The End of “Nice Leadership”: How to Be Direct, Kind, and Respected

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The Manager Track

Ramona Shaw

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The End of “Nice Leadership”: How to Be Direct, Kind, and Respected

The Manager Track

38 minutes 29 seconds

2 weeks ago

The End of “Nice Leadership”: How to Be Direct, Kind, and Respected

We all want to be seen as kind leaders. But too often, we confuse kindness with niceness.

In this week's episode of The Manager Track, I talk with leadership strategist and executive coach Andrea Wanerstrand, founder of A3 Culture Lab. Andrea spent more than 25 years inside Microsoft, Meta, and T-Mobile studying what helps leaders earn trust and build strong teams and what quietly erodes it.

We unpack why niceness often comes from our own need to be liked, how that habit shows up in feedback conversations, and what it takes to replace "people-pleasing" with courage, clarity, and care. Andrea also shares her A3 framework that helps teams grow without the manager becoming a bottleneck.

If you've ever softened feedback to keep the peace or avoided a hard conversation to protect a relationship, this one's worth your time.

Listen now on our Website, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.

— RESOURCES MENTIONED —

Andrea Wanerstrand's website: https://a3culturelab.com
Andrea Wanerstand's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreawanerstrand
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— OTHER EPISODES YOU MIGHT LIKE —

Episode 215 - How to Transform Good Teams Into Excellent Ones - With Rusty Komori
Episode 127 - How to Lead a Thriving Team with Kirstin Moorefield

— WHAT’S NEXT? —

Learn more about our leadership development programs, coaching and workshops at archova.org.

Grab your copy of Ramona's best-selling book 'The Confident & Competent New Manager: How to Rapidly Rise to Success in Your First Leadership Role': amzn.to/3TuOdcP

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