You got the title. Nobody gave you the manual. Promoted Not Prepared is the show for first-time and emerging managers navigating the hardest transition in a career: from doing the work to leading & influencing the outcomes of the people who do it.
THE GAP
Real Talk
Unfiltered stories of management failure and discovery, straight from the hosts’ own careers.
What the Research Says
The actual science behind what makes development stick, translated into plain language and story.
The Scenario Room
Gritty, anonymized listener situations worked through from two different leadership lenses.
The Tool Drop
One practical framework or technique each week, built to use before your next meeting.
WHO THIS IS FOR
First-time managers
You got the team and the title, but no one handed you the roadmap for becoming someone others can rely on.
HR and L&D leaders
You’re building the programs meant to support new managers before struggle impacts revenue.
Senior leaders
You want to understand why so many new managers are set up to struggle — and what better support looks like.
WHY TWO HOSTS
Dr. Neil brings the research: how transformation actually happens inside people. Dr. Rick brings the lived architecture: how that transformation plays out inside real organizations. Presented not just from an academic lens, but from lived experiences of those walking the walk. The mentors you weren't assigned. Together, they present new data on what it takes to lead humans in an increasing non-human world… it’s the whole kit and caboodle.
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