
#260: Are you a time management problem for your team?
07/24/24 • 14 min
Talk to many employees, and they’ll tell you that their boss is one of their biggest time management challenges.
So is this the case when it comes to your leadership?
In this episode, I take a look at whether you might be time management problem for your team, and what to do about it.
Interested in working with me?If you're interested in potentially working with me, I invite you to apply for a complimentary coaching call.
This can help you to:
- Understand more about how I coach
- Make progress on some of your key challenges; and
- Decide whether we're a good fit to work together.
I can't coach everyone who applies, but if you don't try, we'll never know!
>>> Click here to apply for your complimentary coaching session.
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Show Links:
- Thoughtful Leader Podcast #156: Let’s Dismantle the Cult of Busyness
- Forget the Tools, Master These Top 3 Time Management Skills
- Self Assessment Tools: How to Get the Most Out of Them
- 4 Subtle Signs That Your Team is Overworked
- Thoughtful Leader Podcast #80: What to Do When You Have Too Many Priorities
- Why Leaders Must Push Back and Say “No”.
Talk to many employees, and they’ll tell you that their boss is one of their biggest time management challenges.
So is this the case when it comes to your leadership?
In this episode, I take a look at whether you might be time management problem for your team, and what to do about it.
Interested in working with me?If you're interested in potentially working with me, I invite you to apply for a complimentary coaching call.
This can help you to:
- Understand more about how I coach
- Make progress on some of your key challenges; and
- Decide whether we're a good fit to work together.
I can't coach everyone who applies, but if you don't try, we'll never know!
>>> Click here to apply for your complimentary coaching session.
Like the Show? Please Leave a Review! ✅If you like this episode or the show in general, please take a few minutes to leave a review by clicking one of the links below.
Your review really helps me to reach a wider audience of thoughtful leaders, so we can improve workplaces around the world. I appreciate you taking the time! 🙏
>>> Click here to leave a review on Apple Podcasts.
>>> Click here to leave a rating on Spotify.
Show Links:
- Thoughtful Leader Podcast #156: Let’s Dismantle the Cult of Busyness
- Forget the Tools, Master These Top 3 Time Management Skills
- Self Assessment Tools: How to Get the Most Out of Them
- 4 Subtle Signs That Your Team is Overworked
- Thoughtful Leader Podcast #80: What to Do When You Have Too Many Priorities
- Why Leaders Must Push Back and Say “No”.
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#259: Why leaders should have a reflective practice
Reflection has significant benefits for leaders, but I find that many leaders don’t engage in reflection very often.
In this episode, I’ll take a look at the benefits of reflection and some of the issues that people encounter with it.
Then, I’ll outline some practical steps to implement a reflective practice for yourself (and keep it up!)
Like the Show? Please Leave a Review! ✅If you like this episode or the show in general, please take a few minutes to leave a review by clicking one of the links below.
Your review really helps me to reach a wider audience of thoughtful leaders, so we can improve workplaces around the world. I appreciate you taking the time! 🙏
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Interested in working with me?If you're interested in potentially working with me, I invite you to apply for a complimentary coaching call.
This can help you to:
- Understand more about how I coach
- Make progress on some of your key challenges; and
- Decide whether we're a good fit to work together.
I can't coach everyone who applies, but if you don't try, we'll never know!
>>> Click here to apply for your complimentary coaching session.
Show Links:
- Gratitude journalling overview.
- 3 Ways to Reduce Unhelpful Thinking.
- Want to Show Confidence? Start by Noticing.
- Learning from successes and failures: Ellis et al, 2006.
- How Reflection Aids Performance: Di Stefano et al, 2014.
- Positive Work Reflection: Sonnentag et al 2021.
- People Not Doing What You Want? Ask This Leadership Question.
- Thoughtful Leader Podcast #204: Create Better Leadership Habits With These 3 Key Ingredients.
- Charles Duhigg: How habits work.
- Why does writing by hand promote better and faster learning?
Next Episode

#261: Why people “hate the boss” and what it means for us
Bashing the boss is a favourite pastime for many employees.
We don’t want to be a boss that’s worthy of this sort of treatment, so in this episode I take a look at some of the common reasons why people generally complain about their boss.
Then we can do things differently and give them fewer things to complain about!
Like the Show? Please Leave a Review! ✅If you like this episode or the show in general, please take a few minutes to leave a review by clicking one of the links below.
Your review really helps me to reach a wider audience of thoughtful leaders, so we can improve workplaces around the world. I appreciate you taking the time! 🙏
>>> Click here to leave a review on Apple Podcasts.
>>> Click here to leave a rating on Spotify.
Interested in working with me?If you're interested in potentially working with me, I invite you to apply for a complimentary coaching call.
This can help you to:
- Understand more about how I coach
- Make progress on some of your key challenges; and
- Decide whether we're a good fit to work together.
I can't coach everyone who applies, but if you don't try, we'll never know!
>>> Click here to apply for your complimentary coaching session.
Show Links:
- What is Knowledge work?
- Directive Leadership: 4 Situations When You Should Be Using It.
- How Much Technical Expertise Should You Have to Lead Your Team?.
- Team Improvement: 5 Reasons Smart Leaders Love It.
- Thoughtful Leader Podcast #186: Could Doing the Opposite Be Good For Your Leadership?
- Kouzes and Posner research.
- Sam Harris website.
- Honest Leadership: How to Bring It More Often (and Why It Matters).
- Valuable Leadership: Are You Hurting or Helping Your Team?.
- The Cult of Busyness: How Leaders Can Kill It.
- How to Manage Your Emotions For Better Leadership.
- Too Busy at Work? Try These 5 Things.
- Why Leaders Should Have a Reflective Practice.
- Thoughtful Leader Podcast #144: Is It Time to Start Putting Yourself First?
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