Dave covers how to understand your responsibilities and how to transition from a manager to a leader. He explains how to improve your communication, become a better listener, and connect to your employees emotionally.

Being a manager will be challenging. So it's important to remember all of the benefits that make it worth it. After this lesson, you'll be able to articulate why you are ready and willing to be a new manager.

Is leadership more important, or management? Which one should you focus on? How are they different? Similar? After this lesson, you'll be able to tell which skill set you need to leverage, and when.

As a first-time manager, it's important to realize that your team will model their behavior after yours. After this video, you'll be able to build your own leadership framework that will inspire your team.

Clear expectations and constructive feedback will help your team deliver at a high level by ensuring they know where they stand. After this video, you'll be able to set expectations that reduce ambiguity and assign work with clarity.

If your team's work environment isn't safe, they won't be comfortable being themselves or taking on risks. After this video, you'll be able to apply a three-pronged approach to creating a safe work environment.

Nothing frustrates people more than being stuck in a dead-end job. It's up to you to understand your team members' career aspirations. After watching this video, you'll be able to map out career paths and have these critical conversations with your team.

Does anyone enjoy speaking to someone whose head is buried in a screen? Of course not. After this video, you'll be able to put away the tech when talking with your team.

Listening is about more than just absorbing the content of what's being said to you. After this video, you'll be able to up your listening game to absorb more of the message people are really sending.

Delegating a task and being left wondering, "Gee, I really hope they understood what I need" is a terrible feeling. After this lesson, you'll be able to use a two-way confirmation technique to ensure your people understand each other.

Most failed projects happen because you and your team members have a different idea of what a successful outcome is. After this lesson, you'll be able to delegate a task with a clear definition of success and clear evaluation metrics.

Hardly any projects are completed solo, so your team members will have to rely on each other to complete their work. If these people don't help when needed, they create the roadblocks that derail your team's work. After this lesson, you'll be able to identify roadblocks, and more importantly, work with your team to remove them.

If you use your gut feelings when making decisions, you'll eventually make a mistake. You need to be data-driven. After watching this lesson, you'll be able to dig into your data and build a KPI report to aid your decision-making.

A huge part of leadership is connecting with your team on a human level. If you're not authentic and vulnerable, true connection is impossible. After this lesson, you'll be able to show up as a professional but authentic version of yourself.

An unhealthy organizational culture can wreck just about everything -- results, engagement, team cohesion, retention, etc. After this lesson, you'll be able to build a winning team culture for and with your team.

Do your team members know why they're working on their work? If not, how do you expect them to care about the outcome? After this lesson, you'll be able to give your team the context they need to ensure they understand the bigger picture.

As a leader, it's great to be 100% authentic. But if you're 100% transparent and vulnerable, you'll inevitably make some people uncomfortable. After this lesson, you'll be able to consider all three styles so you can craft the right message for the right situation.

If the primary goal of a manager is to build a high-performing team, then the first step is to get the right people on your team (and the wrong people off your team.) After this lesson, you'll be able to confidently build your team through hiring and firing decisions.

Diversity and inclusion are critical elements for all teams. After this lesson, you'll be able to build a diverse and inclusive team by reducing bias in your team.

In the final episode, Dave suggests you have an understanding of what your subordinates might be feeling or going through and factor that in in your decision-making process.