Manager Mysteries & Mishaps

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Take the mystery out of managing people and discover how to be a good manager. Learn to grow authentic relationships with your employees and bounce back from any mishaps you encounter along the way. We've all had bad managers; this podcast by Quantum Workplace equips you with the insights to avoid b…

Dr. Dan Harris


    • Dec 10, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 17m AVG DURATION
    • 31 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Manager Mysteries & Mishaps

    Being a new manager. [Ep. 31]

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2019 19:42


    The employee experience. [Interview] [Ep. 30]

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2019 16:34


    Managing remote employees. [Interview] [Ep. 29]

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2019 18:58


    Handling employee turnover. [Interview] [Ep. 28]

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2019 19:44


    Diversity and inclusion. [Interview] [Ep. 27]

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2019 15:24


    Building trust in the workplace. [Interview] [Ep. 26]

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2019 17:35


    Exploring the dark side of job roles. [Ep. 25]

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2019 16:48


    This episode explores the idea of what a role is, as well as the dark side of job roles in the form of role overload, strain, conflict, underload, and ambiguity.

    Giving performance feedback with the employee in mind. [Interview] [Ep. 24]

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2019 21:07


    An interview with Nicole Davies, Vice President of Learning, Talent, and Performance at Valet Living, explores ways to navigate the performance feedback process, taking the manager’s ego out of the picture, rethinking how we view the performance improvement plan, and the skill gap versus will gap.

    How to handle stress at work. [Ep. 23]

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2019 18:24


    This episode explores a method for stress management in the workplace, as well as some common causes of workplace stress and how you can help your team navigate those issues.

    Helping employees avoid job burnout. [Interview] [Ep. 22]

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2019 16:30


    An interview with Paul Gomez, Director of Organizational Development at Children's Mercy Hospitals, covers different aspects of job burnout, like how people managers can help their teams navigate or avoid burnout, the importance of being curious about team members, and even helping teams build resilience.

    Managing emotions and emotional vulnerability. [Ep. 21]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2019 17:48


    This episode explores the complexities of managing emotions and emotional vulnerability at work, as well as healthy and unhealthy emotional cultures within organizations.

    Emotions in the workplace have an image problem. [Ep. 20]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2019 18:22


    This episode explores the most common positive emotions employees feel at work, the most common negative emotions employees feel, and negative moral emotions.

    What are drivers of employee engagement, and why do they matter? [Ep. 19]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2019 18:47


    This episode explores what drivers actually are, the top drivers of employee engagement, and what drives manager effectiveness.

    How are you setting boundaries at work? [Ep. 18]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2019 17:49


    This episode explores the mystery of boundaries and setting boundaries at work, as well as the mishap of workplace rules.

    Rethink change management. [Ep. 17]

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2019 17:37


    This episode explores the mystery of the change management process and potential mishaps of change management, paying especially close attention to the Knoster model for managing complex change.

    Motivate employees by thinking about their needs: part 2. [Ep. 16]

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2019 19:57


    This episode continues to explore how you can motivate employees, first by reviewing relational and developmental employee needs and then combining all the needs discussed in this and the previous episode.

    Motivate employees by thinking about their needs: part 1. [Ep. 15]

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2019 21:04


    This episode explores how you can motivate employees, first by reviewing Maslow's hierarchy of needs and then covering essential and procedural employee needs.

    How can you give better, SMART employee recognition? [Ep. 14]

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2019 17:42


    This episode explores how you can give better, SMART recognition to your team members.

    How to make your SMART goals even SMARTER. [Ep. 13]

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2019 19:52


    This episode explores the history and framework of SMART goals, and goes deeper into SMARTER goal setting.

    The employee life cycle part 3: exits and employee turnover. [Ep. 12]

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2019 17:10


    This episode explores the mystery of some common reasons for turnover, the mishap of how turnover data are handled, and the mystery of how best to handle firing employees.

    The employee life cycle part 2: tenured employees and the tenure curve. [Ep. 11]

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2019 18:04


    This episode explores the mystery of the tenure curve, which covers employee engagement across four groups of employees with differing levels of tenure.

    The employee life cycle part 1: new hires and onboarding. [Ep. 10]

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2019 19:42


    This episode explores the mystery of five stages of the new hire and onboarding experience, which include orientation, clarification, adjustment, calibration, and connection.

    You can get more out of your team meetings. [Ep. 9]

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2019 16:28


    This episode explores the mystery of how to view meetings, the mystery of how to get the most out of your team meetings, and the mishap of miscommunication during meetings.

    Miscommunication at work - it's not me, it's you? [Ep. 8]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2019 14:10


    This episode explores two mishaps: the first is thinking that miscommunication isn’t because of me, it’s because of other people, and the second is miscommunication during 1-on-1 performance conversations.

    How can you bridge the GAP to resolve conflicts in your team? [Ep. 7]

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2019 17:45


    This episode explores the mishap of poorly handling conflicts within your team, the mystery of the GAP model of conflict, and the mystery of how best to respond to conflict using the GAP model.

    Avoid these less obvious negative management traits. [Ep. 6]

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2018 15:00


    This episode explores mishaps about three negative management traits, which include trying to be the smartest person in the room, having a fear of missing out, and being a fire hazard.

    How do you dodge silver bullets? [Ep. 5]

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2018 17:40


    This episode explores mishaps of how you respond to and use information, as well as four types of engagement cultures.

    How employees describe the best work environments. [Ep. 4]

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2018 15:26


    This episode explores the mysteries of which words are used by employees to describe the best work environments, which of those words you should focus on in your own team, and how some of those words relate to employee engagement.

    How you can enhance learning and development opportunities for your employees. [Ep. 2]

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 11:34


    This episode explores the mishap of communication surrounding formal employee development programs, the mystery of enhancing opportunities for learning and development, and some mishaps about those kinds of opportunities.

    What is employee engagement, and why should you care? [Ep. 3]

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 13:47


    This episode explores the mystery of employee engagement by describing what it is and what it's not.

    Why you should have continuous conversations with your employees. [Ep. 1]

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2018 13:03


    This episode explores why it's good to have continuous conversations with your employees, how often these conversations should occur, and how to have good continuous conversations.

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