Episode 13
New Manager, Existing Team: Where Do You Start?
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.
March 19, 201939m 54s
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Show Notes
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