Management 101

Max Wenneker

Management 101

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Max Wenneker

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After the actual interview process, the onboarding process is an employee's first true exposure to your company. A good onboarding process leaves a lasting good impression and sets up the employee to make a quick impact. On today's episode of M
Whether you're a first-time manager, owner of a business, or a seasoned founder or executive, the only way you can run your business or team effectively is by first understanding its performance through numbers. In today's episode, we dive into
The only constant in the corporate world is change. How a leader implements change in their company, though, is the difference between success and failure of that company over time. Do it well and the company continues to innovate or be relevan
Founders and business owners come in all shapes and sizes, but there are some clear common themes amongst those who find success and those who struggle to manage their business. In today's episode, I explore what makes a good and what makes a b
Every manager makes mistakes. Sometimes these mistakes are easy to identify. Sometimes they're not. The most impactful mistakes managers make are often the ones that are hardest for them to recognize. In today's episode, I discuss a few of the
Filling your team with great talent is essential to being a successful manager. But hiring is hard, particularly for first-time leaders, as it requires a number of skill sets, including effective planning, coordination, and self-awareness of on
The most successful teams and companies use data to make better decisions. But how should a manager or company leader think about getting data into their teams and decision-making processes? In today's episode I'm joined by a data and product e
In this episode of Management 101, I am joined by Executive and Leadership Coach Spencer Fertig, and today we're trying something different. Instead of diving deep into one topic, we covered seven. The result is something like Pardon The Interr
How do you hold employees accountable? Every leader struggles to do so, particularly in a startup environment where they tend to be spread very thin. In today’s episode of Management 101, I talk through: Setting expectationsDocument those expec
Every growing company has daily and existential challenges that its leaders are constantly dealing with. In today's episode I dive into the most common ones: lack of focus, slowness to pivot, moving too fast, forgetting to scale, and hiring doe
Every manager makes mistakes. The best ones turn them into learning experiences. And not to toot my own horn or anything, but I've had a lot of learning experiences. In today's episode of Management 101, I talk through five of the key mistakes
Leaders who want their companies to succeed need to figure out how to delegate the things they are not best suited to do, and then they need to empower individuals to take on those new responsibilities. Delegating and empowering done the right
Company culture isn't built through a set of core values pasted on a wall. Today's episode focuses on how company culture gets created, what good company culture looks like, and what you may be doing as a leader that is causing problems in your
Good leadership today requires taking an analytical approach to your organization. In today's episode, I chat with Bill Zhang, a senior operations leader at Galileo, about what it really means to be a good leader, what it really means to be "an
Managers and employees alike struggle with prioritization and time management. Today's episode focuses on the main traps that cause employees to manage time poorly, the indicators that you may need to step in as a manager, and some great ways t
As your company grows, a strong marketing function becomes increasingly essential. But for many leaders, setting one up can be daunting. In the latest episode of Management 101, we sit down with startup marketing expert Austin Gunter to discuss
Running meetings is a part of any leader's job. Run them well and you get alignment, clarity, and buy-in. Run them poorly or let them go off the rails, and you get disengagement and wasted time. The last episode about meetings continues to be b
Setting the right expectations for your employees is a key to their success as well as your company's. So is checking in on how they're performing against those expectations in a productive manner and on an appropriate cadence. And what do you
Your employees are not just going to be amazing performers by default. You as a manager play a huge role is making them great. In today's episode I am joined by special guest and fantastic manager: Spencer Fertig, CEO of Bar None Games. Spencer
Today's episode is going to be about one of the harder topics in management and leadership: firing employees. We'll talk through why to fire an employee, when to do so, and how to go about doing it.
Startups naturally hire more people as they grow because there's more work to do. But as they hire more people, they become less efficient. When leaders see less output, they try to hire even more people to solve the problem. But what if the pr
Managing remote employees is a different breed of management than in-person. But doing so effectively can yield tremendous benefits to a company, including access to a much larger talent pool. In today's episode, I talk about the pros and cons
When you’re a company of 6 people, it is really easy to make sure everyone knows what’s going on. I work with a client that’s about this size, and they’re able to have a daily standup to discuss what everyone is doing. It just takes 15 minutes
Hiring is a crucial part of every leader's job. What makes it go so poorly sometimes? How can you make it go well? In this episode we answer those questions and provide some basic guidance on how to be a good hiring manager if you've never done
Low performers sap energy from you, your team, and oftentimes your entire company. Managing them towards improvement or out of the organization is really hard and can be time-consuming. In today's episode, I talk through some best practices and
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