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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

Written 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 Tips | Redefine Humility

    Leadership Tips | Redefine Humility
    Mar 2 2026

    In this week’s leadership tip, we’re redefining humility at work. After hearing Seth Rogen describe Catherine O’Hara as someone who was both a genius and kind, it sparked an important reminder: confidence and humility are not mutually exclusive.

    Somewhere along the way, we started confusing humility with shrinking. Downplaying strengths. Pretending we’re not good at something so we don’t seem “too much.” But true humility isn’t thinking less of yourself. It’s thinking of yourself less. It’s secure leadership. It’s knowing your value without needing to announce it.

    As a leader, you don’t have to choose between being confident and being humble. You can bring strength, generosity, and self-awareness to your team at the same time.

    Check back every week for your weekly leadership tip on life and leadership.


    Watch the Instagram Reel that sparked this week's tip!

    Taking Intentional Action: How to Choose the Life You Lead

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    5 mins
  • How to Prioritize What Actually Matters at Work for Yourself and Your Team

    How to Prioritize What Actually Matters at Work for Yourself and Your Team
    Feb 26 2026

    If everything feels urgent, nothing improves.

    In this episode, we break down how to prioritize what actually matters at work by asking two simple questions:

    Is it important?
    Is it urgent?

    You’ll learn how to:

    • Stop reacting to every email and request
    • Reduce distractions and protect deep work
    • Set boundaries with your boss and team
    • Avoid doing everything at 50%

    We walk through real-life examples, including last-minute meetings, “quick” report requests, forgotten school lunch money, and the 23-minute refocus cost of interruptions.

    Intentional prioritization isn’t about doing less. It’s about placing your energy where it actually moves the needle.

    And once you learn to do this for yourself, it becomes easier to do it as a team.

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    Key Takeaways

    • Not everything that feels urgent is actually important.
    • Interruptions cost momentum, not just time.
    • Clarity at the individual level creates clarity at the team level.

    Taking Intentional Action: How to Choose the Life You Lead

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    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

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    18 mins
  • Leadership Tip | The Titanic Sank

    Leadership Tip | The Titanic Sank
    Feb 23 2026

    Have you ever felt ready to step up as a leader… but worried that others didn’t see you that way?

    In this week’s leadership tip, we’re talking about doubt, yours and theirs. The Titanic was built by professionals, and it still sank. Confidence isn’t a prerequisite for leadership. It’s built through consistent action, ownership, and showing up before you feel fully ready.

    Check back every Monday for your weekly leadership tip.

    Taking Intentional Action: How to Choose the Life You Lead

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    4 mins
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