770: How to Become the Manager that Your Team Wants with Russ Laraway

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🗓️ 26 May 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Russ Laraway reveals how being a great manager is simpler than you think.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The key to sharing feedback that actually works

2) How to get your manager to manage well

3) Why you need to “prioritize prioritization” and how to do it

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— ABOUT RUSS —

Russ has had a diverse 28 year operational management career. He was a Company Commander in the Marine Corps before starting his first company, Pathfinders. From there, Russ went to the Wharton School, and then onto management roles at Google and Twitter. He then co-founded Candor, Inc., along with bestselling author Kim Scott.

Over the last several years, Russ served as the Chief People Officer at Qualtrics, and is now the Chief People Officer for the fast-growing venture capital firm, Goodwater Capital, where he is helping Goodwater and its portfolio companies to empower their people to do great work and be totally psyched while doing it.

Over his career, Russ has managed 700 person teams and $700M businesses -- facing a vast array of leadership challenges along the way. He's the author of the book When They Win, You Win: Being a Great Manager Is Simpler Than You Think.

• Book: When They Win, You Win: Being a Great Manager Is Simpler Than You Think

• Website: www.WhenTheyWinYouWin.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: A Separate Peace by Jonathan Knowles

• Book: Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Scott

• Book: Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long by David Rock

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast.
0:04.1	The show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required
0:08.5	to flourish at work.
0:10.1	Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money.
0:14.1	With your host, Pete LeCaites.
0:16.6	Hello, and thanks for joining us here for episode 770 with Russ Larroway.
0:24.4	Russ has some great perspective on how to become the manager your team wants as well
0:29.2	as how to get your manager to behave more like the manager you want.
0:33.8	So you'll learn one, the key to sharing feedback that actually works, two, how to get your
0:37.9	manager to manage well, and three, why you need to prioritize prioritization, and how
0:43.1	to do it.
0:44.1	So if you'd like to check out the show notes or the transcript or the links to items that
0:47.3	we've mentioned, please pay a visit at awesomeatyourjob.com slash EP 770.
0:55.4	And while you're at awesomeatyourjob.com, check out some of our goodies like the searchable
1:01.2	full text transcripts, the gold nugget email summaries, and a whole lot more over at awesomeatyourjob.com.
1:07.2	Now here's Russ's story.
1:08.8	Russ has had a diverse 28 year operational management career.
1:12.1	He was a company commander in the Marine Corps before starting his first company, Pathfinders.
1:16.3	From there, Russ went on to the Wharton School, and then on to management roles at Google
1:20.7	and Twitter.
1:21.7	He then co-founded Candre Inc. along with bestselling author Kim Scott, another guest with
1:27.5	a great episode.
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