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1044: Becoming the Boss that Everyone Wants to Work For with Sabina Nawaz

2025/3/27
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How to Be Awesome at Your Job

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Sabina Nawaz shows you how to cope with the pressures that come with leadership. 

— YOU’LL LEARN — 

  1. The perils of getting promoted** **

  2. Why asking for feedback isn’t enough** **

  3. The power of shutting up** **

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— ABOUT SABINA — 

Sabina Nawaz is an elite executive coach who advises C-level executives and teams at Fortune 500 corporations, government agencies, nonprofits, and academic institutions around the world. During her fourteen-year tenure at Microsoft, she went from managing software development teams to leading the company’s executive development and succession planning efforts for over 11,000 managers and nearly a thousand executives.  She is the author of YOU’RE THE BOSS: Become the Manager You Want to Be (and Others Need). 

Book: You're the Boss: Become the Manager You Want to Be (and Others Need))** 

• Website: SabinaNawaz.com) 

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — 

• Book: Martyr: A Novel)* by Kaveh Akbar *

• Book: The Little Prince) by Antoine de Saint-Exupery** **

• Book: The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't) by Robert Sutton** **

• Book: Elon Musk) by Walter Isaacson 

• Past episode: 204: How to Survive the Jerks at Work with Robert Sutton) 

— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — 

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• **Strawberry.me. **Claim your $50 credit and build momentum in your career with Strawberry.me/Awesome)

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