429. How to Set Yourself Up for Success in Your New Management Role - Zulean Cruz-Diaz

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Meet Zulean. As a management coach and consultant, she's on a mission to empower teams with the skills and tools needed for fostering strong and trusting group dynamics🤝 Even the most dedicated teams can lose their sense of direction, that’s why they need the tools needed to build a united team with a clear plan for success🧭 Tune in for actionable strategies that will help you grow in your management journey and build strong, cohesive teams that succeed together. 

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  • A guide to your new management role 

  • How to balance management with other job responsibilities

  • Communication + conflict management tips

Today's Guest
Zulean Cruz-Diaz, Founder + CEO - Z Conecta

“Reflection is part of the job as a manager.”
— Zulean Cruz-Diaz, Founder + CEO - Z Conecta

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Episode Highlights

  • Zulean’s story and journey to where she is today (4:00)

  • From an employee to a manager (10:00)

  • Trust-based leadership (13:00)

  • Balancing your new responsibilities with being a manager (15:40)

  • Listening and other communication skills (19:05)

  • Managing conflict resolution (22:00)
    A powerful moment of philanthropy in Zulean’s life (27:05)

  • Zulean’s One Good Thing: Make sure you make time to reflect. (29:25)

Powerful Quotes

“Reflection is part of the job as a manager. It is very easy to get super swept up in all of the to-dos, but reflection is part of the job.” -Zulean

“Write down all of the buckets you are in charge of. Then under each, write down all of the things you have to do for each.” -Zulean

"A great manager knows your team and utilizes the expertise of others in their team to outline the path." -Zulean

"How am I showing up for my team? How's it going for them?" -Zulean

"Leadership is not just the hard skills, and you cannot go through this work with a roadmap that somebody has created.” Becky

“We're not just individual employees in our organization. We all have to work together in order to make the mission go forward. We can't just work independently.” -Zulean

“I do think that there is power in just being a human being and asking someone if you can partner with them to make things better.” -Becky

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