

Help People Generate Solutions, with Nanette Metzger
16 snips Mar 7, 2025
Nanette Metzger, a sales manager in the food service industry and Coaching for Leaders Academy alum, shares her journey of building a solution-driven team. She discusses the pressures of leadership in high-stakes environments and highlights the significance of effective listening in empowering team members. Nanette emphasizes the value of experiential learning over traditional training, revealing how candid conversations and real-world challenges have transformed her approach to management, fostering ownership and confidence within her team.
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Finding Leadership Resources
- Nanette Metzger, a sales manager, was "voluntold" to take on a leadership role.
- Unsure of how to lead her tenured team, she searched for leadership podcasts and found Coaching for Leaders.
Focus on Practical Application
- Focus on practical application over theory when developing leadership skills.
- Identify three key areas for improvement, such as accountability, situational learning, and personal organization.
Eight Seconds of Silence
- Nanette committed to becoming a listening leader by practicing eight seconds of silence after speaking.
- This allowed others to process information and formulate their own thoughts.