Empower Your Leadership Journey
The Leader I Needed with James (Trig) Rosseau, Sr.
The Leader I Needed with James Rosseau, Sr. empowers new managers to become effective people-first leaders. Each episode offers practical tools and insights to navigate the challenges of leadership while cultivating emotional intelligence. Tune in for honest conversations and actionable advice that can transform your leadership journey.
Recent Episodes
238
Nov. 3, 2026
238. Career Advice: Being Nice & Respected Can Coexist, PIP, & Taking The Counter-Offer
James Rosseau Sr. answers three listener questions: balancing being liked with being respected, when a performance improvement plan is actually fair, and why your best people shouldn't need a competing offer to hear they're valued.
237
Oct. 27, 2026
237. How To Fire Someone ( While Keeping Their Dignity Intact)
A practical, humane framework for letting someone go — the one question that can surface the exit before it has to be forced, and how to handle it without crushing them or yourself.
236
Oct. 20, 2026
236. Career Advice: How To Deal With A Negative Nancy At Work
What to do with a chronically negative team member — the questions that turn venting into ownership, and the one behavior you can't let slide while rebuilding trust.
235
Oct. 13, 2026
235. Career Advice: Being Accepted, Delegating Work & Avoiding The Hard Conversations
Mailbag answers on earning a new team's trust, delegating without rescuing, and why avoiding hard conversations quietly costs you and your people.
234
Oct. 6, 2026
234. Career Advice: I Want To Quit My Job, Maternity Leave Dilemma & Fixing A Toxic Work Environment
Real listener questions on a boss who strips away your voice, fixing compulsive over-functioning, surviving a disposable-feeling first week, and whether you can protect your team inside a blame-first culture.
233
Sept. 29, 2026
233. Women In Leadership: Success In a Male- Dominated Industry & Mentoring In The Workplace
Executive and author Ashwini Balasubramanian on faking it to fit into a male-dominated industry, the difference between a culture fit and a culture add, and how a painful missed promotion led to one of her most valuable mentoring relationships.