Conquering The Five Frustrations of Leadership with Corina Walsh

What steps can you take to create an environment where your team feels empowered and valued every day? Although today’s managers face a lot of frustrations in the workplace, there are actionable strategies you can take to strike the right balance and foster trust and growth within teams.

In this episode of the Inspirational Leadership podcast, I speak with Corina Walsh as she shares a guide for leaders navigating the complexities of today’s workplaces. Corina Walsh is an Executive Leadership Coach, speaker, podcaster, author, and owner of Shift People Development Inc. She’s on a mission to revolutionize the way we feel about work. With her extraordinary coaching and advising skills, Corina works with companies and associations to build cultures of excellence and trust. Her innovative approaches to leadership development have garnered her accolades including being recognized as a Top 50 Leader Under 40 in Atlantic Canada and receiving a YWCA Woman of Distinction Award in Business.

Listen in to learn the value of proper delegation and delivering constructive feedback in a way that inspires growth in your team. You will also learn why organizations should provide diverse career pathways and understand that not every career path needs to lead to management.

Key Takeaways:

• How to equip managers with tools to engage employees and prevent burnout.
• The micromanagement misunderstanding and its impact on workplace culture.
• How poor delegation practices can lead to managers taking back tasks rather than empowering their teams.
• The benefits of constructive feedback, why leaders avoid it, and how it can be delivered to inspire growth.
• The importance of understanding your role as a manager to maintain resilience and avoid undermanaging and overmanaging.
• The impact of preparing new managers with realistic expectations and proper training.

Standout Quotes:

• “It’s easy to feel powerless at work, but you have to remember you’re responsible for your experience at work every single day.”- Corina [06:18]
• “Understanding your role as a manager is critical to success and critical to maintaining resilience so you don’t undermanage or overmanage.”- Corina [22:43]

⇢ Get full show notes and more information here: https://bit.ly/CorinaWalsh

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