Management Development Unlocked - Management & Leadership Training
Eric Girard
Management Development Unlocked is a global top 5% podcast for new managers and leaders who want to transform from high-performing individual contributors to great people managers. As the saying goes, “What got you here won’t get you there.” The skills that made you a great employee are almost completely opposite from the skills that will make you a great manager and leader. Eric Girard is your guide during this key transition. Experienced managers and leaders will also benefit from the tips and tricks shared on the show.
Eric interviews guests from around the world with expertise in leadership, management, empathy, emotional intelligence, productivity, feedback, cultural competence, coaching, storytelling, engagement, and other management and leadership and management topics. Eric’s guests include authors and experts with decades of real-world experience who will help you smoothly make the transition into management and leadership.
About your host: Eric Girard is the CEO of Girard Training Solutions LLC, a management development firm focused on helping new managers and leaders transition into their role. Eric has over 30 years of experience helping improve the performance of managers, leaders, and employees, including 20 years in Silicon Valley at companies like Apple, Applied Materials, and Symantec. His superpower is facilitation, and he’s led programs around the world with his high-energy and engaging facilitation and speaking style.
Eric is a passionate, lifelong learner. As a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer, he is pursuing the rating of IDC Staff Instructor. When he’s not hosting a podcast or designing and or delivering training, he enjoys spending time outdoors with his wife and twin 15-year-old daughters.
Eric interviews guests from around the world with expertise in leadership, management, empathy, emotional intelligence, productivity, feedback, cultural competence, coaching, storytelling, engagement, and other management and leadership and management topics. Eric’s guests include authors and experts with decades of real-world experience who will help you smoothly make the transition into management and leadership.
About your host: Eric Girard is the CEO of Girard Training Solutions LLC, a management development firm focused on helping new managers and leaders transition into their role. Eric has over 30 years of experience helping improve the performance of managers, leaders, and employees, including 20 years in Silicon Valley at companies like Apple, Applied Materials, and Symantec. His superpower is facilitation, and he’s led programs around the world with his high-energy and engaging facilitation and speaking style.
Eric is a passionate, lifelong learner. As a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer, he is pursuing the rating of IDC Staff Instructor. When he’s not hosting a podcast or designing and or delivering training, he enjoys spending time outdoors with his wife and twin 15-year-old daughters.
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Apr 11, 2023 • 27min
Creating Great Leaders with Emotional Intelligence with Jason Meucci
Today’s episode of Management Development Unlocked features Jason Meucci. Jason is a leadership development and team-building facilitator. He is also a coach for early career leaders and is a certified emotional intelligence coach. His work mainly revolves around workshops on DISC and team-building workshops.In this episode, you’ll hear:Jason’s philosophy on management development and why it begins with relationships.Why he values management and leadership development and what it does for his clients.How he approaches management development in his own company and the importance of building connections throughout the organization.Jason Meucci’s favorite approaches to DISC, what he thinks about Clifton Strengths, and Patrick Lencioni’s 6 Types of Working Genius.Where the management development space needs to go to achieve more, where the gaps are, and the issues he’d like to see resolved.Jason’s answers for Eric’s speed round of questions.Connect with Jason Meucci:LinkedInjason@roiofleaders.com---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to get a free copy of my eBook, "Advice for a New Manager."Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
Apr 4, 2023 • 28min
How to Coach Yourself Up with Mike Normant
Today, Eric welcomes Mike Normant to Management Development Unlocked. Mike was once Eric’s coach, and he is a leadership coach. Many of his clients are leaders in the high-tech sector and range from new managers to vice presidents. He is also a leadership trainer who went into business for himself about 10 years ago.In this episode, you’ll hear:Mike’s philosophy on management and leadership development and the difference between them.How defining coaching can serve companies well and how a new manager can become a good coach.Why curiosity plays a big role in becoming a great coach and how you can coach yourself up.What Mike’s book is about and how you can use it to improve your leadership skills.His answers to Eric’s speed round questions.Connect with Mike Normant:LinkedInWebsiteCoach Your Self Up book“Who’s Got the Monkey?” article---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to get a free copy of my eBook, "Advice for a New Manager."Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
Mar 28, 2023 • 17min
Why Managers Need Cultural Competence with Liu Liu
Today, Eric welcomes guest Liu Liu to the Management Development Unlocked podcast. Liu Liu was born in China but is British and lives in the southwest of England. His wife is from the UK, and they met while he was working at a university. He is a project manager and leads an international team of managers and technical specialists who are based all around the world.In this episode, you’ll hear:How Liu Liu moved from the postroom, became interested in project management, and transitioned into senior management.Why it’s important for managers to develop cultural competence.The reason cross-cultural training needs to be a part of training new managers as they move into leadership roles.Eric’s lightning round for Liu Liu and his surprising answers.Connect with Liu Liu:LinkedInLiu Liu Coaching---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to get a free copy of my eBook, "Advice for a New Manager."Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
Mar 21, 2023 • 25min
The 3 Cs of Management Development with Marriot Winquist
Marriot Winquist is Eric’s guest today on Management Development Unlocked. Marriot is an executive coach with more than 20 years of experience in the tech industry. In the past, she’s worked in marketing, strategic and product management, and she enjoys the breadth of business building and working with teams. Coaching felt like a natural transition in her career path.In this episode, you’ll hear:Marriot’s philosophy on management development, the two areas where it applies, and her three Cs.Why she values management development and how it adds value to companies.How she developed the three Cs and why they’re developed over time.Her favorite tools to use for identifying her clients’ strengths.Marriot’s answers to Eric’s speed round.Connect with Marriot Winquist:LinkedInWebsite---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to get a free copy of my eBook, "Advice for a New Manager."Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
