What should you do when you’re convinced your boss is making the wrong decision?

Most people take one of two approaches. They stay quiet, nod along, and complain about the decision later. Or they challenge their boss in the moment and turn a disagreement into a standoff.

Neither one is particularly useful.

In this episode of The Management Minute, Dr. Donita Brown offers a third option for how to disagree with your boss professionally: go to them privately, go early, and say it once.

Instead of simply saying you don’t like the decision, come prepared to explain what you’re seeing, why you’re concerned, and what your boss may need to consider before moving forward.

Then comes the harder part.

Once the decision has been made, commit to moving forward with the team, even if your recommendation wasn’t chosen.

Being willing to respectfully disagree and then support the final decision can make you the kind of employee whose opinion leaders actively seek out.

Of course, ethical concerns are different. If a decision involves something unethical or wrong, simply going along with it is not the answer. But most workplace disagreements aren’t questions of right versus wrong. They’re judgment calls.

And in those situations, how you disagree can matter just as much as whether you turn out to be right.

So the next time you’re sure your boss is wrong, don’t stay silent and don’t go to war.

Try the third option.

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What makes someone a good mentor? It may have less to do with having the right answers and more to do with asking the right questions.

In this episode of The Management Minute, Dr. Donita Brown shares a lesson she learned from years of mentoring students and professionals: the mentor shouldn’t do the hard work for the mentee.

It can be tempting to share your own experience and tell someone exactly what you think they should do. But your career isn’t their career, and simply handing over an answer can take away an important part of the mentoring process.

Instead, Dr. Brown encourages mentors and managers to slow down and ask thoughtful questions that help people work through decisions for themselves.

This matters for managers, too. Asking better questions can help employees develop the confidence and critical thinking skills to work through problems before coming to you.

And when it comes to your own growth, one mentor may not be enough. Dr. Brown also introduces the idea of building a Personal Board of Directors, a group of people who can offer different perspectives on your career, decisions, and development.

This week’s reflection:

When someone comes to you for an answer, will you give them the answer or ask them a thoughtful question instead?

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What if one sign of good leadership is that your team needs you less?

In this episode of The Management Minute, Dr. Donita Brown reflects on a lesson she has experienced both as a mother and as a leader: doing your job well sometimes means becoming less necessary.

After recently dropping her daughter off at college, Dr. Brown found herself thinking about the strange tension that comes with watching someone become more independent. As a parent, the goal was never to remain the answer to everything. It was to teach, support, and eventually trust her daughters to handle more on their own.

Leadership follows a similar pattern.

When you first take responsibility for a team, people may come to you for decisions, approvals, answers, and direction. Being the person everyone needs can feel good. But effective leadership isn't about keeping people dependent on you.

It's about developing people who can make decisions, take ownership, handle responsibilities you once carried, and even make a few safe mistakes along the way.

Because the manager who stays in the middle of everything may feel important, but the manager who develops a team that can operate without constant involvement is building something that can last.

Who on your team needs less of you than they did a year ago? And can you let that actually be the win?

If your organization is working to develop stronger, more independent leaders and teams, Dr. Donita Brown leads in-person and virtual workshops on leadership, followership, and resilience.

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Resilience at work isn't about how much pressure you can take. It's about how you recover.

For years, Dr. Donita Brown believed resilience meant pushing through, working harder, and making sure the people around her never saw that she was tired. Eventually, that approach contributed to burnout that affected her both personally and professionally.

In this episode of The Management Minute, Dr. Brown challenges the idea that resilience and toughness are the same thing. Instead, she looks at resilience as a recovery skill and what that means for managers trying to build healthier, more sustainable teams.

Just as athletes need recovery between periods of physical stress, employees and leaders need space to recover from demanding work. Yet many workplaces continually increase the load without intentionally creating room for recovery.

For managers, that can mean allowing breathing room after a major project, noticing when someone has had an unusually difficult week, checking in with employees, and modeling healthy recovery yourself.

Because recovery isn't something you earn when all the work is finished. Recovery has to be part of the work.

This week's reflection:

Where in your team's rhythm has recovery gone missing, and where can you put it back?

If this topic hits close to home, Dr. Brown has created a short burnout assessment to help you take a closer look at where you are. Find it in the links below.

Take the Burnout Assessment: [https://www.management-minute.com/burnout-gut-check]

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What changes when you slow down and write feedback by hand?

In this episode of The Management Minute, Dr. Donita Brown explores why handwritten feedback can still have a place in a workplace increasingly shaped by speed, technology, and AI.

