The New Manager Death Spiral
summary
A worst-case cascade names the new manager death spiral: a single boss-affirmation leads to signing up for everything, slipping into fake delegation (bare context, no control), missed deadlines and team demoralization until opinions become facts. Concrete remedies: aggressively delegate, coach B work toward A, let others change decisions, run weekly one-on-ones, and delegate more than comfort allows so people learn and trust builds instead of eroding.
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chapters (23)
- 0:00Intro
- 2:36How I discovered I was a manager
- 4:02Bad news for managers
- 4:30This is a cautionary tale
- 4:55This is a worse case scenario
- 5:25You already have it
- 6:19Bad decisions
- 7:12First failure mode
- 8:54End times
- 9:36Im the boss
- 10:15Fake delegation
- 11:32The New Manager Death Spiral
- 11:49We Dont Understand
- 14:11Aggressive Delegate
- 16:43They Fail
- 17:18Everyones Demoralized
- 19:24You and Your Team
- 20:01This Is Not Me
- 20:30Teacup Pigs
- 20:49Management is not a promotion
- 22:24This is the new manager death spiral
- 23:02Let others change your mind
- 25:50Delegate more than is comfortable
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