The Modern Manager

Mamie Kanfer Stewart•www.themodernmanager.com

Host Mamie Kanfer Stewart shares practical approaches to help you be a great manager. Learn more at: https://themodernmanager.com/ Solo episodes are like mini-courses, providing actionable tips based on experience and research. Guest episodes are engaging conversations that elicit insights and suggestions for how to apply the ideas. Learn more about effective meeting practices, communication skills, managing conflict, team building, time management, group dynamics, goal setting and accountability, team competencies, productivity and collaboration technologies, organizational culture, and more. Be sure to follow the podcast on your favorite platform so you never miss a new episode!

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10: Effective Meetings with Elise Keith

Meetings have a bad rap, but they're critical to how work gets done. Today's guest, Elise Keith is the co-Founder of Lucid Meetings, which helps organizations run day-to-day meetings to power their organizational success. Elise and I discuss the 'bad meeting doom loop', different types of meetings and how to string together a series to optimize how the team collaborates, and the most important thing to do when planning a meeting. Key Takeaways: Stop the bad meetings doom loop in which we expect ...

Jul 24, 2018•28 min

9: Show Meaningful and Authentic Appreciation

Expressing appreciation - a “thankful recognition” of the contribution of those around you - is part of the wave of positive psychology that has become mainstream in recent years. But how do we do this effectively in a work setting? Consider three facets of appreciation: gratitude, praise and recognition. Rockstar managers use all three and build appreciation into their daily or weekly routine. Get the free mini-guide to help you show meaningful appreciation. Join the Modern Manager community to...

Jul 17, 2018•18 min

8: Optimize Your Time with Dorie Clark

Is it possible that prevailing perceptions about productivity don’t work for everyone? This week's guest Dorie Clark, productivity expert, strategy consultant, author, and professional speaker decided to put them to the test. Through her month-long time-tracking experiment, she was able to further optimize her time, and what she learned might surprise you. Dorie and I discuss misconceptions about multitasking, methods for better email management, and getting out of meetings you don’t need to att...

Jul 10, 2018•27 min

7: Strengthening Connections and Building Relationships

Connections at work provide a sense of cohesion, which is essential for cultivating teamwork and collaboration. When there are strong relationships, many interpersonal dynamics become less stressful. Conflicts are reduced and those that do arise are often easier to resolve. People are more willing to ask or help and share their ideas. As a manager, your job is to connect with each of your team members and to foster connections among them. Get the free mini-guide to help you strengthen the relati...

Jun 26, 2018•15 min

6: The Importance of Heathy Workplace Culture w/ Fran Sepler

Does your work environment provide respect, fairness, and safety? Those are the three key attributes of a healthy workplace culture in which people contribute their best ideas and efforts. Too often we overlook the small behaviors that can have a major negative impact. When people perceive that they're unsafe or undervalued at work, they engage in unhealthy coping mechanisms such as gossip, battling for territory, and disengagement. Today's guest, Fran Sepler, an expert in building respectful wo...

Jun 19, 2018•27 min

5: Providing Autonomy That Works

Flexibility is a growing concern (or demand) of many employees. As a manager, you have the ability to increase the autonomy of your team, thereby enabling greater engagement, dedication and even performance. But how do you do it in ways that are meaningful while also ensuring high quality work performance? Get the free mini-guide to help you implement greater autonomy in your team. Join the Modern Manager community to get the full guide to increasing the autonomy of your team and many more resou...

Jun 12, 2018•13 min

4: Being a 'human' manager w/ Erica Keswin

Who is the best manager you ever had? How did they make you feel? There are a million different answers to this question, but none of them involve some variation of saying, “They made me feel like a number. Like a cog in the wheel.” That’s because we value human interactions. We value when people take their time with us, get to know us, and actually act like human beings around us. In this episode of The Modern Manager, I speak with Erica Keswin, author of Bring Your Human to Work to learn how w...

Jun 05, 2018•27 min

3: Building a Culture of Respect

When you have a culture of respect, people are less stressed and there’s less conflict, which often translates into many positive outcomes, including greater productivity. A culture of respect creates what experts call “psychological safety.” Simply put, it is being able to show your full self and share your ideas without fear of negative consequences. Get the free mini-guide to help you build a culture of respect. Join the Modern Manager community to get the full guide to building a culture of ...

May 29, 2018•16 min

2: What It Means to Be a Rockstar Manager

Being an intentional manager is a great start, but what does it take to be a rockstar manager? How can you build a culture in which people flourish and accomplish extraordinary results? In this episode, I discuss 8 characteristics of a rockstar manager. Get the free mini-guide to being a rockstar manager. Join the Modern Manager community to get the full guide to becoming a rockstar manager and many more resources to support your learning journey. Subscribe to my newsletter to get episodes, arti...

May 22, 2018•22 min

1: What It Means to Be an (Un)intentional Manager

What does it mean to be an unintentional manager? If you’re an unintentional manager, you likely don’t even realize the frustrating things that you may be doing. Here are 6 signs of an unintentional manager. Luckily, they’re easily identifiable and quickly correctable. unclear expectations the wrong or not enough feedback not asking for feedback not showing appreciation separation from the team letting things go that should be addressed Get the guide that accompanies this episode. Read the artic...

May 11, 2018•17 min

Why You Should Listen to The Modern Manager

In this intro episode of The Modern Manager, host Mamie Kanfer Stewart shares what listeners can expect to hear from the show. Get ready for a podcast that will help you optimize your time, cultivate your team, and achieve your goals. Check out the Myers-Briggs test here .

May 11, 2018•10 min

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