SHIFT Happens on the Frontline: Real Talk for Leaders
Most leadership content is written for someone with a quiet desk and forty minutes to spare. Frontline leaders don't have that. They have a coffee break, a drive home, or a walk between sites.
SHIFT Happens on the Front Line is the podcast built for the people leading teams on the floor, on the tools, behind the counter, and out in the field. Shift supervisors, team leaders, duty managers, and newly promoted leads who came up through the ranks and now have to manage the people they used to work beside.
Each episode is short, practical, and straight to the point. Real stories from real workplaces. One shift at a time.
No jargon. No corporate stiffness. No theory you can't use on Monday morning.
Listen on your coffee break. Lead better by knockoff.
Hosted by Vanessa Trower, an award-winning learning consultant who has spent her career working with frontline teams across Australia.
SHIFT Happens on the Frontline: Real Talk for Leaders
Episode 10. How to disagree without starting a war
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Most frontline leaders think they've got two options when they disagree with a decision from above. Cave and say nothing, or push back hard and make enemies.
This episode is about the third option. How to raise the hard stuff, influence decisions from the middle of the ladder, and come out of the conversation with the relationship intact and your point actually heard.
The Negotiation and influence topic is covered in depth in the A — Achieve stream of the PEAK Leadership program.
Find out more at PEAK Leadership — NEXPERK or reach out to Vanessa Trower at Vanessa Trower | LinkedIn