Fixable Quick Fixes: How to step into leadership, improve your organization, and regain lost support
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Nov 3, 2025 This discussion dives into the challenges of stepping into leadership roles for the first time, highlighting essential mindsets and tools for new managers. It examines feelings of powerlessness in middle management, encouraging proactive testing of workplace circumstances. Listeners learn strategies to regain lost team trust after critical feedback, stressing the importance of co-production and early stakeholder engagement. Finally, it emphasizes the value of curiosity in receiving feedback, transforming challenges into opportunities for growth.
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Hire For Complementary Difference
- Seek difference in your team as a competitive advantage over hiring copies of yourself.
- Start small and expand how much difference you can bear as you grow.
Prioritize Trust And Devotion
- Build and rebuild trust deliberately; it's the foundation for every relationship.
- Set high standards while showing deep devotion to people's success.
Test Your Power Before You Quit
- Before quitting, test whether you're the one who needs to step into more power.
- If you've truly tested and the system is dysfunctional, then plan your exit.
