Leading to Fulfillment - Episode Zero
Adventures in Businessing
While there will not be new episodes of Adventures in Businessing, we are excited to announce a brand new podcast. Here is a sneak peek with our episode zero. Leading to Fulfillment is a weekly 30 to 40 minute podcast that highlights the impact of People-First leaders and teams where fulfillment is the true measure of success.. In each episode James Laws has conversations with leaders, entrepreneurs, and other thinkers from all walks of life and kinds of businesses to find out how they think & lead differently and make decisions that lead to fulfilling work and fulfilled teams.
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- [0:00:00] Episode Summary | Intro
- Jeremy tries out new greetings…
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- And also recommends everyone watch Guga Foods.
- [0:02:16] Managing Up & Why it Works
- Challenging...and comes with many landmines.
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- Do it right and your life is easier.
- Do it poorly and it could make your work and culture really suffer.
- You can’t control whether someone is a good or bad manager, but you can put your best foot forward.
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- You have very real restrictions in how you can deal with a manager, and how you interact with them.
- Managers aren’t perfect, and are oftentimes someone who was in a similar role to you, but was good enough at their job to be moved up (sometimes against their will or desired growth path).
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- This however does not mean that they’ll inherently be a good manager.
- Rarely is a manager ever actually ‘out to get you’, but poor communication and misunderstandings can make it feel like the opposite.
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- Over communicate.
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- Don’t assume you’re on the same page and that you have the same goals or high level view of the work and tasks at hand.
- [0:09:55] Healthy Ways to Communicate
- Force Clarity
- Ask Questions
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- Also ask good questions. ;)
- Understand How You’ll be Measured
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- How will you know you’ve done a good job?
- How do you know when you’re excelling or falling behind expectations?
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- Try to avoid unwritten/undiscussed expectations from both parties.
- Share what success looks like to you.
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- Make efforts to humanize yourself and your manager by finding that common ground.
- Don’t be afraid to negotiate priorities when you’ve developed a good rapport with your manager.
- Recurring check-ins are great refreshers and reminders of what’s on your plate.
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- Which helps measuring workload.
- [0:19:57] Be to Solution...with caveats.
- Figure out ways to remove stress and not be the source of stress for your manager.
- If you bring an issue to your manager, attempt to bring a solution, or a series of solutions.
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- When you come with a solution you give your manager options, which provides the potential for them to lead well.
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- You also shape how you’re known. You can be known as the person for solutions, or for problems.
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- You have to decide which you want to be known for. (This all assuming you don’t work for, or belong to, a toxic culture.)
- Some situations can be fixed.
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- But you might be able to course correct and salvage what’s there.
- If you can’t manage up, it might be time to think about transitioning out.
- [0:26:15] Parting Words
- Just like peer relationships, managing up is never done.
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- It’s an ongoing process, and it’s an uneven relationship with a “balance of power” to keep in mind to make sure you’re handling that relationship in a productive manner.
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