After asking a classroom of students to complete peer feedback with pen and paper, Dr. Brown began thinking about what happens when we intentionally slow down the process of giving feedback. Research on handwriting suggests that writing by hand engages the brain differently than typing, although researchers continue to debate what those differences mean for learning and memory.

But after more than 20 years of giving feedback, Dr. Brown has noticed something much more practical: slowing down changes the way we choose our words.

Whether it’s constructive feedback for an employee, a note to someone who is capable of more, or a handwritten thank you for a job well done, putting pen to paper creates a moment to think more deliberately about what you want to say.

This week’s challenge is simple: the next time you have meaningful feedback to give, don’t type it. Write it. It could be a few sentences on a card or even one sentence on a Post-it note.

Then consider:

Whose feedback have you been outsourcing to speed?

And who on your team would remember receiving a handwritten note from you?

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What makes difficult feedback actually land?

In this episode of The Management Minute, Dr. Donita Brown explores one of the most challenging parts of leadership: giving and receiving difficult feedback. Through a personal experience with a trusted advisor, she examines how timing, trust, permission, and communication can determine whether constructive feedback creates defensiveness or leads to meaningful change.

While working on a new project, Dr. Brown received feedback she did not necessarily want to hear, but needed. Her advisor could have completed his work, sent the invoice, and moved on. Instead, he took the time to address a larger problem he saw and began the conversation with a simple question: “Do you want me to be blunt or kind?”

The feedback stung, but the way it was delivered made all the difference.

Effective leadership communication is not only about what you say. How and when you say it matters. When managers and leaders are busy, it is easy to rush difficult conversations or skip the small courtesies that help people become receptive to constructive criticism. Asking whether someone is ready for feedback can take only a few seconds, but it can completely change how the message is received.

In this episode, Dr. Brown discusses how leaders can approach difficult conversations more intentionally, why trust matters when giving and receiving feedback, and how rushed workplace communication can prevent even valuable advice from landing effectively. She also reflects on what more than 20 years of giving, receiving, and teaching feedback has shown her about communicating hard truths.

This week, consider two questions:

Who has earned the right to give you honest feedback?

And when was the last time you asked someone if they were ready before telling them something difficult?

The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers practical leadership and professional development insights in under five minutes, twice a week. Each episode gives managers, executives, team leaders, and professionals one actionable idea they can use before their next meeting.

Dr. Donita Brown also leads virtual and in-person leadership workshops for organizations and teams focused on feedback, resilience, workplace communication, and leading through change.

Book a call here: https://tinyurl.com/30minuteswithDonita

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Most mornings, before the house is even awake, Dr. Donita Brown is at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee and a notebook, writing out her list for the day. That's the whole process. A regular notebook and a pen she likes. Five mornings out of seven, and the other two, life happens.

In this episode, she makes a case that's almost disappointing in how plain it is: the good habits are boring. There's no rush to them, nothing worth posting about. You do the thing, you do it again the next day, and somewhere in there it stops being a decision.

She spent years getting this wrong, waiting to feel motivated. But motivation is a flaky friend who shows up when things are going well and disappears when they aren't. What worked instead was quieter. She stopped trying to be a disciplined person and became someone who writes the list. Once it's a habit, willpower doesn't get a vote.

Here's why it matters for managers: your team can't see your motivation, but they can see your consistency. The one-on-one that happens every week whether you feel like it or not. The Friday note you send even when the week was rough. Those boring, repeated things tell people who you are, and they're what your team will trust.

This week's reflection question has two halves: Who do you want to be as a leader? And what's the small, unglamorous thing that person does, over and over, until it's who you are?

Under five minutes, one idea for your next meeting.

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47 seconds. That's how long the average person stays on one screen before switching to something else.

The number comes from Gloria Mark at the University of California, Irvine, who has spent two decades measuring what people actually do at their computers. When she started, the average was about two and a half minutes. It's been falling ever since.

In this episode, Dr. Donita Brown looks at what that means for anyone who runs a meeting. When you're presenting or giving feedback, you're competing with a brain trained to move every 47 seconds, and with the phone sitting face up on the table.

But the research says something hopeful too: attention isn't broken. People hold focus for long stretches when the task absorbs them and the interruptions stop. Attention is a resource, and your environment either spends it or protects it.

Two things you can do this week:
 Put one question at the top of your agenda, so attention has somewhere to land.
 Work in blocks, one task, notifications off, phone out of sight.

This week's reflection question: in the last meeting you ran, what was the one thing you needed people to walk out with? And if you couldn't name it, could they?

Under five minutes, one idea for your next meeting.

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On a country road near Johnson City, Tennessee, a donkey ignored Donita and her dad completely. The next morning, all it took was his name and a pocketful of apples, and he crossed the whole field to reach them.

