Coronavirus Guidance - Phone One on Ones
A rerelease of our guidance on phone One on Ones, which addresses problems related to working from home and managing remote employees that you may now be facing because of coronavirus.
Mar 03, 2020
Manager Tools
Tired of management theory? Want to learn specific skills to help improve your management performance? Then Manager Tools is the podcast for you! Manager Tools is a weekly business podcast focused on helping professionals become more effective managers and leaders. Each week, we discuss specific actions for professionals to take to achieve their desired management and career objectives. Manager Tools won Best Business Podcast Award in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2012 as well as the People's Choice Award in 2008. Find more at http://www.manager-tools.com/
Episodes
Work-Life Balance: The Yellow Peanut M&M Analogy
The common wisdom about work-family balance is wrong. We're asking the wrong question.
Mar 02, 2020
Training Is Not The Answer
Training is the go-to answer for skill development. But training isn't really what you want.
Feb 24, 2020
The Interview Results Capture Meeting - HOF 2020
Our Hall Of Fame guidance on capturing interview results in a fast and simple meeting.
Feb 17, 2020
Rules of Small Project Management - Chapter 1 - Deliverables Basics - Part 2
Part 2 of our guidance on small project management deliverables basics.
Feb 10, 2020
Rules of Small Project Management - Chapter 1 - Deliverables Basics - Part 1
Part 1 of our guidance on small project management deliverables basics.
Feb 03, 2020
Authenticity And The Manager Tools Trinity - Part 2
Part 2 of our guidance for managers and directs expressing concern that Manager Tools' Trinity guidance is formulaic, and not authentic. Here's how to think through those concerns, and/or address them from a colleague.
Jan 27, 2020
Authenticity And The Manager Tools Trinity - Part 1
Part 1 of our guidance for managers and directs expressing concern that Manager Tools' Trinity guidance is formulaic, and not authentic. Here's how to think through those concerns, and/or address them from a colleague.
Jan 20, 2020
Manager Tools and Race and Gender
The data on how race and gender affect behaviors and outcomes for the Manager Tools trinity.
Jan 13, 2020
The Effective Hiring Manager Missing Chapters - Reducing Interviewee Stress - Part 2
Part 2 of our guidance on reducing interviewee stress. Adding more stress to a candidate reduces the effectiveness of your interview process. Don't do it.
Jan 06, 2020
Assumptive Goal Setting - HOF 2019
Our Hall of Fame guidance on how to think more creatively about annual planning goals.
Dec 30, 2019
How to Set Annual Goals - HOF 2019
Our Hall Of Fame guidance on how to start setting annual goals, and why we do not like "SMART" goals.
Dec 23, 2019
The Effective Hiring Manager Missing Chapters - Reducing Interviewee Stress - Part 1
Part 1 of our guidance on reducing interviewee stress. Adding more stress to a candidate reduces the effectiveness of your interview process. Don't do it.
Dec 16, 2019
Simple Interviewer Training - Part 2 - HOF 2019
Part 2 of our Hall Of Fame guidance on how to teach directs how to interview candidates for hiring.
Dec 09, 2019
Simple Interviewer Training - Part 1 - HOF 2019
Part 1 of our Hall Of Fame guidance on how to teach directs how to interview candidates for hiring.
Dec 02, 2019
Delivering The Performance Review - HOF 2019
Our Hall of Fame guidance on delivering a performance review.
Nov 25, 2019
Preparing Performance Reviews - HOF 2019
This week, we're re-releasing one of our Hall of Fame casts on how to prepare performance reviews.
Nov 18, 2019
Solution to a Stalled Technical Career - HOF 2019
Our Hall Of Fame guidance on the secret to reinvigorating a stalled technical career.
Nov 11, 2019
The Effective Hiring Manager Missing Chapters - Reasons To Say No #1 - Unprepared
There are some rarely forgivable interviewing mistakes that justify ruling a candidate out even when there are good reasons to hire them. Lack of preparation is one of them.
Nov 04, 2019
M Conference Learnings and Highlights
Mark and Mike talk about what happened at the Manager Tools 2019 inaugural M Conference.
Oct 28, 2019
Negative Feedback Pushback Examples - Part 2
Part 2 of our examples of how to respond to different kinds of pushback to feedback.
Oct 21, 2019
How To Turn Down a Job Candidate - HOF 2019
Our Hall Of Fame guidance on effective and ineffective ways to notify a candidate you’ve interviewed that you won’t be offering them.
Oct 14, 2019
Negative Feedback Pushback Examples - Part 1
Part 1 of our examples of how to respond to different kinds of pushback to feedback.
Oct 07, 2019
Introducing The Effective Hiring Manager Book
An interview with Mark Horstman about his new book, The Effective Hiring Manager.
Sep 30, 2019
Don't Use Consensus
Using consensus as a decision making tool is a bad idea for managers.
Sep 23, 2019
Feedback Is Not A Personal Attack
Feedback is about behavior. It's not a personal attack.
Sep 16, 2019
First Meeting New Direct Series: Support The Team
New team members need guidance about your key issues early on. This is a continuation of our series about messages that shouldn't wait.
Sep 09, 2019
Meeting Leadership - 6 Rules - Part 3
Part 3 of our guidance on what leaders do to take their meetings to the next level.
Sep 02, 2019
Meeting Leadership - 6 Rules - Part 2
Part 2 of our guidance on what leaders do to take their meetings to the next level.
Aug 26, 2019
Meeting Leadership - 6 Rules - Part 1
Part 1 of our guidance on what leaders do to take their meetings to the next level.
Aug 19, 2019
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