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Leadership Discoveries™ explores how accomplished leaders exercise judgement, navigate complexity and create impact. Drawing on her experience as a senior executive, executive advisor and leadership scholar, I bring listeners inside candid conversations with CEOs, founders, board leaders and innovators. Together we explore the decisions, experiences and leadership thinking that shape organisations, careers and performance. Leadership Discoveries is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and your favourite podcast platform.
Episode #39
In this special solo episode, part of The Short Take, Host Shirley Kavanagh explores how to assess the team you inherited. Hear why your new team is one of the most important parts of starting a new leadership role, how to avoid fundamental attribution error, the questions to ask if a team member is struggling, how to make your own decisions about your new team, and how to truly know the people & the situations involved.
Here's a small sample of what you will hear in this episode:
What is fundamental attribution error?
How do you get the most value out of your new team?
What questions should you ask of your team?
How do you establish credibility?
What can you do today to help the team you inherited?
Connect with Shirley at ShirleyKavanagh.com and on LinkedIn.
Check out the episode and show notes below.
Show Notes
The Team You Inherited (The Short Take)
[0:02] Welcome back to Leadership Discoveries!
[0:04] Connect with Shirley at ShirleyKavanagh.com and on LinkedIn
[1:54] What is fundamental attribution error?
[2:38] What questions should you ask of your new team?
[3:33] How do you get the most value out of your team?
[4:33] How do you establish credibility?
[4:59] How does your team forming their view of you?
[5:38] What can you do today to help the team you inherited?
[6:30] Connect with Shirley at ShirleyKavanagh.com and on LinkedIn
[6:39] Subscribe to or Follow Leadership Discoveries on your favorite podcast platform and leave a rating and/or review for the show