What changed wasn't the donkey. Somebody had told them what he cared about.

In this episode, Dr. Donita Brown turns a summer walk into a question for managers: who on your team is standing on the far side of the field, and have you called them by name in the way that counts? And who already knows what they care about, if you'd ask?

Two questions to carry into Monday. Under five minutes.

Two short emails a week, Thursday tip and Sunday reflection: https://tinyurl.com/r4bwesfc
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The Management Minute is back, and it looks different.

After almost a year off, Dr. Donita Brown explains why the show went quiet, why she kept putting off the relaunch, and the line she teaches managers every week but had to learn again herself: perfect is the enemy of done.

The new format is two episodes a week, each under five minutes. One idea you can use before your next meeting. Self-edited, so you'll hear a breath or two, and that's on purpose.

This week's question for you: what have you paused that you could restart imperfectly, at 80 percent?

Connect with Donita on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donitabrown/
 Two short emails a week, Thursday tip and Sunday reflection: https://tinyurl.com/r4bwesfc

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

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This episode's interview is with Rob Massie, Vice President of Information Technology at Dollar General.

He shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Looking beyond the technical skills of your employees and putting them in opportunities to grow and succeed
• Not compromising quality but addressing problems with compassion and from a place of understanding
• Using positive, future-based language instead of fear-based language
• Being courageous and speaking out 

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

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This episode's interview is with Rebecca Whitehead, owner of Kidokinetics Nashville, Nashville Market Leader for The Gunter Group, and an award-winning author.

Rebecca shares stories and advice based on her management experiences, including the importance of:

• Connecting with people as a human first and understanding what drives them
• Asking for feedback in addition to giving feedback
• Helping your team understand the why
• Building trust and being vulnerable

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

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This episode's interview is with Sarah Bellenger, the CEO and Founder of Manage You. She also served for over two decades as an Army nurse and spent three years at the White House providing medical support to the nation’s top leaders.

Sarah shares stories and advice based on her management experiences, including the importance of:

• Actively listening and checking in with employees to foster trust and support
• Noticing when something is off with one of your employees and responding with care and compassion
• Using structure and consistency, such as checklists, to enhance communication and team performance

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

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This episode's interview is with Jason Elkins, a marketing coach, digital media specialist, and founder of 100 Cups Consulting.

Jason shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Leading with empathy to build stronger connections with employees and clients
• Creating a culture where people feel valued, supported, and cared for
• Adapting your management style to meet each team member’s unique needs

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

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This episode's interview is with Marshall Crawford, President and CEO of The Housing Fund.

Marshall shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Providing both employees and clients with the resources and support they need to thrive
• Responding well in high-pressure situations
• Maintaining open and ongoing communication
• Adapting your approach to management as you grow

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

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This episode's interview is with Dr. Allison Duke, Dean of the College of Business at Lipscomb University.

Dr. Duke shares stories and advice based on her management experiences, including the importance of:

• Recognizing and leveraging each person’s unique strengths
• Helping employees discover what they love and aligning roles to fit those strengths
• Building trust through consistent, meaningful one-on-one conversations
• Learning from a variety of leadership styles rather than following a single model
• Staying authentic and leading in a way that aligns with your own personality and values

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

Learn more about The Management Minute.

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Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

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This episode's interview is with Jon Puncochar, the Assistant Vice President of Enterprise Transformation at Lifepoint Health.

Jon shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Taking a holistic approach to problem-solving and defining problems well
• Having alignment with key stakeholders across the organization
• Learning from others and the awareness that others are learning from you and the impression you leave on people
• Leaning into your strengths and pointing your team in the direction that uses their strengths best

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

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This episode's interview is with Chip Higgins, a best-selling author, speaker, business coach, and mentor with more than 15 years of leadership experience in the banking industry. 

He is also the founder of Bizzics, which provides business advisory, consulting, and coaching services.

Chip shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Focusing on the big things
• Adding value in all you do
• Remembering that business is about people

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

Bring The Management Minute to Your Organization

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Connect with Dr. Donita Brown

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This episode's interview is with Heather Legg, a Realtor with Benchmark Realty.

In this episode, she discusses how:

• Faith and ethics form the foundation of successful business practices - these core values should guide all professional decisions and interactions
• True influence comes through demonstrating genuine kindness and compassion - focusing on meaningful connections rather than just transactions or sales metrics
• The real estate industry, like any service-oriented business, thrives on putting people first - success stems from authentically helping others achieve their goals​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

Bring The Management Minute to Your Organization

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Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

Connect with Dr. Donita Brown

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This episode's interview is with Mari Garner, Associate Director at The Refuge Center for Counseling.

