Sean McPheat

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Sean McPheat Leading people shouldn’t feel this hard. Better managers build better teams.

Founder & CEO of MTD Training & Skillshub. 5x Author | 9,000+ organisations trained.

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04/11/2026

Comment ASK and I’ll send you a video on how to do this properly.

If every decision on your team waits for you, you’re the bottleneck manager.

Most managers think answering every question is good leadership. But each answer you give is one less decision your team learns to make. Keep doing it and six months from now, nobody will move without your say so, and your own work will still be sitting there.

Next time someone asks what to do, ask them what they think. If their idea won’t work, coach them through it. That’s how a leader builds a team that thinks for itself, and it’s the heart of good management.

04/11/2026

How to manage people older than you.

03/11/2026

The best thing a manager can do all week is this.

03/11/2026

Managing your mates is a tough job.

02/11/2026

Comment BUILD and I’ll send you a video on how to lead your team in the right way.

Your best person on the team is planning to leave, because you keep letting the worst one off.

Most managers don’t mean to. The low performer misses a deadline and you give it to someone reliable. But that someone reliable is always the same person. Now they’re doing two jobs for one salary, and they’ve noticed.

Good leadership means dealing with that low performer this week and having the conversation you’ve been putting off. Every leader has someone in mind. If you don’t deal with it, your best person will make the decision for you, and that’s a management problem you can’t undo.

02/11/2026

How to spot a crappy manager in 5 seconds.

01/11/2026

Being a manager is like checking the weather but who checks on your weather?

01/11/2026

Managers, drum this into your team.

31/10/2026

Managers, what to do when a member of staff refuses a task.

31/10/2026

Managers who send a letter instead of having a quiet word are scared of the conversation.

Someone wrote in after getting a formal letter for talking too much at work. No chat first, no heads up, just the letter.

That should have been two minutes in private the first time it became a problem. Say what you’ve noticed, ask them to keep it down, done.

If this has happened to you, check your company’s grievance process and ask your manager for a proper conversation about it.

Managers, say it early and say it kindly. A letter should never be the first anyone hears of it.

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