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.
You’re the Boss, Now What? with Desiree Petrich | Leadership and Team Development for Managers and Team Leaders
Leadership Tips | Let Them Watch
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Your team is always watching, whether you realize it or not. In this leadership tip episode, Desiree shares why the habits you model at work and at home shape the culture, mindset, and confidence of the people around you.
Show Notes:
Your team doesn’t just listen to what you say.
They watch what you do.
As a manager or leader, it’s easy to tell your team to prioritize growth, set boundaries, or take care of themselves… while quietly ignoring those things yourself.
But leadership development isn’t just taught through meetings and feedback.
It’s modeled in the small moments people see every day.
In this episode, Desiree shares a simple leadership principle that applies both at work and at home: let them watch.
From reading leadership books with your office door open to modeling healthy habits and positive self-talk, this episode explores how leading by example shapes team culture, trust, and confidence over time.
By the time you finish listening, you’ll learn:
- Why your team pays more attention to your actions than your words
- How modeling personal growth creates stronger team management and accountability
- The small daily habits that quietly influence workplace culture and leadership development
If you’ve ever wondered how to build trust as a manager or create a healthier team culture without forcing it, this episode will give you a simple place to start.
When you finish listening, I’d love to hear your biggest takeaway from today’s episode. Take a screenshot while you’re listening, share it to your Instagram stories, and tag me @desireepetrich.
And if this episode made you think about the example you’re setting as a leader, send it to another manager or team lead who needs to hear it too.
This podcast for managers is here to help you:
• Grow your leadership development
• Navigate team management with confidence
• Learn how to handle conflict at work
• Apply real, practical leadership tips
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