Mar 14, 2023 • 22min
Engaging Teams with Emotional Intelligence with Faris Aranki
On today’s episode of Management Development Unlocked, Eric’s guest is Faris Aranki. Faris is the CEO of a strategic consulting firm called Shiageto Consulting. Shiageto Consulting works with companies and individuals to make them more effective today than they were yesterday through three key pillars: creativity, emotional intelligence, and focus.In this episode, you’ll hear:What FQ is, why companies should be devoting more attention to focus, and how it relates to new managers.The importance of emotional intelligence in the workplace today and being able to communicate with teams in their style to get them excited and engaged.How new managers can develop empathy and emotional intelligence to better relate to their team members.What introverts can do to become more comfortable with placing themselves in uncomfortable situations in order to attain more empathy.Faris Aranki’s answers to Eric’s speed round questions.Connect with Faris Aranki:LinkedInWebsite---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to get a free copy of my eBook, "Advice for a New Manager."Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
Mar 7, 2023 • 31min
Living with Intentionality and Purpose with Andy Storch
Today, Eric welcomes Andy Storch to the show. Andy and Eric have something in common: they both fought and beat cancer. A husband and father who is passionate about health and fitness, Andy is also in the talent development space with a podcast called The Talent Development Hot Seat. This conversation is all about how two cancer thrivers had their lives permanently changed.In this episode, you’ll hear:How Andy Storch discovered he had cancer, how it was treated, and where his health is now.Why it’s important to have an advocate who can ask questions and keep the information you need in order.How Andy’s experience with cancer was a wake-up call for his health and help him gain empathy for others struggling with health issues.The purpose and motivation he gained from his cancer journey and why he wasn’t fearful.What having intentionality and a plan changes your life and some words of wisdom to people who are experiencing challenges in their lives.Connect with Eric Girard here:Girard Training SolutionsLinkedInConnect with Andy Storch:LinkedInWebsiteOwning Your Journey with CancerFive Steps to Owning Your CareerPodcasts---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to get a free copy of my eBook, "Advice for a New Manager."Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
Feb 28, 2023 • 18min
Transforming Managers into Leaders with Beth Miller
In this episode of Management Development Unlocked, Eric welcomes guest Beth Miller to the show. Beth is a Talent Management Advisor who works with business owners to help them develop leadership pipelines within their organizations. Her work includes new managers and seasoned leaders who want to reach the next level in their organization.In this episode, you’ll hear:How Beth Miller defines management development and the difference between management and leadership.The leadership attributes a new manager needs to develop and how you can weave leadership into a management development program.Why she loves using 360-degree assessments and Business DNA.Where management development needs to go to evolve and help companies achieve more and some issues she’d love to see solved.Beth’s answers to Eric’s speed round.Connect with Beth Miller:LinkedInReplaceable: An Obsession with Succession book---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to get a free copy of my eBook, "Advice for a New Manager."Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
Feb 21, 2023 • 21min
The Lessons I've Learned from Starting a Business
In this solo episode of Management Development Unlocked, Eric is sharing what it’s like to start and run your own consulting business. Eric has been in learning and development his entire career, which began in 1992. In 1999, he began to focus on management development, and it became his passion.In this episode, you’ll hear:Why a move to Seattle in 2020 led to starting a management development consulting firm and how losing an anchor client took him to the next level.The steps Eric took to get his business started and why he hired people to handle specific areas of the business.Why impulsiveness can lead to bad decisions and how frugality can benefit you.Make an “I hate this” list and find creative ways to address those tasks.How asking for feedback can help improve your business and the importance of playing the long game.The reason you should love your office space.---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to get a free copy of my eBook, "Advice for a New Manager."Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
Feb 14, 2023 • 20min
Using Management Development to Move Goals Forward with Mary Emerton
This episode of Management Development Unlocked introduces us to Mary Emerton. Eric first met Mary in Silicon Valley several years ago, and she is an operations executive with more than 25 years of experience in high-tech. She's developed and implemented a variety of programs for companies, including kickstarting programs like diversity and inclusion, and going through the IPO process.Mary graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in purchasing and logistics management.In this episode, you’ll hear:Mary Emerton’s management development philosophy, her belief that it’s an underinvested area in most companies, and why she values it.What management development can do for companies and how she’s seen it evolve within organizations.How she approaches management development to move the company goals forward and develop individuals and where the space needs to go in the future.The issues Mary would like to see resolved and why alternative options in development are needed.Eric’s lightning round questions for Mary.Connect with Mary Emerton:LinkedIn---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to get a free copy of my eBook, "Advice for a New Manager."Connect with me on LinkedIn.
Feb 7, 2023 • 29min
The Power of Positive Feedback with Zovig Garboushian
This week, Eric welcomes guest Zovig Garboushian to the Management Development Unlocked podcast. Zovig runs a consulting practice called Boldness Ablaze Coaching as an executive coach, speaker, and group facilitator. As a coach, she works primarily with women in leadership. She empowers them to overcome challenges unique to being a woman, understand who they are, and lean into who they naturally are as leaders boldly and unapologetically.In this episode, you’ll hear:What drew Zovig Garboushian to coaching women in leadership and her philosophy surrounding management development.Why management development should be a concerted effort and how repeated positive feedback can be transformative.Her approach to operationalizing management development and the first thing she does when she begins working with a team.Zovig’s favorite questions to teach her clients to ask as she coaches them.Eric’s lightning-round questions and some of her surprising answers.Connect with Zovig Garboushian:Boldness Ablaze CoachingLeadership Essence ConferenceLinkedInzovig@boldnessablaze.com---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to get a free copy of my eBook, "Advice for a New Manager."Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!
