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THE MAKING OF A MANAGER
Julie Zhuo's essential guide for anyone who's just been handed their first team. No theory. No waffle. Real advice for the moment when "doing the work" becomes "leading the people who do the work." If you've been promoted recently — start here.
Videos
WATCH & LEARN.
Short, sharp videos worth your time. No hour-long keynotes. No buzzword bingo. Just content that changes how you manage.
Leadership & Management
HOW GREAT LEADERS INSPIRE ACTION
Simon Sinek explains how influential leaders and organisations achieve success by communicating from the inside out.
Communication & Workplace Relationships
THE POWER OF VULNERABILITY
Brené Brown studies human connection -- our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk at TEDxHouston, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity.
Communication & Workplace Relationships
FEEDBACK IS A GIFT
In this video, Simon Sinek will discuss the power of feedback and how being more receptive to feedback is imperative to becoming better people, leaders, and professionals.
Podcasts
LISTEN ON THE COMMUTE.
Good management content that earns your ear time. These are the shows MTA listens to — sharp, practical, and worth the hour.
Leadership & Management
HOW I BUILT THIS WITH GUY RAZ
Guy Raz interviews the world's best-known entrepreneurs to learn how they built their iconic brands.
Leadership Mindset & EQ
THE REAL REASON YOU PROCRASTINATE
You procrastinate because you're lazy, right? Wrong. The truth is more complex—and far more interesting. Learn how to stop putting off important tasks ... with a little help from master procrastinator Margaret Atwood.
Communication & Workplace relationships
THE WORKPLACE IS NOT HIGH SCHOOL
Ensuring workers can meaningfully engage with colleagues and understand how to best communicate under pressure is a critical but often overlooked skill that HR must be on top of.
Books
READ IT. USE IT.
The books MTA recommends to every manager we work with. Not a reading list for show — a short, sharp shelf of books that actually change how people lead.
Emerging Leaders & New Managers
THE FIRST 90 DAYS
The First 90 Days has become the bestselling, globally acknowledged bible of leadership and career transitions.
Leadership & Management
RADICAL CANDOR by KIM SCOTT
Radical Candor is a simple idea: to be a good boss, you have to Care Personally at the same time that you Challenge Directly.
Leadership Mindset & EQ
ATOMIC HABITS by JAMES CLEAR
People think that when you want to change your life, you need to think big. But world-renowned habits expert James Clear has discovered another way. He knows that real change comes from the compound effect of hundreds of small decisions: doing two push-ups a day, waking up five minutes early, or holding a single short phone call.
Case Studies
REAL TEAMS. REAL RESULTS.
What happens when Australian businesses stop settling for generic training. Specific outcomes. Measurable shifts. Read these before you make your next training decision.
Leadership & Management
THE 15-MINUTE REHEARSAL THAT TURNED A DREADED MEETING INTO A WIN.
A production team leader at a manufacturing site in Albury was dreading a meeting with senior management to explain a missed delivery deadline. She'd been running the worst-case scenario on a loop for days, but never actually preparing what she'd say.
Templates
STEAL THESE. USE THEM.
Ready-to-use frameworks and templates — built for Australian managers who don't have time to start from scratch. Download, adapt, apply.
Guides
GUIDES THAT DO THE WORK.
Deeper resources for when you need more than a quick read. MTA-approved guides that go beyond the surface.
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