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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 11. Say it once, say it clear
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You told them. They nodded. And then they went off and did the exact opposite of what you asked.
This episode is about why telling and communicating are two completely different things, and three moves that mean your team actually does what you need them to do, first time, without chasing.
The Communication with impact 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