Both sides need to build the bridge.

If only one side builds, you have a look out.

A guide to how to build a bridge between manager and employee that creates a solid, trusting relationship at work.

Excerpt from Meet Me on the Bridge

“Every day, in every way, you’re building a bridge with everyone. You’re either doing things to reinforce the bridge or the bridge is decaying and deteriorating.”

In Meet Me on the Bridge, Kimberly Sauceda explores how to build a bridge between manager and employee. Sauceda breaks it into three parts: How to Build, Strengthen, and Maintain (or Repair) the Bridge, providing nine bricks to do this. Each wraps up with a review of actions steps you can take as a manager or an employee. This book is full of stories and insights from Sauceda’s career as well as stories and insights of C-suite leaders, founders, manager, and individual contributors across a variety of industries.

What Reviews Are Saying About Meet Me on the Bridge…

  • “Meet Me on the Bridge is one of the few books I’ve seen with focus on creating a common ground between managers and employees. The practical guidance is supported by relatable stories where each chapter wraps up with how-to’s for both the manager and the employee. A great resource for any leader looking to build a high-performing and engaged team.”

    ~ Ted Robey, Director, IT Talent and Leadership Development

  • “It was a wonderful read. I got inspired reading it. The subject matter is extremely poignant at this time, as many companies are struggling to retain talent. This book, Meet Me on the Bridge, has great content to create solid relationships.”

    ~ Sonia B, Operations Program Manager

  • “It all begins with an idea.“Many valuable lessons are included in Meet Me on the Bridge for how to build and lead strong teams. Employees are people, not assets...if you treat them accordingly, encourage every employee to "own their business” and invest in their personal development you're sure to form a team of high performing and truly inspired individuals. This book is an indispensable guide for both new and experienced leaders.”

    ~ Rodney Toy, Tech Executive and Advisor

  • "Meet Me on the Bridge is a great book that addresses the whole person, not just the employee or manager. The importance of reminding ourselves that relationships are two way does not come up often in leadership philosophy but is vital.”

    ~ Kelly Smith, Human Resources and Payroll

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Meet Me on the Bridge has three parts, each with three bricks.

When you leverage the bricks in the chapters of this book to build strong relationships you create healthy, high performing teams with both engaged managers and employees. When we focus on these relationships, that is the world of work in which we all thrive. That is where organizations thrive and produce great results.

Building bridges is necessary now more than ever.

  • Here we’ll cover the foundation required to build a bridge of between manager and employee, including how to get started putting those first bricks in place:

    • Cornerstone of Trust

    • Pillars of Respect

    • Creating Connection

    What dozens of interviews, research, and my own experience have shown time and time again, is that for a bridge between employees and managers to be successful and sustainable, it must be built on a foundation of trust, respect, and connection.

  • Part two is all about building on the initial foundation and strengthening relationships through:

    • Setting clear expectations and boundaries

    • Gaining alignment

    • Exhibiting belief and opportunities

    In many ways, these bricks continue building on and reinforcing the respect, trust, and connection you’ve already developed, additionally helping to facilitate communication, limit burn out, and empower teams to rise to meet their full potential.

  • Part three provides the last three bricks to building a rock-solid bridge of connection between employees and managers:

    • Culture of curiosity

    • Active listening

    • Ownership with consistency

    Here, we discuss the value of all three and how you can begin to cultivate them.

    Each not only reinforces the fundamentals of trust, respect, and connection, but actively builds on them and can be utilized to help repair our bridges.

Kimberly Sauceda has over 20 years of marketing leadership experience at Fortune 500 companies, like Apple and Logitech, where she led global teams in game-changing product launches. Sauceda built high-performing, collaborative teams that drove 2x market growth. She learned to thrive in these environments (both as an employee and as a manager) by creating and maintaining solid relationships at all levels.

As an executive coach and speaker, she now works with organizations and their leaders to create stronger relationships and to be “all in” for their teams, as well as move from overwhelmed to unstoppable.

Her favorite relationships are the ones with her boys. As an avid traveler, her favorite bridge is the Charles Bridge in Prague.

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