Welcome to the 33rd episode of the Steem Sister Show!
Your hosts are @coruscate and @maryjaney. We are two sisters using the Steem blockchain to chat about our life experiences and provide a little entertainment value to the Steemit Community.
Topic of this Episode – Being the Boss - Managing People
Woooow did we have a lot to discuss here! We didn't even make it through half of the questions in our hat - and so we have decided to turn this into a two-parter! I have spent quite a few years leading teams in different organizations and Mary has just become a manager at her job. It's pretty fun to hear about her initial experiences and reflect back on some of mine.
Next week I think we will touch more on hiring/firing and maybe more of what we think managing a team effectively could look like. We'd love to get some more audience questions on this topic too!
Here are the questions covered in this episode:
Audience question from @oxygen02 – When giving praise to your employees – is it okay to give recognition to some employees over others?
Audience question from @bmanmcfly – What is the most dishonest thing you’ve told a subordinate to get them to do what you wanted them to do?
Have you ever had to “manage up” and have a difficult conversation with your boss?
What are the best and worst parts of managing people?
What do you do if you have one person dragging down the entire team?
What is the Steem Sister Show All About?
We aim to bring more “non-crypto” related content to the Steem Blockchain. Although there is nothing wrong with this kind of content (@corsucate even posts on crypto related material sometimes) – we want to help create a better onboarding experience for new users. We talk a lot about attracting new users to the platform – but if the trending page is filled with crypto posts and flagging wars, they are likely to lose interest quickly.
We hope that by creating content that is more similar to what they are used to seeing on other social media sites – they will feel more excited about being here and creating content of their own!
How Does It Work?
We pick a different topic every episode, and then throw totally random questions about that topic in a hat and go back and forth. We always have a mix of our own questions and some audience questions. Our rule is that we cannot tell each other our answers before filming! So you guys are getting our raw, unfiltered reactions here.
Every episode we announce the next week’s topic so people can submit questions.
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If we chose to answer your question in the next show… we will send you 2 SBD! Now that’s some easy money.
Next Week’s Topic : Being the Boss - Part Two
Like I mentioned in the beginning - we still have so much to discuss on this topic - and so we will be adding another week!
If you would like the possibility of winning 2 SBD - please submit your questions! Anything on the topic of Managing People is fair game. Listener questions always end up being the best ones - so thank you in advance to everyone who submits one!
That’s a Wrap!
We hope you all enjoyed this episode! Managing a team is such a delicate art and can come with both a lot of stress and reward. If you have any follow up questions that came from watching this episode - please let us know!
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