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You’re the Boss, Now What? with Desiree Petrich | Leadership and Team Development for Managers and Team Leaders

You’re the Boss, Now What? with Desiree Petrich | Leadership and Team Development for Managers and Team Leaders

By: Desiree Petrich - Intentional Action
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A leadership podcast for managers who want stronger teams, less drama, and more trust at work.


If you are a manager of people, this podcast is your playbook for the real challenges of leadership!


Each week, your host Desiree Petrich shares practical tools and frameworks from Working Genius, DISC, and The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team to help you:


  • Hold employees accountable without micromanaging
  • Handle conflict at work before it turns into drama
  • Build trust and respect as a confident, credible leader
  • Fix a toxic culture and create a team that takes ownership
  • Lead effective team meetings that inspire engagement and action


Whether you’re leading a small team or an entire department, you’ll learn actionable strategies to create better communication, deeper trust, and a workplace people actually enjoy showing up to.


You’ll also get quick takeaways from bestselling leadership books, so you can skip the fluff and apply what works!


You’re the Boss, Now What? is your weekly dose of coaching for managers who want to do more than manage, they want to lead.


Popular Topics Include:
One-on-one meeting frameworks, handling team conflict, addressing passive-aggressive behavior, rebuilding trust after drama, navigating difficult employees, setting expectations without micromanaging, improving accountability conversations, fixing toxic communication patterns, leading effective team meetings, delegation strategies for overwhelmed managers, increasing team buy-in, coaching underperforming employees, giving feedback that lands, managing impostor syndrome at work, and creating a healthier, more human-centered culture.

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Episodes
  • Leadership Tip | Do it For You

    Leadership Tip | Do it For You
    Feb 9 2026

    Do you ever notice how easy it is to look to others for reassurance?

    In this week's leadership tip, we reflects on the reminder that confidence grows when we do things for ourselves, not for approval. When leaders rely too heavily on outside validation, confidence stays fragile. When confidence is built internally, leadership becomes steadier and more grounded.

    Check back every Monday for your weekly leadership tip!

    Taking Intentional Action: How to Choose the Life You Lead

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    Tune in every Monday for your weekly Leadership Tip

    Take the DISC or Working Genius Assessment and get a FREE 20 minutes debrief with Desiree

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    4 mins
  • How Managers Build Team Accountability During and After Meetings

    How Managers Build Team Accountability During and After Meetings
    Feb 5 2026

    Meetings don’t fail because of bad agendas. They fail when decisions don’t turn into action.

    In this episode of the podcast for managers, Desiree picks up from last week’s conversation on meeting fatigue and zooms in on what happens next. You’ll learn why accountability often feels like micromanagement, how clarity and support change follow through, and what real team accountability actually looks like after meetings end.

    This episode walks through three things every manager is responsible to their team for: clarity, support, and accountability. When these are present, meetings become a leadership development tool instead of a source of conflict at work.

    Key Takeaways
    • Why clarity closes the gap between expectation and reality
    • How support prevents accountability from feeling like micromanagement
    • What managers can do after meetings to protect team standards


    Listen to more episodes on meeting, conflict and accountability!

    3 Ways Meetings Drain Your Team and Create Conflict at Work

    A Manager's Guide to Keeping Top Talent and Stopping Negativity Before it Spreads
    5 Steps to Rebuild Trust and Handle Conflict at Work as a Manager
    How Great Managers Prevent Conflict Before it Starts

    Taking Intentional Action: How to Choose the Life You Lead

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    Tune in every Monday for your weekly Leadership Tip

    Take the DISC or Working Genius Assessment and get a FREE 20 minutes debrief with Desiree

    Get a curated list of Desiree's favorite books in every genre

    Connect: Linked In | Instagram | Website
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    19 mins
  • 3 Ways Meetings Drain Your Team and Create Conflict at Work

    3 Ways Meetings Drain Your Team and Create Conflict at Work
    Jan 29 2026

    If you are a manager who feels stuck in meetings that go nowhere, you are not alone. Many leaders schedule meetings hoping to create alignment, solve problems, or move work forward, but instead experience meeting fatigue, disengagement, and conflict at work.

    In this episode, Desiree explains why meetings without decisions drain your team and your time, how information-heavy meetings quietly disengage employees, and why meetings have become the default response instead of a leadership tool. You will learn how misalignment around meeting purpose leads to frustration, a lack of team accountability, and stalled leadership development. This episode focuses on front-end fixes managers can make before meetings even begin, so meetings become a tool for clarity, trust, and stronger team management rather than a source of stress.

    Key Takeaways

    • Meetings without clear decisions create frustration, rework, and conflict at work
    • Information meetings are a major cause of disengagement and meeting fatigue for teams
    • Using meetings intentionally is a leadership development skill that improves team accountability

    As you listen, think about your next meeting and ask yourself what decision actually needs to be made and who owns it.


    Episode Links:

    How to Make Meetings More Effective and Engaging | Lessons from Death By Meeting By Patrick Lencioni

    The Best Way to Overcome Dysfunction and Build a Cohesive Team | Lessons from 5 Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni

    5 Steps to Make One-on-One Meetings Build Trust Instead of Waste Time


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    Taking Intentional Action: How to Choose the Life You Lead

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    Love this show? Say thanks by leaving a positive review.

    Tune in every Monday for your weekly Leadership Tip

    Take the DISC or Working Genius Assessment and get a FREE 20 minutes debrief with Desiree

    Get a curated list of Desiree's favorite books in every genre

    Connect: Linked In | Instagram | Website
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    19 mins
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