Episodes

  • The Effective Manager And The Principle Of Sub-Optimization - Part 1

    The Effective Manager And The Principle Of Sub-Optimization - Part 1
    Sep 21 2026
    When you become a manager, you start getting exposed to systems, processes, and principles that organizations rely on or understand to help them succeed. One of those hidden principles that too few managers and executives understand is the Principle of Sub-Optimization.
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  • How To Teach Peer Feedback To Your Directs

    How To Teach Peer Feedback To Your Directs
    Sep 14 2026
    If your directs aren't managers, they may not know the core principles behind giving feedback. They won't know how to give peer feedback. But you can teach them.
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  • The First Rule Of Feedback

    The First Rule Of Feedback
    Sep 8 2026
    Giving effective feedback is one of the hardest tasks for managers. Feedback isn't hard to understand. We know we need to give it. But too many of us don't understand feedback's first rule: it's about future behavior.
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  • How To Prewire a Meeting - Part 2 (Hall of Fame Guidance)

    How To Prewire a Meeting - Part 2 (Hall of Fame Guidance)
    Aug 31 2026
    This cast describes how to prepare for meetings or presentations in order to ensure your message is persuasive and you get the support you're looking for from the audience.
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  • Coaching a Direct On Relationship Development - Part 2

    Coaching a Direct On Relationship Development - Part 2
    Aug 17 2026
    Coaching is the least-used of the Manager Tools Trinity's tools - One On Ones, Feedback, Delegation, and Coaching. That's too bad, because it only takes 5-10 minutes a week. One common use case we've heard from managers is helping a direct who has excellent job skills but struggles with relationships. Here's how to do that.
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  • How To Prewire a Meeting - Part 1 (Hall of Fame Guidance)

    How To Prewire a Meeting - Part 1 (Hall of Fame Guidance)
    Aug 24 2026
    This cast describes how to prepare for meetings or presentations in order to ensure your message is persuasive and you get the support you're looking for from the audience.
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  • Coaching a Direct On Relationship Development - Part 1

    Coaching a Direct On Relationship Development - Part 1
    Aug 10 2026
    Coaching is the least-used of the Manager Tools Trinity's tools - One On Ones, Feedback, Delegation, and Coaching. That's too bad, because it only takes 5-10 minutes a week. One common use case we've heard from managers is helping a direct who has excellent job skills but struggles with relationships. Here's how to do that.
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  • Your Job Includes Teaching Professionalism - Chapter 1 - Timeliness - Part 2

    Your Job Includes Teaching Professionalism - Chapter 1 - Timeliness - Part 2
    Aug 3 2026
    Don't believe the "news" that organizations are changing so fundamentally that the core standards of professionalism no longer apply. In fact, as the world becomes faster, the old rules of working together effectively and efficiently become even more important. The speed of AI only adds to this insistence. We start with teaching timeliness because a professional who isn't timely isn't a professional at all.
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