1 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,600 Welcome to the new manager podcast. 2 00:00:07,700 --> 00:00:19,100 I'm your host, Kim nickel. Hi, I do not know if you know 3 00:00:19,100 --> 00:00:24,200 this about me but I am. Also a meditation, teacher, in 4 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:27,700 fact, when I was just beginning my career in Learning and 5 00:00:27,700 --> 00:00:32,299 Development, what I was teaching first was, I was teaching 6 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:36,900 meditation, and also Fitness and yoga classes. 7 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:42,100 And the reason I mention this today is because I I recorded 8 00:00:42,100 --> 00:00:48,000 last year, a series of really short meditations designed for 9 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:54,000 my students, and for people to use at work and this, there's an 10 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:58,400 app called Simple habit. They have all of those tracks 11 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:03,800 plussed, so many other meditation tracks, and I wanted 12 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:07,900 to share with you one of the clips from that meditation 13 00:01:07,900 --> 00:01:12,200 series because it really becomes relevant for You as a new 14 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:16,700 manager and getting into the headspace of how do I become 15 00:01:16,900 --> 00:01:21,300 effective. Guiding people relating to 16 00:01:21,300 --> 00:01:26,100 people at getting all of this work done through the 17 00:01:26,100 --> 00:01:29,700 coordinated work of others and how to think of yourself. 18 00:01:29,700 --> 00:01:34,500 And this particular track is about the idea of perfection and 19 00:01:34,500 --> 00:01:37,600 how it is okay to not be perfect. 20 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:41,700 One of the things I see a lot with my classes and then working 21 00:01:41,700 --> 00:01:47,800 with my students, there can be a lot of fear or even just worry 22 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,700 and anxiety about. I hope I do this, right? 23 00:01:51,100 --> 00:01:55,200 And very often, when you start managing others, you don't have 24 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:58,000 a lot of guidance on how to do that. 25 00:01:58,500 --> 00:02:04,900 And so this next short meditation and little talk is 26 00:02:04,900 --> 00:02:07,200 really for you when you're in that place. 27 00:02:15,300 --> 00:02:20,900 Oh and one more other important Point, even though this is going 28 00:02:20,900 --> 00:02:25,900 to be a little meditation track, you do not need to be sitting on 29 00:02:25,900 --> 00:02:28,300 the floor. You do not need to have your 30 00:02:28,300 --> 00:02:31,800 eyes closed. It's a waking meditation, which 31 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,600 means really you can just have your eyes open. 32 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:37,600 You could be on the bus. You could be going for a walk. 33 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:41,800 You could be sitting at work with your Headphones on. 34 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,200 It's not a formal seated practice. 35 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:56,500 Okay, here we go. You don't have to be perfect. 36 00:02:57,300 --> 00:02:59,600 You don't have to know exactly what you're doing. 37 00:03:00,900 --> 00:03:07,000 You can learn as you go. And you're still being a good 38 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:11,100 leader. Even if this is something that 39 00:03:11,100 --> 00:03:14,900 feels new to you, this is the process by which you grow and 40 00:03:14,900 --> 00:03:19,000 learn and develop these new skills in these new capacities 41 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:23,400 care about the work. Yes, but also care about the 42 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,600 people care about who they are as humans. 43 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,900 This doesn't mean that you need to know all about their lives 44 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,200 that you don't have to be best friends and spend all kinds of 45 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:37,000 time together. But it's about acknowledging and 46 00:03:37,100 --> 00:03:40,200 and having a sense of genuine Appreciation and care for who 47 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:43,600 they are. As people that includes noticing 48 00:03:43,900 --> 00:03:47,700 their strengths. The quality is that they bring 49 00:03:47,700 --> 00:03:51,300 to the team to their work. That makes a positive 50 00:03:51,300 --> 00:03:54,000 difference. It includes acknowledging. 51 00:03:54,100 --> 00:03:56,400 Hey not everyone is great at everything. 52 00:03:56,600 --> 00:04:00,600 Let's at least be clear about what our strengths and what our 53 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:04,600 weaknesses are. It's okay to not be great at 54 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:08,500 everything but know where you're not so strong. 55 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:10,900 Wrong. And then, you can either, you 56 00:04:10,900 --> 00:04:13,700 know, manage around it. So that you're not putting a lot 57 00:04:13,700 --> 00:04:17,100 of time on those things or you can start to cultivate on learn 58 00:04:17,100 --> 00:04:21,800 and grow and become better. It's up to you to decide and 59 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:27,600 also to communicate that people want a reflection of themselves 60 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,500 back to them. And by that I mean they want to 61 00:04:30,500 --> 00:04:33,200 know that they're seen that they're appreciated. 62 00:04:33,300 --> 00:04:35,400 They want to know how to improve. 63 00:04:35,500 --> 00:04:38,500 They want to know what is the path forward for them. 64 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:44,200 Them guide them provide some support, some encouragement 65 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:47,800 acknowledge when they're doing. Well check in if you see them 66 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:51,600 struggling, do it from a place of kindness from a desire to 67 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:58,000 uplift to develop to elevate them, as well as the team and 68 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:02,400 see what happens. Try this out, do it small. 69 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:05,600 Let it be gentle. See what happens. 70 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:17,000 If you know it's time to level F but you feel your perfectionism 71 00:05:17,300 --> 00:05:21,100 Self Doubt and uncertainty getting in the way then come 72 00:05:21,100 --> 00:05:23,900 work with me. We'll have six months of 73 00:05:23,900 --> 00:05:28,000 one-on-one coaching and it all starts by going to my website. 74 00:05:28,100 --> 00:05:35,200 Kim nickel.com coaching and joining my waitlist talk to you 75 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:35,900 soon.