She shares stories and advice based on her management experiences, including the importance of:

• Developing synergy and getting everyone moving in the same direction
• Building trust and treating others how you would want to be treated
• Remembering your journey and your why
• Learning from previous managers to develop your unique vision of what a good leader looks like

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

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This episode's interview is with Alexa Hulsey. She is an acupuncturist, entrepreneur, and the founder and owner of Encircle Acupuncture.

She shares stories and advice based on her management experiences, including the importance of:

• Viewing mistakes as opportunities to learn and forge deeper relationships
• Being vulnerable and authentic with your team and customers
• Creating conditions where your employees can have wins and be celebrated.
• Serving your customers and team

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

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This episode's interview is with Lisa Arnold, Founder & CEO of Small Town Startup.

She shares stories and advice based on her management experiences, including the importance of:

• Growing the people that you have hired and empowering them to serve well
• Looking at the whole person and ensuring people's needs are met and that they are in the best position to succeed
• Creating an environment where everyone fits in and feels valued, heard, and seen
• Giving direct, clear feedback
• Hiring people who are smarter than you

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

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This episode's interview is with Dr. Rhonda Switzer-Nadasdi, CEO of Interfaith Dental.

She shares stories and advice based on her management experiences, including the importance of:

• Not compromising on excellence or quality
• Having alignment between your personal values and your organization's values
• Receiving and incorporating feedback

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

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This episode's interview is with David Denise, the Director of Clinical Imaging Systems at HCA Healthcare.

David shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Seeing your people as people first
• Embracing discomfort
• Being committed to your role and buying in
• Clearly setting and communication expectations

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

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This episode's interview is with Becky Magura, President & CEO of Nashville Public Television.

She shares stories and advice based on her management experiences, including the importance of:

• Mentoring and knowing what someone needs for their personal and professional growth
• Being bold, visionary, and brave
• Being vulnerable and true to who you are

Becky also discusses her insights on the dynamic landscape of media and content consumption. 

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

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This episode's interview is with Jennifer Jamison, Senior Director of Staffing Services at HCA and CereCore.

She shares stories and advice based on her management experiences, including the importance of:

• Creating a fun and enjoyable atmosphere
• Making a conscious effort to be creative
• Looking for small tweaks in process improvements that can make things more simple, efficient, or functional
• Finding a mentor

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

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This episode's interview is with Nicholas May, the General Manager of Customer Success & New Business Development at Asurion.

Nicholas shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Building bidirectional trust
• Putting yourself in the shoes of those who are on your team to understand where they are coming from
• Learning from everyone
• Clearly communicating the mission, strategy, goals, and objectives and being honest with people about their role and how they fit in
• Charting your own course

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

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This episode's interview is with Adele Watts, President & CEO of the Goodlettsville Area Chamber of Commerce.

She shares stories and advice based on her management experiences, including the importance of:

• Making the extra effort to add a personal touch
• Surrounding yourself with mentors you can reach out to and ask for advice
• Incorporating prayer into your routine and work life
• Being transparent, authentic, and the real you

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

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This episode's interview is with Rob Touchstone. 

Rob is one of the founders of The Well Coffeehouse, a professor of Bible and Business, and the Director of Lipscomb University's Center of Vocational Discovery.

He shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Meeting people where they are and helping them become what they are made to be
• Giving people the space to be themselves
• Bringing people into a bigger and better story

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

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This episode's interview is with Brian Raybourne, the Senior Director of Strategic Growth at AngelEye Health.

Brian shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Doing the right thing even when no one is watching
• Keeping the main thing the main thing
• Stepping outside of your comfort zone
• Understanding that the role of leaders is to help others achieve great things

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

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This episode's interview is with Jennifer Sellers, VP, Global Commercial Banking Commercial Associate II at Bank of America.

She shares stories and advice based on her management experiences, including the importance of:

• Understanding how your management style affects the people you lead on a personal level
• Leading with confidence, competence, and humility
• Trusting the people you put into place to do their part

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

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This episode's interview is with David Shipman, the Chief Operating Officer for the YMCA of Middle Tennessee. 

David shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Not skipping the hard stuff
• Managing in close proximity, not at a distance
• Being about the people

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

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This episode's interview is with Julieann Brazeal, Global Financial Services Operations Lead at Accenture.

She shares stories and advice based on her management experiences, including the importance of:

• Inspiring, engaging, and equipping your people
• Understanding your people’s strengths and putting them in the right places to use them
• Giving your people measurable goals
• Stewardship and taking micro-actions every day that make things better than they were before

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

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This episode's interview is with Ace Timmermeier, Director of Tourism for the City of Springfield.

