Managing Up
Managing Up
Travis Swicegood, Brandon Hays, Nickolas Means
New Manager, Existing Team: Where Do You Start?
39 minutes Posted Mar 19, 2019 at 9:30 am.
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Travis, Nick, and Brandon respond to a thought-provoking question about jumping in to manage a team that's already established. They also talk about what to do when the team needs culture or performance improvements.

  • Amy Unger's question:
    • "Walking into a new to you but established team, whether you were hired into a job or you got a team as part of a re-org, how do you approach coming into an established dynamic as a person of formal authority, but little knowledge or informal influence?"
  • The coaching habit
    • https://www.amazon.com/Coaching-Habit-Less-Change-Forever/dp/0978440749/
  • Atomic habits
    • https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Build-Break/dp/0735211299/
  • Learned Helplessness:
    • https://www.amazon.com/Learned-Helplessness-Theory-Personal-Control/dp/0195044673