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The Effective Manager Book

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This feed contains podcasts which accompany The Effective Manager book, the how-to guide for exceptional management from the bottom up. The podcasts provide more detailed guidance on specific topics that didn't make it into the book. 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. The Business Podcast Award is now named after Manager Tools. Go to http://www.manager-tools.com/testimonials to read what others are saying about the impact Manager Tools has had on their careers and lives. Our goal: Every Manager Effective (TM).
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One on Ones - Work or Personal?

This guidance addresses how personal One on Ones ought to be - should they be all about family and personal stuff, or just about work?

Feb 01, 2019•Ep. 28

Skip Levels (Part 2)

The conclusion of our conversation on Skip Levels. Have you scheduled YOUR first Skip Level yet?

Feb 01, 2019•Ep. 27

Skip Levels (Part 1)

Our guidance about a rarely used but powerful Manager Tool, The Skip Level.

Feb 01, 2019•Ep. 26

A Notebook and a Pen

Our guidance on having a notebook and pen with you at all times, and what to do with it.

Feb 01, 2019•Ep. 25

Peer One on Ones - Part 2

This cast concludes our recommendations on why and how to meet weekly, or regularly, with your peer managers.

Feb 01, 2019•Ep. 24

Peer One on Ones - Part 1

This guidance recommends why and how to meet weekly, or regularly, with your peer managers.

Feb 01, 2019•Ep. 23

Time (Priority) Management - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance)

Today, we cover the second in a two-part series of podcasts on Time Management. If you're new to the show or you didn't listen to last week's podcast, it's probably worth while going back and listening to the previous show first. Otherwise, you'll be joining the conversation half-way through and we all know how comfortable that feels. :-(

Feb 01, 2019•Ep. 19

Time (Priority) Management - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance)

Time management is a fallacy, we like to say. Time doesn't need you to "manage" it - it's been getting along just fine without you for billions of years. We can't manage time. But what we CAN manage is what we do with that time. And yet, the overwhelming evidence is that managers do NOT "manage what they do with that time." There's a shocking CHASM between our behavior in this area and our knowledge of what to do. In fact, Mark recently blogged on how busy everyone says they are, which irritates...

Feb 01, 2019•Ep. 18

The Management Trinity - Part 3

In this cast, we conclude our conversation on the origins of the Management Trinity, focusing on Coaching and Delegation.

Feb 01, 2019•Ep. 10

The Management Trinity - Part 2

In this cast, we continue our conversation on the origins of the Management Trinity, focusing on One on Ones and Feedback.

Feb 01, 2019•Ep. 9

My Direct Doesn't Want To Change

This guidance describes how to interact with a direct who resists or refuses more, new, or different work because they're "comfortable where they are" or "not interested in promotion."

Feb 01, 2019•Ep. 7

Feedback Grace Period

Our guidance on how long to wait before giving negative feedback to a direct.

Feb 01, 2019

The Middleman Test Chapter 2 - Feedback

A lot of managers implement MTO3's and quickly swear by them. But lots of managers mistakenly talk themselves out of giving feedback. Here's one way to look at it.

Feb 01, 2019
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