She shares stories and advice based on her management experiences, including the importance of:

• Connecting what you do to the overarching mission
• Helping ensure your people understand their "why" and the motivation behind what they do
• Investing in your people and understanding their value

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

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This episode's interview is with Jeff Forehand, the Head Baseball Coach at Lipscomb University.

Coach Forehand discusses his experiences in college baseball and the importance of listening to and learning from others.

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

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This episode's interview is with Lynda Cook, Senior IT Project Manager at HCA Healthcare.

She shares stories and advice based on her management experiences, including the importance of:

• Empowering your team
• Honing in on your strengths
• Spending time getting to know your employees and the things they value

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

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This episode's interview is with Burt Nowers. 

Burt is one of the founders of AIM Healthcare in Franklin, Tennessee, where he spent 14 years as CFO. He was a member of the board of Healing Hands International since 2005 and served as its president from 2012-2016.

He is an Executive-in-Residence for Lipscomb University's College of Business, a member of the Dean's Board, and a generous philanthropist.  

Burt shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Building a strong culture
• Being able to succinctly communicate what’s most important and why
• Playing offense and always being prepared   
• Being inquisitive and listening
• Focusing on individuals

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

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This episode's interview is with Luis Parodi, a Vice President and the Senior Regional CRA & Community Development Officer at Republic Bank.

Luis shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Listening with the intent to understand
• Empowering your employees with the tools to grow and thrive
• Embracing servant leadership

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

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This episode's interview is with Dave Puncochar, the Founder & CEO of Good Wood Nashville.

Dave shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Overcommunicating with your customers and employees
• Craftsmanship and being able to take pride in your work
• Being honest and upfront with your people
• Knowing when to celebrate the good and when the right times are to be brutally honest

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

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Dr. Mark Whitacre is the Vice President of Culture and Care at Coca-Cola Consolidated and a leader in the Faith and Work movement for the last two decades.

He is considered the highest-ranked executive of any Fortune 500 company to become a whistleblower in U.S. history, and was responsible for uncovering the ADM price-fixing scandal in the early 1990s, which was depicted in the movie "The Informant."

Since December, Dr. Whitacre has been the Executive Director of t-factor, a Coca-Cola Consolidated training initiative with the purpose to "Transform workplace cultures around the world for good, for God, for growth.”

He shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Demonstrating empathy and showing people you care
• Listening well without distractions
• Advocating for and developing your team

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

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This episode's interview is with Judith Meyer, Assistant Vice President at HCA Healthcare.

She shares stories and advice based on her management experiences, including the importance of:

• Knowing your values and using them as your North Star
• Working with a coach
• Charting your own way and not comparing your journey to others’
• Being vulnerable and transparent with your team

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

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This episode's interview is with John Weisenseel. 

John recently retired from a long career as a top financial executive, including roles as the SVP & CFO of AllianceBernstein and Standard & Poor's. 

He is an Executive-in-Residence for Lipscomb University's College of Business and serves on the board of several non-profits.

John shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Building diverse teams
• Carving out time to listen to others
• Seeking input from your team
• Demonstrating empathy

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

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This episode's interview is with Tom Harmon, the AVP of Portfolio & Financial Performance Management within the Information Technology Group at HCA Healthcare.

Tom shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Trying to understand the root causes of problems instead of just trying to solve them
• Leaning into your own personal, authentic leadership style instead of trying to emulate other leaders
• Being available and present to your team. 
• Seeing your team as whole people, not just people who work for you

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

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This episode's interview is with Sue Nokes. She has had a long career as a top executive and change agent in Fortune 100 companies, including T-Mobile, Walmart, and AT&T.

Sue is also a member of Lipscomb University's Board of Trustees and other non-profit boards, a generous philanthropist, and a mentor to students in the College of Business through the Executives-in-Residence program.

She shares stories and advice based on her management experiences, including the importance of:

• Securing buy-in from commitment not compliance
• Building a culture where employees are given the proper training, information, and tools to do their job.
• Remaining a humble student and understanding you can learn from anyone.
• Being courageous enough to surround yourself with people that are smarter than you
• Ensuring your actions line up with your words

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

Bring The Management Minute to Your Organization

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Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

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This episode's interview is with Greg Sandfort, former President & CEO of Tractor Supply Company. He also served as President and COO at Michaels Stores, Inc. 

Greg shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Understanding that change is a good thing and embracing it
• Implementing a servant leadership approach built on trust
• Being able to relate to and communicate with people at all levels
• Listening more than you speak

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

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This episode's interview is with General Bill Hickman, a decorated military leader with over 36 years of service.

