Managing Made Simple for Team Leaders & Small Business Owners

Managing Made Simple for Team Leaders & Small Business Owners

Hosted by: Lia Garvin

Being a people manager is kind of the best. But it's kind of the worst too, right? I mean between questions like, “how do I know what to talk about in a 1:1 meeting?” to “how do I give difficult feedback without being...

Episodes

077: Simple strategies for navigating the stickiest situations as a manager with Robyn Rapp Leadership Coach & Facilitator

Season #1

Being a manager comes with a whole set of challenges - but is there anything harder than managing a former friend or even family member? Especially when you have to deliver some tough feedback? In this episode of...
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076: A simple way to optimize your meetings and save $2000 a month

Season #1

Ah meetings. Love them or hate them, they're a part of working life. Depending on what industry you work in, you might even find yourself spending MOST of your week in meetings, making it paramount to ensure the time...
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075: The connection between healthy team operations and healthy finances with Bridgette Boucha, Fractional CFO, Speaker, and Author

Season #1

We know conceptually that inefficiencies in our team can cost us money, but we don’t always dive into see what this really looks like. But as fractional CFO Bridgette Boucha calls out in this episode of Managing Made...
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074: Your “doing everything yourself” is crushing your team

Season #1

We know we can't do *everything* ourselves in our teams and in our businesses, but sometimes doesn't it just feel like things would go faster if we could? Spoiler, not only does this belief actually slow us down,...
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073: How to save money and time every week by tracking work

Season #1

To track or not to track? That is the question so many business owners and team leaders ask me when wrestling with how to have a better sense of the status of work on their team.  In a word: yes, track your work. But...
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072: How to unlock high performance mindset with Danya Douglass Hunt, Money mindset coach for entrepreneurs

Season #1

Remember that time when you got super frustrated about something that happened on your team that had NOTHING to do with that situation? We've all been there.  In this episode of Managing Made Simple, I'm joined by...
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071: How to make performance conversations not scary

Season #1

Ah the performance review. It means well, but in reality it often created a whole lot of stress for both managers and team members without a ton of benefit. That is unless you build or deploy a system with more...
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070: The power of a great onboarding experience in driving better results on your team with Jess Heller, Executive & Leadership Coach

Season #1

When someone is new to a role, you’re catching them at their most excited and engaged. Your role as a manager is to keep them there. In this episode of managing made simple, I’m joined by Jess Heller, Executive &...
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069: The key to load balancing easily and effectively

Season #1

 Load balancing is something we need to continually do as a manager, but are we handling these conversations as effectively as we can be? When a team member comes to us overwhelmed our first instinct often is to jump...
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068: Beating burnout and building more resilient teams with Corene Phelps, Hypnotherapist & somatic success coach for entrepreneurs and business leaders

Season #1

As managers and leaders, we're no strangers to sprinting marathons. But there comes a time when we have to take a step backwards and ask ourselves, is this sustainable? In this episode of Managing Made Simple, I'm...
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067: Three working norms that will save you 5 hours a week

Season #1

Wanna save an extra 5-10 hours THIS WEEK? It's simpler than you think.  In today's episode of Managing Made Simple, I share three working norms that are not only guaranteed to save you time in your team or in your...
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066: The power of recognizing your strengths and hiring stars for all the rest with Staci Millard, Fractional CFO and Business Mentor

Season #1

As team leaders or business owners, sometimes we get stuck in the belief that we have to be good at everything to be successful. But the truth is, real leadership is about recognizing where you have gaps and hiring...
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