349: Why Your One-on-Ones Are Failing Your Team

About this episode

John Neral discusses the importance of effective one-on-one meetings and the leadership skills that distinguish impactful leaders from transactional managers.

Send us Fan Mail Most managers think strong leadership means holding regular one-on-one meetings. But if those conversations are nothing more than project updates and task reviews, your team is not being led. They are being supervised. In this episode of The Mid-Career GPS Podcast, leadership and career coach, keynote speaker, and host John Neral breaks down the three leadership skills that separate transactional managers from impactful leaders. If you are a mid-career professional trying t...

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Host: John Neral

Topics covered

• leadership
• one-on-one meetings
• managerial skills
• team dynamics
• career development

Keywords

• one-on-ones
• leadership skills
• transactional management
• impactful leadership
• team supervision

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