He is also the Chair of the Board of Directors at Campbell Strong Defense Alliance and the Director of Scoutreach for the Boy Scouts of America's Middle Tennessee Council.

He shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Demonstrating the courage to do the right thing even when it's costly
• Understanding what your leadership philosophy is
• Solving problems people don't know they have
• Bringing people into the planning process when implementing change
• Gathering information from a variety of perspectives

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

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This episode's interview is with Mignon Francois, the Founder, CEO, and Director of Joy at The Cupcake Collection. She is also a National Best-Selling Author.

She shares stories and advice based on her management experiences, including the importance of:

• Ensuring your people understand their value
• Listening to your employees and trying to understand the desires of their heart
• Understanding the power of your words
• Speaking life into your employees

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

Bring The Management Minute to Your Organization

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Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

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This episode's interview is with Dr. Scott Leuchter, a Business Psychologist and the CEO and Co-Founder of People Puzzle, LLC.

He shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Listening to your people and truly asking them questions to understand and not based on your agenda
• Having empathy and meeting your people where they are, whoever they are, and how they are
• Understanding management is not about you
• Spending time with people and giving them everything they need to be successful in the context of your role

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

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Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

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This episode's interview is with Jonathan Barnes, Founding Partner of Work Heartily, LLC and Executive Coach with Full Focus.

He shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Having a regular cadence of one-on-one meetings 
• Conducting task audits to ensure you are spending at least 85% of your time in the "Desire Zone"
• Defining what excellence looks like and then proceeding with that plan
• Understanding and reflecting on what you need to keep doing, improve upon, start doing, and stop doing individually and as a team
• Carving out time to think strategically about the business

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

Bring The Management Minute to Your Organization

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Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

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This episode's interview is with Burton Williams, CEO of The Ayers Foundation.

He shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Personal integrity and honesty
• Leading from the seat you are in  
• Being real and building authentic relationships with your people

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

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Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

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This episode's interview is with Arles Araujo, Director of Analytics Transformation at KPMG US.

He shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Setting a high bar but being fair about time, resources, and expectations
• Having the emotional intelligence to know when to be vulnerable and when to show strength
• Understanding your impact on employees' lives and taking it to heart
• Taking mental notes of your negative experiences with managers and treating your employees how you would've wanted to be treated in those moments

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

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Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

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This episode's interview is with Christine Skold, Chief Financial Officer at Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee.

She shares stories and advice based on her management experiences, including the importance of:

• Ensuring people see and understand the value and purpose of their work
• Speaking up and being willing to share your ideas and opinions
• Being intentional about setting aside time for self-care
• Self-advocacy, delegation, setting high expectations,  and collaboration

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

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Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

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This episode's interview is with Brant Beard, Assistant Vice President of Application Services at Parallon.

He shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Connecting people to their passions
• Encouraging your team to embrace challenges and learn from failure
• Understanding who you are and your purpose
• Sharing your story and roadblocks you've had to navigate

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

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Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

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This episode's interview is with Manuel Calderon, Managing Director at Qubika.

He shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Listening to understand and being humble
• Making sure your employees understand they are appreciated, respected, and that their opinions matter
• Demonstrating empathy and treating your employees as people first
• Being genuine and vulnerable

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

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Bring The Management Minute to Your Organization

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Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

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This episode's interview is with Wendy Kiepek, IT Executive Director at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

She shares stories and advice based on her management experiences, including the importance of:

• Connecting with people on a human level before getting to work
• Inspiring others and helping them build confidence in themselves
• Leading with authenticity and honesty
• Having grit, resilience, and never giving up 

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

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Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

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This episode's interview is with Garrett Dickerson, a Market Director at Thrivent Financial. 

He shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Understanding the values of those you lead
• Identifying and quickly addressing issues with the culture
• Building trust and having covenant relationships

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

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Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

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This episode's interview is with Dr. Candice McQueen, President of Lipscomb University.

She shares stories and advice based on her management experiences, including the importance of:

• Embracing the mindset of a learner and seeker
• Having an outcomes-driven, goal-oriented approach
• Discerning your purpose through listening, prayer, reflection, and conversations with thought partners
• Time management, transparency, and collaboration
• Navigating tension and moving forward with decisions

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

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Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

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This episode's interview is with JJ Rosen, Founder, Chairman, and Chief Manager at Atiba.

He shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Personalizing the way you support employees at  work and outside of work
• Encouraging everyone to share their opinions and not be "yes people"
• Being genuine and not faking it
• Giving people room to be honest and say, "I don't know."

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

Bring The Management Minute to Your Organization

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Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

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This episode's interview is with Dr. Laura Ferguson Mimms, Executive Director at the Tennessee Higher Education Initiative.

