Dave Stahoviac here, host of the Coaching for Leaders podcast.

We mean so well, almost all of us.

We love to jump in and help people a lot, and sometimes we get in our own way.

So often I hear from leaders that they would love to have a team that brought more solutions than problems.

But where do you start on helping a team to do that?

The Coaching for Leaders Academy just opened for applications.

So today, I'm sharing a conversation with one of our Academy alums, Nanette Metzger, who worked

hard to help her team generate solutions.

Here's our chat.

I'm speaking today with Nanette Metzger.

Nanette is a sales manager in food service.

She is also a alum of the Coaching for Leaders Academy.

Nanette, so glad to have you here.

Dave, thank you so much for having me. I've been looking forward to this conversation.

We've had so much fun working together. And before we get into what we've been doing,

perhaps you might share just a little bit about your role and just what's keeping you busy in as a sales manager?

Oh, all sorts of things keep managers busy. I think whether they're the right things or the

wrong things or somewhere in between. But my role is I lead a team of 12 people that are very

tenured in the company I work for. We're responsible to get groceries out to our customers

for next day delivery. So there's definitely time pressure and time constraints that come with that,

but we're also responsible for growing our book of business and for just overall representing

the company that we work for in a bright light and in a bright way. So my day can vary from anything from dealing with regular issues to the futuristic standpoint

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