You’re the Boss, Now What? with Desiree Petrich | Leadership and Team Development for Managers and Team Leaders
A leadership podcast for managers who want stronger teams, less drama, and more trust at work.
If you are a manager of people, this podcast is your playbook for the real challenges of leadership!
Each week, your host Desiree Petrich shares practical tools and frameworks from Working Genius, DISC, and The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team to help you:
- Hold employees accountable without micromanaging
- Handle conflict at work before it turns into drama
- Build trust and respect as a confident, credible leader
- Fix a toxic culture and create a team that takes ownership
- Lead effective team meetings that inspire engagement and action
Whether you’re leading a small team or an entire department, you’ll learn actionable strategies to create better communication, deeper trust, and a workplace people actually enjoy showing up to.
You’ll also get quick takeaways from bestselling leadership books, so you can skip the fluff and apply what works!
You’re the Boss, Now What? is your weekly dose of coaching for managers who want to do more than manage, they want to lead.
Popular Topics Include:
One-on-one meeting frameworks, handling team conflict, addressing passive-aggressive behavior, rebuilding trust after drama, navigating difficult employees, setting expectations without micromanaging, improving accountability conversations, fixing toxic communication patterns, leading effective team meetings, delegation strategies for overwhelmed managers, increasing team buy-in, coaching underperforming employees, giving feedback that lands, managing impostor syndrome at work, and creating a healthier, more human-centered culture.
Episodes
84 episodes
Leadership Tips | You Can't Hurry Love (or Results)
Have you ever felt like you’re putting in the work… but not seeing the results yet?Maybe you’re trying to grow as a leader. Trying to build a stronger team. Trying to improve communication, delegation, or team accountab...
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How to Build Psychological Safety on Your Team | Lessons from "The Culture Code" by Daniel Coyle | Tessa Kampen
If your team isn’t speaking up, it’s easy to think it’s a communication issue.But most of the time… it’s not.It’s a safety issue.Have you ever been on a team where…People are nice… but not always honest?Meetings ...
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Leadership Tips | Take the Fist Bump
Have you ever felt like if you can’t give 100%, it’s not worth showing up at all?As a leader, it’s easy to fall into the trap of all-or-nothing thinking. You think you need to be fully energized, fully prepared, and fully “on” to show up...
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Your Next Leader Is Already on Your Team - A Smarter Approach to Leadership Development
Struggling to fill leadership roles on your team? The answer might not be hiring - it might be developing. In this episode, learn how to turn your current team into confident leaders through intentional leadership development.
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18:03
Leadership Tips | Create a Positive Spiral
It’s easy to underestimate the impact of small actions.A smile. A compliment. A simple “thank you.”But those moments don’t stop with the person in front of you. They carry.In this episode, I share a real-l...
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How Leaders Create a Happier Workplace | Greg Kettner
Do you ever feel like the emotional thermostat of your team?If you're stressed, they feel it. If you're overwhelmed, it spreads.Most leaders think happiness at work is about perks.Ping pong tables. Free lu...
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Leadership Tips | Check Your Surroundings
In this week’s leadership tips episode, we’re talking about something simple that many leaders overlook: checking your surroundings.Whether you’re at work, leading a meeting, interacting with customers, or simply talking with coworkers, ...
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How Leaders Can Reduce Turnover by Rethinking Team Culture | Eric Termuende
You hired someone with huge potential. You trained them. You invested in them. Six months later, they’re gone.If turnover feels constant, the issue might not be talent. It might be how your culture is being experienced.In this epi...
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Leadership Tips | Redefine Humility
In this week’s leadership tip, we’re redefining humility at work. After hearing Seth Rogen describe Catherine O’Hara as someone who was both a genius and kind, it sparked an important reminder: confidence and humility are not mutually exclusive...
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How to Prioritize What Actually Matters at Work for Yourself and Your Team
If everything feels urgent, nothing improves.In this episode, we break down how to prioritize what actually matters at work by asking two simple questions:Is it important?Is it urgent?You’ll learn how to:Sto...
