Transform Managers into Leaders: Vanessa Judelman

Helping managers become executive leaders

Leading is different from managing

Episode 212 (Vanessa is based in Toronto, Canada)

In this conversation with Vanessa Judelman we explore:

• The three aspects of being strategic
• How to conduct an accountability meeting
• The power of regular one-on-one meetings with your people
• How to build trust with your team
• How to become a leader who coaches your team
• Why and how to become a better listener
• How to delegate effectively 

About our guest, Vanessa Judelman:

Vanessa is a leadership consultant and executive coach. Over the past 20 years she has trained and coached thousands of people across the globe in organizations including Campbells Soup, HelloFresh, the SickKids Foundation and the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts.

Learn more about her book

"Mastering Leadership: What it Takes to Lead in Today's Fast Paced World" at: www.mosaicpd.com      

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Excerpts from this conversation with Vanessa Yudelman:

And I just want to develop the muscle of listening because I it's not something that we were taught at school.

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I always tell leaders, first of all, think about your intention for the meeting. Why do you want to meet with them?

Is it an accountability meeting where you want to make sure they're, they're moving their goals forward? Is it a coaching meeting, where this is someone who's new, and you want to develop them? Like, what's the purpose?

So that's the first place to start is, so I would recommend you identify the purpose, then share it with your team? You know, a lot of leaders think that just because they're a leader, they have to have all the answers. And I always say that's not true.

You, as a leader need to have the questions.

You don't necessarily need to have the answers. So say to your team, hey, you know, I really feel like I'm not getting you're new to the team and not giving you enough time to develop your skill in this area. And so I was thinking we could do a one on one.

Would that be helpful for you? Again, check in? Oh, yeah, that'd be great. Okay, let's do the agenda together. Here's what I was thinking. I was thinking, like, I always asked, you know, what the suggestion I was thinking we could talk about, you know, this certain skill, what did you do to work on the skill last week?

What are some of your gaps, what support you need for me? Right. And so again, it's a lot of questions. And by giving them the agenda in advance, people know what to expect, and they can prepare for the meeting.

So they know, every Monday, you know, my leader is going to ask me what I did to work on the skill last week, and where I'm still feeling stuck. So you can either Yeah, so those are a couple of suggestions to get those meetings started.

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