Management Mastery

By: Fred Ball & Rick Kendall
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  • Senior Executive Coaches discuss the problems new (and, often, experienced) managers regularly face and give practical advice on how to prevent them, or deal with them when they occur.
    Fred Ball & Rick Kendall
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Economics Management
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Episodes
  • Providing Help Without Micromanaging

    Providing Help Without Micromanaging
    Jan 14 2025

    Providing help to the members of your team can be tricky. Since you’re the boss, staff members are aware that you supervise and evaluate them, and if you come in and say “I’m here to help” it may or may not be received well. Those managers who come in too heavy-handed often receive a bad reputation. In addition, staff members can have strong emotional or psychological reactions to unnecessary or unwanted help. In this episode, we’ll discuss how to provide help in a manner that’s well received.

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    13 mins
  • Do You Play Favorites?

    Do You Play Favorites?
    Jan 7 2025

    When surveyed, most managers say they give each of their team members equal attention, respect and consideration. Yet the research over many years finds that bosses have “in-groups” with whom they have warmer, more personal relationships and “out-groups” where they act more transactionally. In this episode we discuss why that can be bad for the manager and how to make an effort to change that dynamic.
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    15 mins
  • Encore Episode: Three Mistakes New Managers Make & How To Avoid Them

    Encore Episode: Three Mistakes New Managers Make & How To Avoid Them
    Dec 31 2024

    There are a number of honest mistakes new managers often make. In this episode, we discuss three of the most common and, often some of the hardest to totally avoid making.
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    13 mins

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