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Leadership Tips | The Titanic Sank
Have you ever felt ready to step up as a leader… but worried that others didn’t see you that way?In this week’s leadership tip, we’re talking about doubt, yours and theirs. The Titanic was built by professionals, and it still sank. Confi...
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The Manager’s Guide to Working Genius in Team Meetings | Tessa Kampen
Why do your meetings feel exhausting?Why does one person dominate while someone else disengages completely?If you’re leading meetings as a new manager and walking away frustrated, unclear, or stuck repeating the same conversations...
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Leadership Tips | Own Your Leadership Style
Have you ever questioned your reaction because of who was watching?In this week’s leadership tip, we talk about owning your leadership style. When you lead based on outside judgment or approval, you risk becoming inconsistent. But when y...
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Why Being "Busy" Is Getting in the Way of Effective Leadership | Sarah Ohanesian
If you feel exhausted, overwhelmed, and constantly busy—but nothing truly important is moving forward—busyness may be the problem, not the solution.In this episode, Desiree is joined by productivity expert Sarah Ohanesian to chall...
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25:45
Leadership Tips | Do it For You
Do you ever notice how easy it is to look to others for reassurance?In this week's leadership tip, we reflects on the reminder that confidence grows when we do things for ourselves, not for approval. When leaders rely too heavily on outs...
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How Managers Build Team Accountability During and After Meetings
Meetings don’t fail because of bad agendas. They fail when decisions don’t turn into action.In this episode of the podcast for managers, Desiree picks up from last week’s conversation on meeting fatigue and zooms in on what happens next....
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3 Ways Meetings Drain Your Team and Create Conflict at Work
If you are a manager who feels stuck in meetings that go nowhere, you are not alone. Many leaders schedule meetings hoping to create alignment, solve problems, or move work forward, but instead experience meeting fatigue, disengagement, and con...
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Using a Growth Mindset to Build Trust and Accountability on Teams | Jim Fielding
Your team says they want to grow—but do they avoid disagreement, fear mistakes, or shut down feedback? A real growth mindset isn’t optimism—it’s how a team handles tension, learning, and risk.In this episode, Desiree is joined by ...
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The Reputation That Grows a Manager's Career | Andy Storch
You work hard. You care deeply. So why does your career growth still feel unclear?If you're a manager doing everything right but waiting for recognition, promotion, or more trust, this episode shows you why.Desiree sits ...
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3 Mindset Shifts for Setting Sustainable Goals Without Burning Out
3 Mindset Shifts for Sustainable Goals (Without Burning Out)Have you ever started the year motivated and confident, only to feel behind or overwhelmed a few weeks later?In this episode of You're the Boss, Now What?, Desiree...
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The One Word That Ends Leadership Overwhelm for New Managers
Overwhelmed as a manager? Leadership doesn't have to feel this heavy. Desiree Petrich shares one mindset shift to release pressure, beat burnout, and lead with clarity + energy into 2026Last week we unpacked the
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How Leaders Build Genius Teams using Play, Rest, and Ally Mindsets | Tessa Kampen
You can have the perfect strategy and still have a team that’s disengaged, drained, or stuck. These seven commitments are what actually change culture.In Part 3 of this series, Desiree and Tessa walk through the seven commitments ...
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Speak Candidly, Stop Gossip, Keep Integrity: The Commitments That Build Trust on Your Team | Tessa Kampen
You can feel it in your team: everyone’s nice… but no one’s honest. Real opinions happen in side chats, gossip is normal, and you’re overcommitting and burning out trying to “keep the peace.” If you’ve ever thought...
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3 Conscious Leadership Commitments That Shift You From Defensive to Grounded| Tessa Kampen
Most leaders want to lead with clarity,but in real life, it’s easy to slip into blame, defensiveness, people-pleasing, or overwhelm. You’re trying your best, yet you’re drained and stuck in the same patterns with your team.In th...
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4 Ways Gratitude Helps Managers Build Trust and Stronger Teams
Most people hear the word “gratitude” and think of journaling or writing lists. But for leaders, gratitude is something much deeper, it’s a shift in how you show up at work, how you navigate pressure, and how you lead your team through tough mo...
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