Challenge yourself that in my next one-on-one, instead of defaulting to giving advice,

I'm just going to ask a question, or I'm going to ask a follow-up question.

And it's these small tune-ups or small changes that you can make that will allow you to become a better leader today, not something.

That's Ali Merchant. He's over two decades of experience in learning and development and brings that expertise to his leadership development firm, All-In Manager.

Since 2018, he's coached thousands of managers and senior leaders, and now he shares much of that great wisdom in his book, The All-In Manager, becoming a better leader today, not someday.

And most importantly, he's a longtime listener of the show. And most importantly, he's a long-time listener of the show.

So you know, he's a cool dude.

So you'll learn one, how to make difficult conversations easier.

Two, the three things exceptional managers do.

And three, how to upgrade your one-on-ones with a great key question.

And if you'd like a quick summary write-up of the actionable wisdom that Ali shares here,

I recommend you sign up for the free Gold Nugget email newsletter found at awesome at your job.com.

I'm Pete McIntyness.

This is How to Be Awesome at Your Job.

And now, here's Ali.

Ali, welcome.

I'm grateful to be here. Thank you, Pete. Well, I am grateful to have you here

in prepairing. I noticed that you signed up for the email list in 2017. So, like, you are a legit

fan of how to be awesome at your job, and I'm legit excited to have you here. I'm beaming here.

I have a big smile.

And before we started recording, I was telling Pete that I would listen to this incredible podcast in 2018, on the train, in a cold Chicago winter, thinking that maybe I would turn up here.

So it took me seven years, but I am super grateful that we're doing this today. Well, me too, me too. Well, you've got a great book here. So it took me seven years, but I am super grateful that we're doing this today.

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