology of project management.  Agile began in the IT field, but the success it has helped create through the years has propelled it beyond IT and to fields and industries of all types, and today’s guest, Mr. Daniel Gagnon, is here to educate us on Agile and how it can help you, your team, and your organization.  Mr. Daniel Gagnon is an organizational agility adviser who co-founded the Agile Leader Academy, a boutique training, coaching and consulting firm, to help leaders develop progressive team-building skills in dynamic and adaptive work environments—while avoiding the traps of naïve over-optimism or simplistic positivity. Agile Leader Academy works across a range of industries, including finance, energy, manufacturing, legal, and pharmaceutical.  Many business leaders are beginning to realize the benefits—both organizationally and financially—of creating an environment where all employees and stakeholders feel invested and validated enough to challenge the status quo and do what’s needed to help their fellow workers, their company, and the larger community thrive. And Daniel wants to reach and help these leaders.LINK TO:  The Agile ManifestoTo help support our show, visit:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2017272/supportFor additional management resources and information, please visit us at:  https://managementworksmedia.com You can email us at:  managementworks@managementworksmedia.com Support the Show.

We suspect that most of you are familiar with some version of the phrase, “As an employee, it is important to be able to separate home from work.”  But just how accurate is that statement?  Is it truly the standard for company professionalism that we think it is?  And what if we told you that there is now a strong contingent of organizational and leadership experts that think this maxim has been taken to the extreme, and that, in fact, believe allowing the totality of an employee’s human experience into the workplace actually contributes to greater and richer organizational performance?  Would you believe us?  If not, perhaps you will believe today’s guest, Ms. Vanessa Broers, who joins us to discuss why human experience is so often left out of human performance and how the omission of human experience in the workplace is costing organizations dearly. LINKSAccess to Vanessa’s free 60 minute Sacred Sales trainingVanessa's WebsiteLinked InInstagramTo help support our show, visit:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2017272/supportFor additional management resources and information, please visit us at:  https://managementworksmedia.com Support the Show.

One of the more intriguing and relevant motivation theories we have come across is Deci and Ryan's Self-Determination Theory.  We can very much relate to its wholistic approach and its emphasis on an individual's fundamental need for autonomy and I suspect that you will too.LINKSManagement Works ArticleProfessor Deci VideoManagement Courses VideoTo help support our show, visit:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2017272/supportFor additional management resources and information, please visit us at:  https://managementworksmedia.com You can email us at:  managementworks@managementworksmedia.com Support the Show.

To motivate our teams, we as leaders sometimes employ numerous and highly involved schemes.  However, lack of motivation can often come down to something as fundamental to human existence as a sense of fairness.  Luckily for us, we have the equity theory of motivation, which, as today's topic, Rachel and Stuart delve into to discover why employees can develop this sense of fairness and how we as leaders can help rectify it.  LINKSManagement Works ArticleManagement Courses Video EPM VideoTo help support our show, visit:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2017272/supportFor additional management resources and information, please visit us at:  https://managementworksmedia.com You can email us at:  managementworks@managementworksmedia.com Support the Show.

One of the most sure and organic means by which an organizational leader can motivate their team is through the setting and achievement of goals. And through goal-setting theory--our topic for the day--we can learn the best practices associated with setting and achieving those goals.LINKSManagement Works ArticleManagement Courses VideoEPM VIDEOMSG ArticleTo help support our show, visit:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2017272/supportFor additional management resources and information, please visit us at:  https://managementworksmedia.com You can email us at:  managementworks@managementworksmedia.com Support the Show.

While a multitude of employee incentives are by now well entrenched within the U.S. workplace, not all incentives are created equal. Sometimes they do help increase performance and sometimes they do not.  And through today's discussion of the incentive theory of motivation, Rachel and I--and you--uncover the reasons for such variability. LINKS:Management Works ArticleManagement Courses VideoIndeed ArticleTo help support our show, visit:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2017272/supportFor additional management resources and information, please visit us at:  https://managementworksmedia.com You can email us at:  managementworks@managementworksmedia.com Support the Show.

While I suspect most of you are familiar with Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs theory, I am willing to bet that less of you are familiar with ERG theory, which, as a model built off of Maslow’s theory, is, we think, an even more accurate representation of how motivation works for most of us.  However, fortunate for you, ERG is our topic for today.  LINKS:Management Works Article“Your Coach” Article“Management Study Guide” Article“Management Courses” VideoTo help support our show, visit:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2017272/supportFor additional management resources and information, please visit us at:  https://managementworksmedia.com You can email us at:  managementworks@managementworksmedia.com Support the Show.