She shares stories and advice based on her management experiences, including the importance of:

• Listening, seeing, and appreciating others
• Slowing down and getting to know yourself better
• Getting to know the people you work with

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

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Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

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This episode's interview is with Stuart Cooper,  Client Development Director at Provisions Group.

He shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Listening to and trusting your people
• Prioritizing speed and getting things done over perfection
• Hiring good people and getting out of their way

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

Bring The Management Minute to Your Organization

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Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

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This episode's interview is with Sunny Bray,  Founder & CEO of Catalyst Collective.

She shares stories and advice based on her management experiences, including the importance of:

• Giving your employees autonomy and flexibility
• Laying the groundwork and setting the expectations for how you operate
• Setting boundaries and using your “no’s” to protect your “yes’s”
• Being vulnerable and opening up to others

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

Bring The Management Minute to Your Organization

Dr. Donita Brown leads in-person and virtual workshops designed to help leaders and teams communicate better, build resilience, and strengthen the way they work together.

Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

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This episode's interview is with Michael Bannister,  Vice President of Sales at Neurolens and a former regional director at Johnson & Johnson Vision.

He shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Having your values and your "why" to lean on
• Always thinking about your people
• Followership and cultivating good followers
• Finding your comfort zone and not taking yourself too seriously

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

Bring The Management Minute to Your Organization

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Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

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This episode's interview is with Amy Earnest,  Consulting IT Analyst and a former director at HCA Healthcare.

She shares stories and advice based on her management experiences, including the importance of:

• Having the courage to do the right thing
• Treating your people with dignity and respect
• Understanding who you are so you can be the best version of yourself
• Setting boundaries for what's healthy for you as a manager.

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

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Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

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This episode's interview is with Dr. Rick Holaway,  Associate Provost for Graduate Enrollment & Support at Lipscomb University.

He shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Making time to get to know your people
• Being open to criticism and making yourself better
• Loving your people and building a welcoming environment

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

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Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

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The first interview of Season 2  is with Karen Thompson, Assistant Vice President of Regional Community Engagement for HCA Healthcare.

She shares stories and advice based on his management and military experiences, including the importance of:

• Being intentional about connecting with employees in the moment
• Helping others who are going through a difficult time
• Starting with yourself when addressing problems
• Being deliberate about how you want employees to experience you

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

Bring The Management Minute to Your Organization

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Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

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This episode's interview is with Dr. Ray Eldridge, Dean of the College of Business at Lipscomb University.

He shares stories and advice based on his management and military experiences, including the importance of:

• Being purposeful about defining your values and remaining committed to them
• Having the courage to stand up for your team 
• Always assuming the best of someone’s intent

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

Bring The Management Minute to Your Organization

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Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

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This episode's interview is with Jeff Johnson, IT Leadership Consultant with Atiba.

He shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Doing your best in all things
• Taking good care of your people
• Being self-aware of how you are impacting others
• Giving honest feedback

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

Bring The Management Minute to Your Organization

Dr. Donita Brown leads in-person and virtual workshops designed to help leaders and teams communicate better, build resilience, and strengthen the way they work together.

Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

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This episode's interview is with Shonda Sammons, Owner of Advocate Builders and a serial entrepreneur.

She shares stories and advice based on her management experiences, including the importance of:

• Listening to understand and not to respond. 
• Finding complementary partnerships to elevate outcomes
• Looking at each employee as a whole person and not just a worker
• Creating space for your employees to grow and develop

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

Bring The Management Minute to Your Organization

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Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

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This episode's interview is with Eric Parmenter, Vice President of Health Systems at Quantum Health. 

Eric is also the author of Stop: 21 Stops to Reduce Stress and Enhance Joy.

He shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Putting your people first
• Appreciating the perspectives of others
• Listening more and talking less

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

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This episode's interview is with Penny Grogan, Vice President of Client Solutions at Trinisys.

She shares stories and advice based on her management experiences, including the importance of:

• Being adaptable & embracing change
• Treating others as you would like to be treated
• Living a balanced life
• Being kind to yourself

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

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Management Minute: [https://www.management-minute.com/]

This episode's interview is with Andrew Kerr, CEO and Managing Partner at FortyAU. Andrew is also the author of The Humility Imperative and a keynote speaker.

He shares stories and advice based on his management experiences, including the importance of:

• Operating out of a place of humility & boldness
• Embracing a growth mindset
• Being willing to serve others
• Understanding that it's not about you

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

Bring The Management Minute to Your Organization

Dr. Donita Brown leads in-person and virtual workshops designed to help leaders and teams communicate better, build resilience, and strengthen the way they work together.

Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

Connect with Dr. Donita Brown

LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/donitabrown]
Management Minute: [https://www.management-minute.com/]

This episode's interview is with Shandy Jones, Area Manager at Workout Anytime.

Shandy shares stories and advice based on her management experiences including the importance of:

• Daily coaching
• Leading with empathy and data when having difficult conversations
• Demonstrating good daily habits
• Being real and showing you are human

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

Bring The Management Minute to Your Organization

Dr. Donita Brown leads in-person and virtual workshops designed to help leaders and teams communicate better, build resilience, and strengthen the way they work together.

Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

Connect with Dr. Donita Brown

LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/donitabrown]
Management Minute: [https://www.management-minute.com/]

This episode's interview is with Daniel Alexander, Director of Automation Delivery and Support at HCA Healthcare.

Daniel shares stories and advice based on his management experiences including the importance of:

• Treating teams as an extension of your family
• Caring personally & challenging directly
• Being operationally focused 
• Understanding what you can and cannot coach in others

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

Bring The Management Minute to Your Organization

Dr. Donita Brown leads in-person and virtual workshops designed to help leaders and teams communicate better, build resilience, and strengthen the way they work together.

Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

Connect with Dr. Donita Brown

LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/donitabrown]
Management Minute: [https://www.management-minute.com/]

This episode's interview is with Zach Evans, Chief Technology Officer at XSOLIS.

Zach shares stories and advice based on his management experiences including the importance of:

• Demonstrating patience & meeting people where they are
• Being creative enough to make new mistakes
• Setting high expectations for your team

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

Bring The Management Minute to Your Organization

Dr. Donita Brown leads in-person and virtual workshops designed to help leaders and teams communicate better, build resilience, and strengthen the way they work together.

Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

Connect with Dr. Donita Brown

LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/donitabrown]
Management Minute: [https://www.management-minute.com/]

This episode's interview is with Alex Scott, Project Manager at Asurion.

Alex shares stories and advice based on her management experiences including the importance of building trust, being transparent, and demonstrating servant leadership.

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

Bring The Management Minute to Your Organization

Dr. Donita Brown leads in-person and virtual workshops designed to help leaders and teams communicate better, build resilience, and strengthen the way they work together.

Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

Connect with Dr. Donita Brown

LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/donitabrown]
Management Minute: [https://www.management-minute.com/]

This episode's interview is with Elliott Kershaw, Director of Strategic Sourcing at HCA Healthcare and Equity Partner at Kountry Wall Street LLC.

Elliott shares stories and advice based on his management experiences including the importance of:

• Having empathy & meeting people where they are
• Avoiding drama & finding people who seek out peace
• Making time for the things that are most important
• Demonstrating love to your team

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• Who or what has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

Bring The Management Minute to Your Organization

Dr. Donita Brown leads in-person and virtual workshops designed to help leaders and teams communicate better, build resilience, and strengthen the way they work together.

Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

Connect with Dr. Donita Brown

LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/donitabrown]
Management Minute: [https://www.management-minute.com/]

This episode's interview is with Ashlon Schum, Strategy Advancement Lead Advisor at Humana.

Ashlon shares stories and advice based on her management experiences including the importance of:

• Fostering an environment where there is no fear or shame in asking questions
• Holding firm in your purpose
• Embracing being uncomfortable & sitting at the table
• Focusing on your strengths

She answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• What or who has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

Bring The Management Minute to Your Organization

Dr. Donita Brown leads in-person and virtual workshops designed to help leaders and teams communicate better, build resilience, and strengthen the way they work together.

Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

Connect with Dr. Donita Brown

LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/donitabrown]
Management Minute: [https://www.management-minute.com/]

This episode's interview is with Aaron Clifford, Director of Platform Engineering at Dollar General.

Aaron shares stories and advice based on his management experiences including the importance of:

• Encouraging dissent
• Taking blame and excuses out of the picture
• Being vulnerable & transparent
• Treating employees how you want to be treated

He answers the same questions as each podcast guest:

• How do your values impact your management philosophy?
• What or who has had the most impact on your management style?
• What book has made the biggest impact on you?

About The Management Minute:

Practical leadership and management ideas you can actually use. The Management Minute with Dr. Donita Brown delivers short, actionable conversations on leadership, communication, resilience, workplace culture, and professional growth.

Bring The Management Minute to Your Organization

Dr. Donita Brown leads in-person and virtual workshops designed to help leaders and teams communicate better, build resilience, and strengthen the way they work together.

Interested in bringing a workshop to your organization? Learn more or get in touch here: [https://www.management-minute.com/workshops]

Connect with Dr. Donita Brown

LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/donitabrown]
Management Minute: [https://www.management-minute.com/]