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S3E16 S3 #16: Why Good Leaders Leave: The Truth About Why I Left a Job I Loved
For the finale of Season 3 of Manager on a Mission, I'm sharing a story I've never told before — mine.Even though it’s extremely personal, it's a story many of you will recognize. Because some…
S3E15 S3 #15: Who Are You After the Title Is Gone? What No One Tells You About Career Transitions - with Johanna Danaher
What happens to your identity when your job title disappears?Whether you're choosing to leave a long-held career or being forced out by a layoff, most of us skip straight to figuring out what's next…
S3E14 S3 #14: Heroes Need Crises, Hosts Create Conditions: Which Type of Leader Are You? - with Maximos Lih
When Maximos Lih's grandfather was abandoned as a baby at a Buddhist monastery, the villagers treated him with suspicion, assuming he came from "bad genes." The same person with the same hidden…
S3E13 S3 #13: Stop Asking for Money, Start Sharing the Vision: The Psychology of Successful Pitching - with Michael C. Clark
Michael C. Clark used to arrive late to pitch meetings because he was physically ill from nerves. Now he helps founders and nonprofits raise millions. His Personality Pitching methodology transformed…
S3E12 S3 #12: So You Used to Be Creative? This Teacher Says You Still Are - with Chris Vabre
After 15-20 years in the corporate fashion world, artist and teacher Chris Vabre felt a huge hole in her life. Despite working in creative industries, she realized she'd completely abandoned her own…
S3E11 S3 #11: Stop Trying to Be Funny: Improv Skills are the Secret to Psychological Safety - with Kevin Hubschmann
When Kevin Hubschmann joined event management platform Splash as one of its first 10 employees, he simultaneously launched a comedy career that would eventually replace his tech job entirely. But he…
S3E10 S3 #10: Why Gen Z Is Opting Out of Management (But Not Leadership): A Guide to Building Human Workplaces - with Christy Pretzinger
After spending most of her life denying she had feelings, Christy Pretzinger built a business based largely on helping others develop them. Now CEO of WG Content and founder of The Better Leader…
S3E9 S3 #9: Dear Middle Managers: You're in "The Squeeze” and Here's How to Navigate It - with Chris March
After failing to become a professional basketball player in Australia, Chris March took a leap that would define the next 16 years of his life—and his entire leadership philosophy. What started as a…
S3E8 S3 #8: T. Rowe Price CIO Sébastien Page: The Psychology Behind Why KPIs Fail and a Roadmap for Team Engagement
Something fundamental is broken in how we approach leadership when only 19% of employees trust their company's leadership and engagement hovers around 20-30%. Sébastien Page, Chief Investment Officer…
S3E7 S3 #7: What if Doing OKRs and Goals Right Is Still Wrong for Today's Workplace? - with Radhika Dutt
What if everything we've been taught about goal-setting is fundamentally wrong for the work we actually do today? In today’s episode, Radhika Dutt, author of Radical Product Thinking, makes the case…
S3E6 S3 #6: Why OKRs are the Key to Setting Goals Your Team Actually Wants to Achieve - with Philipp Schett
What makes the difference between organizations that consistently execute their strategies and those that constantly struggle? According to Philipp Schett, it often comes down to how they set and…
S3E5 S3 #5: Amazon Layoffs 2025: Firing 14,000 by text isn’t about culture. It’s a middle management massacre.
On October 28, 2025, 14,000 Amazon employees discovered they'd lost their jobs via text message. CEO Andy Jassy claimed it wasn't about money or AI—it was about "culture." His 2024 compensation? Over…
S3E4 S3 #4: Embrace Your Value with Jen Anderson and Kristin Burris
Featuring an Episode of Embrace Your Value - with Jen Anderson and Kristin Burris. Embrace Your Value combines the wisdom of therapy with the empowerment of coaching to help you unlock your worth and…
S3E3 S3 #3: Psychological Safety vs Accountability: What High-Trust Organizations Do Differently with Jonathan Bennett
In this episode C-Suite Advisor, Jonathan Bennett, shares his approach to working with executive leaders, starting with the question "what feels heavy?" to get past surface-level issues. We explore…
S3E2 S3 #2: Imposter Syndrome? Here's How to Break Into Consulting & Get Paid What You're Worth - with Brianca Johnson
Why do we dismiss the skills that come naturally to us? That's just one of the questions we explore with Brianca Johnson, Strategic Brand and Business Consultant, in this episode. Brianca shares her…
S3E1 S3 #1: From Mortgage Professional to Motivational Speaker: Finding Your Second Act Through Personal Growth - with John Donnelly
After climbing Mount Kilimanjaro at age 50, John Donnelly - a seasoned mortgage professional - found himself somewhat unexpectedly on a thought leadership trajectory. In today’s episode, John and I…
S3 Season 3 Teaser: Expanding What's Possible
What if you don’t want to just “survive” in your career? What if there’s something else? That’s exactly what we’ll be covering more of in this new era of Manager on a Mission. Of course we’re still…
S2E26 #36: Success You Can Live With: Values-Based Leadership for the Win - with Irma Neal
Today’s episode is exactly what we need for hard times when it seems like good people can’t finish first. My guest is an author, thought leader and visionary who proves every day that principled…
S2E25 #35: From Corporate Executive to Certified Goofball: Why Success Doesn't Have to Be Boring - with Todd Schuchart
Many of us secretly (or not so secretly) believe that being successful means being boring, safe, and having basically no fun at work. But if you scratch beneath the surface, you’ll probably remember…
S2E24 #34: Stop Resisting Change, Start Creating With It: A Masterclass in Adaptive Leadership with Valarie Sandjivy
Conventional wisdom often says that leadership is about having all the answers. But I’d argue that today’s business world requires the opposite: the skill and comfort to ask the right questions and…
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Manager on a Mission has published 53 episodes since February 2024, covering topics in Business, Careers.
Manager on a Mission is currently declining with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 34m.
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