Team Whisperer Blog

How to course correct when someone isn’t delivering results

Managing a team comes with inevitable challenges, and one of the toughest is dealing with team members who aren’t meeting expectations. But before you consider a replacement, I wanted to share an approach to navigating if the situation is salvageable (hopefully!) or a signal that it’s time to part ways.

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Leadership lessons from the NASCAR racetrack

When you think about some of the most challenging situations you’ve had to navigate at work, my guess is that it doesn’t include jacking up a car, changing 4 tires, and refueling it, all in about 8 seconds. Just guessing 😉 But for my guest this week on Managing Made

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Micromanaging issn’t about WHAT, it’s about WHEN

Hi {{ first_name }}, Almost every single day managers share with me their same fear: I want to get more out of my teams, but I don’t want to come across as a micromanager. If you’ve struggled with this tension, you’re not alone. The fact that you and the folks who

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Three ways to overcome an “us vs them” mentality on your team

Today’s episode of Managing Made Simple is a deep dive into a topic that I’ve encountered time and time again in my career of managing team operations. It’s all about rationalizing those conflicting motivations on teams. We’ve all experienced that “us vs them” – maybe it’s creative versus account, product

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Just liking people doesn’t make you a great manager

Today, I want to talk about one of the most common misconceptions that I hear from managers when it comes to managing their team: “If I love people, then that will make me a good manager.” I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but unfortunately…that’s not enough. You

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The Unstoppable Team Launches TODAY!

Starting a business is a dream. It’s the freedom, the innovation, the exciting rush of bringing a vision to life. Aaaaaaand then we hire a team, and realize that the vision in our head isn’t as clear to others as it seemed to us, the giving feedback thing is a

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Yes, You Need a Coverage Plan: Here’s What Goes Into It

Welcome back to the show. Today, I want to talk about coverage plans…and before you ask, yes, you absolutely do need a coverage plan! This is the perfect season to be discussing coverage plans, because unexpected absences from the office are going to be at an all-time high. Flus, colds,

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How to Earn the Respect of Your Team

If you’ve ever found yourself thinking, “Why don’t my team members respect me? I’m in charge. I’m the manager. I’m the business owner. I’m the leader. What’s going on here?”…then this episode is for you. There is a way to earn respect from your team so that your team members

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