HeyJaredThe Modern Manager
Host Mamie Kanfer Stewart shares practical approaches to help you be a great manager. Learn more at: https://themodernmanager.com/Solo episodes are like mini-courses, providing actionable tips based on experience and research.
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426: How Tiny Habits Rewire Your Identity with BJ Fogg (opens the original)
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Most of what happens in a workday, from how you open a meeting to how you respond to bad news, runs on autopilot. Habits, not decisions, are doing the heavy lifting. Behavior scientist BJ Fogg explains why willpower fails, why "bad habits" aren't really the enemy, and how one tiny action, done consistently, can quietly reshape how you see yourself as a leader, teammate, and person. Guest Bio BJ Fogg, PhD, is a behavior scientist at Stanford University, where he founded the Behavior Design Lab. I
425: 4 AI Tools I Use Every Single Day (And the Friction They Remove) (opens the original)
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Most AI tools promise to make you more productive, but few actually remove the friction hiding in your daily grind. This episode breaks down four AI tools used every single day, not for the novelty, but for the real bottlenecks they eliminate: typing, email triage, meeting notes, and building the small tool you always wished existed. If you want less busywork and more bandwidth for the parts of management that actually matter, this one's for you. Conversation Topics (00:00) Introduction: Becomin
424: How to Manage Up, Down, and Across with Kristen Harcourt (opens the original)
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Most leaders pour all their energy into managing the people who report to them and forget the other two-thirds of the job: managing up to their boss and across to the peers who can make or break a project. Skip those relationships and you end up stuck in silos, guessing what your boss actually wants, and wondering why cross-functional projects keep stalling. Here's the mindset shift and the exact moves that fix all three. Guest Bio For almost 20 years, Kristen Harcourt has been a trusted partner
423: How AI Can Help Us Show Meaningful Appreciation (And Be More Human at Work) (opens the original)
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Most of us have an instinctual positive response to great work.“This is amazing, thank you so much.” It feels warm and authentic, but could have been said about anyone or any work. The lack of specificity means those words are cheap and the positive impact they make is short-lived. Here's how to show authentic appreciation, using AI as a thinking partner (not a ghost writer) to pinpoint exactly what you appreciate so you can convey a truly meaningful message of thanks. Conversation Topics (00:00
422: Turn Uncomfortable Conversations into Just Conversations with Amy Jacobson (opens the original)
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That stomach-drop feeling before a hard conversation? It's not weakness. It's your brain doing exactly what it was designed to do. Emotional intelligence expert Amy Jacobson breaks down the neuroscience of avoidance, the exact questions to ask before you say anything difficult, and why the conversation you've been dreading might be the most important one you ever have. Guest Bio Amy Jacobson is an emotional intelligence and human behavior specialist delivering programs, keynotes, and workshops a
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