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22:33Why managers don't get it — and how to fix thatRichard Clarke: Yes. Yeah, I think it is. Yeah, it's difficult. It's difficult. I come across this a lot. Like, I will give talks and someone will come up to me afterwards and they go, I really want to make my team happyEP 317 · 9 Jul 2026·interview· 22:33–26:0846:43Rethinking how organisations train managersAl Elliott: Yeah Vince Sanderson: That's what is the biggest obstacle for people. They don't want to have to do anything different. They just want the different result Leanne Elliott: I mean, if organisations are listeniEP 307 · 4 Jun 2026·interview· 46:43–48:5621:25The biggest workplace problem in 2026: managersLeanne Elliott: The biggest workplace problem in 2026 has been named. Now I think it's AI. Now I'm not sure. But no, it's been named as managers. Shock, horror. Oh my gosh. I had no idea that was coming Al Elliott: Wow LEP 274 · 10 Feb 2026·news roundup· 21:25–25:1925:32Why results lag (and why managers matter more than anything)Leanne Elliott: Yeah, you're not wrong. I think the main issue with this in, in organizational life in general, in large organizations, in small organizations, evaluation is not a process that we engage in very often wheEP 264 · 6 Jan 2026·panel interview· 25:32–30:2426:29Dumb Ass Managers: the fun-eatersAl Elliott: Let me ask you about DAMs, or do you call them DAMs? DAMs? How do you say that? Joel Zeff: From the book, Dumb Ass Manager. Can we say that on the podcast? Al Elliott: We absolutely can, and we just haveEP 225 · 21 Aug 2025·interview· 26:29–28:5635:04Leanne's redundancy story — and the managers you never fearAl Elliott: Yeah Leanne Elliott: And I think it's managers like that that you're never gonna be afraid to get a phone call from, because even if it is the worst, they've done everything they can to protect you in, in theEP 224 · 19 Aug 2025·other· 35:04–39:3826:15Team leads vs managers — and why leads aren't paid moreAl Elliott: You've mentioned 2 words there. You said team lead and you said manager. Are these the same people? James Hawkins: Yeah, pretty much now they are. And to start off with, it wasn't really the case, but yeah. SEP 189 · 17 Apr 2025·interview· 26:15–33:0013:38Where the Disconnect Comes From — and Why Managers Aren't TrainedNora Burns: I think there's 2 big things. One is, as important as it is that we— and if you ask a group of managers and hiring managers and leaders about the importance of hiring, They will all agree it's radically imporEP 161 · 9 Jan 2025·interview· 13:38–16:0115:07Spotting the signs — why emotional intelligence in managers mattersLeanne Elliott: So that person is more likely to be To recognize symptoms in their subordinates and saying, putting armor on shoulder, Al, I've noticed for the last few weeks, maybe month, maybe 2 months, you've been kinEP 160 · 7 Jan 2025·other· 15:07–21:0421:04What to do when your team member is in real financial troubleAl Elliott: So just when you were talking there, it made me think, if I was a manager and my— let's say my budgets were fairly tight, which is not unreasonable to consider in the current state of affairs, and I suspect sEP 160 · 7 Jan 2025·other· 21:04–25:368:55News: Managers vs. LeadersLeanne Elliott: Yeah, if you are new to this conversation, if you are like me and you're in your late 30s, quickly approaching 40, uh, I will leave a link to— we did an episode probably about a year ago on like an introdEP 123 · 27 Aug 2024·news roundup· 8:55–12:4936:19The surprising value of community among managersLeanne Elliott: Dave's MGMT Accelerator has had hundreds of managers go through the program. We asked him what surprised him most about getting a group of managers in the same room at the same time Dave Kline: I think thEP 87 · 4 Apr 2024·interview· 36:19–39:155:08Prediction 4: Managers and Leaders Need to Step UpAl Elliott: So let's get stuck in. Moving on to prediction number 4. If you're a regular listener, you will know Leanne's favourite word is managers. It's her favourite subject. Managers and leaders, our 4th prediction. EP 72 · 4 Jan 2024·interview· 5:08–7:5714:26Gen X Managers Repeating Bad HabitsLeanne Elliott: And as the Gen X take over management positions, Isabel worries there is a risk that they are repeating the bad habits that their boomer mentors might have had ?: It's built into everybody's life that youEP 72 · 4 Jan 2024·interview· 14:26–16:5329:39How can employee insights support managers?Al Elliott: Nice, nice. Okay, talking of burnout, one of the biggest things that happens around burnout is managers. So what are we going to be talking about next, Lee? Leanne Elliott: So now we know how insights can be EP 57 · 21 Sept 2023·other· 29:39–37:1520:16Silo 2: Managing Performance When No One's WatchingLeanne Elliott: I think you're right. And I think this is the, probably one of the key challenges that managers and leaders feel, you know, when they don't have those accidental or impromptu moments where they can speak EP 05 · 25 Jul 2022·other· 20:16–24:4118:40Pillar 2 — Engaging managers (and the 60–70% variance stat)Al Elliott: Wow Leanne Elliott: And just that simple thing built accountability to a level where you, you couldn't do anything other than, than treat people as customers. Encourage your team to, to promote that customer EP 02 · 12 Jul 2022·other· 18:40–21:30
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