As an organizational leader attempting to motivate your team members, it is critical that you have a clear understanding of the internal process they go through when determining if what they get out of that performance personally is worth the effort that that reward requires.  And we think today’s discussion of the expectancy theory of motivation gets you several steps closer to having that clear understanding. LINKS:Management Works ArticleIndeed ArticleYou Tube Video To help support our show, visit:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2017272/supportFor additional management resources and information, please visit us at:  https://managementworksmedia.com You can email us at:  managementworks@managementworksmedia.com Support the Show.

And as an industry, esports is experiencing significant growth, and that growth is not expected to subside any time soon.  In the U.S. market alone, 2022 saw esports grow to almost 30 million spectators, with that number expected to reach 34 million by 2026; and, globally, the esports market value is expected reach as high as $6.75 billion by 2030, which would be almost five times what it was in 2022.     Because of such growth, and because I admittedly know very little about the esports industry, I am excited to welcome as today’s guest an esports industry leader.  Mr. Liam Brown is a seasoned esports executive who brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the topic. With a background in player recruitment, management, sponsorships, and brand building, Liam has a deep understanding of the competitive esports landscape. His insights and strategies are invaluable to both fans and commercial professionals looking to break into the rapidly growing esports market, and, more generally, to general leadership buffs like us, who are always excited to hear how leadership and management plays out across various industries.  LINKSThe Knights Arena WebsiteLiam's Linked InLiam's InstagramTo help support our show, visit:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2017272/supportFor additional management resources and information, please visit us at:  https://managementworksmedia.com You can email us at:  managementworks@managementworksmedia.com Support the Show.

Kelli Thompson  is a keynote speaker, writer, and award-winning leadership coach, who has been featured in Forbes, MarketWatch, HuffPost, Parents, and elsewhere. She has over 10 years of leadership experience for financial services and technology organizations and her newly-released book, Closing the Confidence Gap, was chosen as a Next Big Idea Club nominee — a book list curated by Malcolm Gladwell, Dan Pink, Adam Grant, and Susan Cain.LINKSClosing the Confidence Gap (Book)WebsiteTo help support our show, visit:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2017272/supportFor additional management resources and information, please visit us at:  https://managementworksmedia.com You can email us at:  managementworks@managementworksmedia.com Support the Show.

Mr. Vin Infante is a psychotherapist, former firefighter, and master mindset coach who combines his own personal mental health struggles with his experience as a mental health professional to help people achieve mastery over their mindsets to live a more aligned and powerful life.  He specializes in, and speaks on, the deeper psychological aspects of the subconscious mind and our deep-rooted internal programming, and on neurology and physiology and how all of these aspects operate in tandem to create the life we are living.LINKSVin's WebsiteLinked InInstagramTo help support our show, visit:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2017272/supportFor additional management resources and information, please visit us at:  https://managementworksmedia.com You can email us at:  managementworks@managementworksmedia.com Support the Show.

I am sure most of us would agree that when a product or service has such a high level of quality for an extended period of time, it’s a manifestation of clear, well-thought-out design.  Afterall, exceptional quality rarely happens by accident, but is instead the result of carefully considered effort.  However, if we acknowledge this is case with the products and services we buy, why do we so often take the opposite approach to the lives we live; that is, why do we not apply this principle of carefully considered design to our own lives?  Well, today’s guest has made it her life mission to address that question because she believes that our present and future are transformed when we take ownership for designing our lives.  She believes that each of us have the ability to write our own life story and that that story is greatly determined by the level of intention we infuse into the many small decisions we make every day.  Ms. Shana Francesca helps people live more joyful and connected lives through the principles of life design.  Shana believes our present and future are transformed when we infuse our lives with intention, we design our lives, and realize the power in accepting ourselves as the author of our story.  Shana overcame a history of family abuse when she was growing up to become a successful interior designer, speaker, writer, entrepreneur, and Life and Leadership Coach.  She has been interviewed on more than 60 podcasts worldwide and is widely published.LINKSGuest's WebsiteTikTokYouTubeLinked InTo help support our show, visit:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2017272/supportFor additional management resources and information, please visit us at:  https://managementworksmedia.com You can email us at:  managementworks@managementworksmedia.com Support the Show.