What Every Team Needs From Their Manager

About this episode

Leslie Ferry discusses what teams need from their managers and common misreads in the manager-team relationship.

Last episode, we talked about what your boss needs to see from you. This episode flips the view. Whether you lead a team or you're on one, understanding what a team needs from their manager changes how you show up on both sides of that relationship. In this episode, Leslie Ferry unpacks two of the most common and costly misreads between managers and their teams and what to do about both. You'll hear about: How your natural orientation, whether you lead with the work or the relationship first,...

People in this episode

Guest: Leslie Ferry

Topics covered

• team management
• manager-employee relationship
• leadership
• communication
• team dynamics

Keywords

• team needs
• manager expectations
• leadership styles
• communication issues
• work relationship

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