Breaking the Circle for Leaders
Breaking the Circle for Leaders is the podcast for frustrated middle managers who feel stuck in the same patterns, working harder but getting the same results, as stress builds. In each episode, Jon Manning, author of Emotional Intelligence Unleashed, draws on 25 years of operational management experience at McDonald's, Pizza Hut, and Greggs, among others, to explore why conversations spiral, why teams resist change, and why the pressure never seems to let up. Not theory. Not corporate training. Real stories, practical tools, and small shifts in thinking that make Monday mornings feel different.
Breaking the Circle for Leaders
EP01 Breaking the Circle
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Breaking the Circle is the podcast for middle managers who feel stuck in the same cycles — working hard but going round in circles. Each week Jon Manning takes a real management situation, tells a story, and draws out practical insight you can use the next day. Not theory. Real tools from someone who's been in the room. Subscribe now — episode one coming soon
Free guide: Why Your Conversations Keep Going Sideways, and the One Shift That Fixes It
The book: Emotional Intelligence Unleashed
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Jon Manning is the author of Emotional Intelligence Unleashed. Thirty years on the shop floor, not a textbook.