Manager to Manager

Are you struggling to create a happy and productive team? If so, there's a lot to learn from Woody Walker, the North America Sales Enablement Lead for Avanade. In this inspiring episode of Manager to Manager, Woody shares her secrets to building a strong and thriving team.
Woody discusses leading a team of 35 early talent professionals, called the Digital Sales team, and how she approaches treating them as whole people, not just sales professionals. She uses a range of techniques, including Gallup strengths and Maslow's hierarchy of needs, to develop her team members and help them overcome their blind spots. The impact of these techniques is clear, with team members reporting feeling more confident and less like impostors within six months of joining the program.
But it's not just about individual development. Woody also shares how she believes in creating a culture of mentorship and group growth. By creating mini-groups and mentors for everyone, her team members have a support system that allows them to develop their coaching and mentoring skills, ultimately leading to a more cohesive and productive team.
Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn how to create a culture of growth and development within your team.
Show Notes:
Connect with Woody Walker on Linkedin

We often talk about what happens when managers get it wrong, but what happens when they get it right? 
In this delightful conversation, author and chief research officer of Lighthouse Research and Advisory, Ben Eubank, shares insights highlighting the positive impact managers can have on their teams and their perceptions of the company as a whole. He discusses the importance of being able to match the individual needs of team members and shares rich examples that illustrate the resulting outcomes. 
As a bonus, you’ll hear Ben and I discuss: 
The challenges of transitioning people into leadership roles and helping them develop over time. 
The importance of delegation and letting go of control as a manager. 
How to leverage your individual styles and strengths to become a great people leader. 
Don't miss the valuable insights shared in this conversation! If you're interested in "getting it right” for your team, this is the episode for you.
 
Show Notes: 
Connect with Ben on LinkedIn 
Listen to Ben’s Podcast: We're Only Human and our episode togther
Get Ben’s Book: Talent Scarcity: How to Hire and Retain a Shrinking Workforce 
Check out Ben’s event: HR Summer School 

Do you want to know the secret to leading an inclusive team?
Think big and start small!
In this episode of Manager-to-Manager, Neema Jha shares how she uses this approach to make diversity, equity and inclusion real for her team. Join us in this thought-provoking conversation where Neema explains how being an inclusive leader goes beyond acknowledging differences to creating a safe space for people to share their experiences and ideas. She also provides practical tips on how to leverage personal vulnerability and trust to make that happen.
 
Show Notes:
Neema Jha | LinkedIn

In this episode of Manager to Manager, Kacie Walters shares insights from her personal experience and her book “Succeed from the Middle: A middle manager's guide to stop being pulled apart and start balancing your team, your boss and you”. She provides an insightful view on what managers can do to overcome their own struggles with receiving feedback and how we can use questions to provide better feedbacks to our teams. As an added bonus, she shares tips for successfully navigating feedback conversation with your own manager.
 
Show Notes:
Kacie Walters | LinkedIn
Kaciewalters.com – Website of author Kacie Walters
Succeed from the Middle: A middle manager's guide to stop being pulled apart and start balancing your team, your boss and you

Managers learn more about values and leadership behavior from those around them than from any formal learning experience.
In this episode, Larry Appel, former CEO of The Fresh Market, discusses how his role models demonstrated the value of caring, honesty, and empowering people and how he pulled those lessons into his personal leadership. He also shares why it’s important for organizations to embrace metrics that indicate leadership effectiveness and gives stellar advice on how managers can continue their own development
If you’re a manager thinking about the values the drive your own leadership and how you bring those to life, this episode is for you.
 
Show Notes:
Larry Appel | LinkedIn
 

I could talk about myself. I was a really good individual contributor who had great subject knowledge expertise and then suddenly was in a position where I was put in charge of a team and told get that team to do what you can do. And not having a lot of support around the how to do it. And the huge change in my day-to-day where it was going from, you know, 80% involved in the work, 20% maybe involved in affinity groups and fun stuff, and stretch projects to 80% focusing on the work of other people, giving up the work that I did that I was really good. That that was really tough.
Johannah Simon, Global Readiness Lead, ProServe L&D
Manager to Manager - Episode 1
Transitioning from a high-performing individual contributor to a new manager can be hard. In our first episode of Manager to Manager, Johanna Simon reflects on two areas where new managers can struggle - experiencing an identity crisis and learning to be vulnerable as a leader. She shares how she overcame these struggles to become purposeful in determining how she shows up as a people leader. In this episode you'll also hear why it's important for managers to lead from a place of vulnerability and examples of what that looks like in practice.  She'll also share what organizations can do to support managers navigating these important challenges.
 
Show Notes
Johannah (Lipscher) Simon | LinkedIn

What would happen if we talked to managers instead of talking about them? Would we learn what it takes to lead engaged, healthy and high performing teams?
Manager to Manager provides a peak into what it's really like to be a people leader and celebrates those who do it well.  This weekly podcast features Kamaria having real, in-depth conversations with previous and current managers who are willing to share what it takes to be successful, lessons they've learned along the way, and what organizations can do to help them realize their full potential as leaders.