New Manager, Existing Team: Where Do You Start?

Travis, Nick, and Brandon respond to a thought-provoking question about jumping in to manage a team that's already established. They also talk about what to do when the team needs culture or performance improvements.

• Amy Unger's question:
  • "Walking into a new to you but established team, whether you were hired into a job or you got a team as part of a re-org, how do you approach coming into an established dynamic as a person of formal authority, but little knowledge or informal influence?"
• The coaching habit
  • https://www.amazon.com/Coaching-Habit-Less-Change-Forever/dp/0978440749/
• Atomic habits
  • https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Habits-Proven-Build-Break/dp/0735211299/
• Learned Helplessness:
  • https://www.amazon.com/Learned-Helplessness-Theory-Personal-Control/dp/0195044673