The New Manager Podcast
The New Manager Podcast is where you'll learn how to be a better manager with simple, doable ideas and frameworks. Kim Nicol is a coach and mindfulness teacher who started teaching Essential Skills for New Managers back in 2017, and helps folks in diverse industries with her approach to human-centered leadership. Learn more at: https://kimnicol.com/
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271. Identify and Eliminate Filler Words
<p>Want to become a more powerful speaker? This one thing will help: identify and eliminate filler words.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>After the Episode</p><p>Join the next Communication Strategies for Managers:</p><p>https://maven.com/kimnicol/communication-strategies</p><p>~</p><p>Free download: Make Feedback Meaningful</p><p>https://maven.com/p/e36395/make-feedback-meaningful-print-fold-zine</p><p>~</p><p>Follow me on LinkedIn:</p><p>https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimnicol/</p><p>~</p><p>Inquire about private coaching:</p><p>https://kimnicol.com/</p>
270. What World Cup Soccer Taught Me About Communication
<p>I just finished watching the Spain v Belgium match, and it gave me three ideas about communication that apply to the workplace:</p>Data is not enough. You need to create meaning that other people can understand.For the most important moments: Slow Down. And then show me again.Energy is contagious!<p><br></p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>After the Episode</p><p>Coming up July 15: free workshop on recognizing and celebrating your achievements:</p><p>https://calendly.com/kimnicol/iamremarkable</p><p>~</p><p>Be a guest on the pod, and get help with...
269. "I've never done this before."
<p>Managing people is a different job than whatever you did to get promoted. </p><p><br></p><p>Now, instead of holding the work in your own hands, you are responsible for managing other people who are doing the work. You're still responsible for the end result -- and that can feel frustrating, or make you second-guess yourself. </p><p>Here's a way to think about it that will help.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>After the Episode</p><p>Recognize and celebrate your achievements:</p><p>https://calendly.com/kimnicol/iamremarkable</p><p>~</p><p>...
268. Building Your Personal Brand as a Manager
<p>How do you want to be known? How do you want people to describe you when you're not in the room?</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>After the Episode</p><p>Sign up to be a guest on the pod! We'll work through one problem you want help with:</p><p>https://calendly.com/kimnicol/podcast-guest</p><p>~</p><p>Join the next Communication Strategies for Managers:</p><p>https://maven.com/kimnicol/communication-strategies</p><p>~</p><p>Free download: Make Feedback Meaningful</p><p>https://maven.com/p/e36395/make-feedback-meaningful-print-fold-zine</p><p>~</p><p>Follow...
267. Learning, Change, and Psychological Safety
<p>When you want to lead your team through change, it takes more than information and individual willpower. Take a look at the system around people -- the processes, incentives and metrics -- to ensure they're reinforcing the change you want. And: increase the psychological safety to learn and try new things.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>Microsoft's 2026 Work Trend Index Annual Report</p><p>https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/work-trend-index/agents-human-agency-and-the-opportunity-for-every-organization</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>Amy C. Edmondson (she literally wrote the book on psychological safety!)</p><p>https://amycedmondson.com/</p><p>.</p><p>.<...
266. How Managers Shape Culture
<p>You have more power to shape culture than you realize -- no matter where you sit in the org chart. </p><p>Start by paying attention to three things: 1) What happens consistently, 2) What's allowed, and 3) What's celebrated.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>Have a challenge you'd like to talk through?</p><p>This June, I'm opening my calendar to meet with listeners. We'll talk through one problem you want help with.</p><p>Find a time here:</p><p>https://calendly.com/kimnicol/podcast-guest</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>After the Episode</p><...
265. Feedback Desert
<p>The higher you go, the harder it is to get feedback. If you're not getting validation or guidance on your work, it's easy for anxiety to spike and insecurity to flare. It can feel like shouting into a void -- or plodding through a feedback desert. This episode will help. Let's discuss!</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>Do you have a challenge you'd like to talk through?</p><p>This June, I'm opening my calendar to meet with listeners. We'll talk through one problem you want help with. </p><p>Find a time here:</p><p>...
264. Say It Out Loud
<p>There's something powerful about saying things out loud. Notice where you feel free to speak your mind and organize your thoughts. . . And where you are more measured and cautious about how you speak. </p><p>Do you have a work challenge you'd like the talk through? </p><p>This June, I'm opening my calendar to meet with listeners. We'll talk through one problem you want help with. The conversations will be recorded, to share in a future episode.</p><p>Find a time here:</p><p>https://calendly.com/kimnicol/podcast-guest</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>...
263. Take Time Off
<p>If you feel like there's too much to do and it's all on you. . . Plan a holiday or vacation this season. At the very least, take time off from worry and feeling anxious about all the things on your to-do list.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>After the Episode</p><p>Free download: Make Feedback Meaningful</p><p>https://maven.com/p/e36395/make-feedback-meaningful-print-fold-zine</p><p>~</p><p>Strengthen your communication skills and strategic thinking:</p><p>https://maven.com/kimnicol/communication-strategies</p><p>~</p><p>Learn to use The Gentle No and say no without...
262. Add Calm to the System
<p>First, a celebration and a story about how I got myself un-stalled on a project. Then, an observation about the value of adding calm to the system, and two approaches for how to do that.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>.</p><p>After the Episode</p><p>Free download: Make Feedback Meaningful</p><p>https://maven.com/p/e36395/make-feedback-meaningful-print-fold-zine</p><p>~</p><p>Strengthen your communication skills and strategic thinking:</p><p>https://maven.com/kimnicol/communication-strategies</p><p>~</p><p>Learn to use The Gentle No and say no without feeling bad:</p><p>https://maven...
