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The Manager Track

Ramona Shaw

If you’re in you're a new manager and want to become a confident and competent leader people love to work with, then join leadership expert Ramona Shaw in this podcast. Each week, Ramona shares inspiring new perspectives and practical tips you can use right away to successfully transition into your first leadership role and to think, act, and communicate like the leader you know you can be.

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341 episodes

  1. How to Write a Performance Review: 5 Steps for Managers (Ep 338) 18:55
  2. Your Team Talks About You: How to Handle Workplace Gossip (Ep 337) 22:18
  3. How to Lead a Meeting: 5 Lines That Get to a Decision (Ep 336) 20:07
  4. How to Handle a Disrespectful Employee as a New Manager (Ep 335) 25:56
  5. 5 Coaching Mistakes Managers Make and What to Do Instead (Ep 334) 19:55
  6. How Not to Sound Like ChatGPT as a Leader (Ep. 333) 22:46
  7. When Your Direct Report Has More Experience Than You Do (Ep 332) 21:15
  8. Vocal Fry, Upspeak, and Nerves: The Habits That Undercut Your Presence - with Kathryn Janicek (Ep 331) 32:53
  9. Written Presence: What Your Slack Messages Say About How Senior You Are (Ep 330) 29:19
  10. Stop Overexplaining at Work: The Three-Beat Answer (Ep 329) 22:14
  11. The Update Trap: Why Good Status Updates Cost You Authority (Ep. 328) 34:11
  12. Resistance to Coaching: What Leaders Area Really Protecting (Ep 327) 40:41
  13. Giving Feedback as a Manager: The 3-Conversation Method (Ep 326) 28:47
  14. How to Write a Leadership Philosophy (Ep 325) 32:01
  15. Managing Former Peers? Have These 4 Conversations First (Ep 324) 27:36
  16. Am I Ready to Be a Manager? The Four-Question Audit (Ep 323) 21:08
  17. How to Read the Room: The 3 Questions Intuitive Leaders Ask (Ep 322) 33:38
  18. From Doer to Leader: Redefining Competence in Your New Role (Ep 321) 16:04
  19. Why You Keep Handing Away Credit You Earned (Ep 320) 17:20
  20. Stop Doing Your Team's Work: The Over-Functioning Manager Trap (Ep 319) 19:39
  21. The Great Flattening: How to Lead a Team That Doubled Overnight (Ep 318) 29:37
  22. Leading an Inherited Team: The First 90 Days (Ep 317) 23:14
  23. AI in the Workplace: The Problem No One Names - With David Dean (Ep 316) 41:23
  24. The 5 Mental Models New Managers Should Borrow from Charlie Munger (Ep 315) 31:35
  25. Letting Go of Control: Why Your Best Intentions Are Stifling Your Team (with Glen Galaich) (E 314) 32:49
  26. Why Your One-on-Ones Turned Into Status Meetings (And How to Fix It) (Ep 313) 30:23
  27. Why Team-Level AI Integration Should Be Your #1 Job Right Now (Ep 312) 29:58
  28. Delegating: When Stepping In Becomes Stepping On (E 311) 26:19
  29. The First 6 Months in a New Leadership Role: 3 Shifts You Need to Make (Ep 310) 18:47
  30. From Executor to Strategist: How to Talk About Your Work at the Right Altitude (Ep.309) 15:25
  31. When You Regret Hiring Someone: What to Do Before It Gets Worse (Ep.308) 31:30
  32. The ‘AI vs Human Skills’ Managers Must Pay Attention to (Ep.307) 23:57
  33. How to Tell If Your Boss Is Blocking Your Career (And What to Do) (Ep.306) 27:12
  34. How to Give Your Manager Feedback (Without Damaging the Relationship) (Ep.305) 24:31
  35. The 3 Identity Barriers Holding High-Performers Back (Ep. 304) 33:30
  36. Exec Communication: How to Speak So Senior Leaders Actually Listen (Ep. 303) 25:21
  37. Creating Leadership Alignment When Priorities Are Unclear - With Betsy Kauffman (Ep. 302) 41:26
  38. Why Good Managers Still Lose Great People (Ep. 301) 28:49
  39. From IC to Manager: Hard Truths About First-Time Leadership (Ep. 300) 50:27
  40. How to Rebuild a Bad Work Reputation (Ep. 299) 29:27
  41. How to Build Trust Fast as a New Leader (Ep. 298) 27:42
  42. Skip Level Meetings: Best Practices for Managers and Leaders (Ep. 297) 35:13
  43. AI for Managers in 2026 (Ep.296) 19:52
  44. Why Leaders Must Build Their Own Frameworks to Scale Impact (Ep.295) 32:12
  45. Want to Achieve Big Goals? The Two Critical Factors Most People Miss 30:23
  46. The Self-Sacrificing Manager: Breaking the Cycle of Doing Everyone's Work 26:12
  47. Build a Team Culture You’re Proud Of - Even When the Company’s Isn’t 42:44
  48. What Leaders Can Learn From NASA’s Culture - With Brady Pyle.mp3 27:42
  49. Performance vs. Potential: A Better Approach to Assessing Your People 44:30
  50. Promoted But Not Prepared: What You're Underestimating (And How to Prepare) 31:31