Scheduling your One On Ones is surprisingly the most important component of One On Ones. Too many managers mistakenly believe that they are “too busy” to do One On Ones becuase of their full calendars. But scheduling them is actually more important than having weekly One On Ones. Why is that? Our data show why. And directs tell us why when we ask them. And for those who are just getting started, what rules should I use in scheduling my One On Ones.
Mar 10, 2025•Transcript available on Metacast Scheduling your One On Ones is surprisingly the most important component of One On Ones. Too many managers mistakenly believe that they are “too busy” to do One On Ones becuase of their full calendars. But scheduling them is actually more important than having weekly One On Ones. Why is that? Our data show why. And directs tell us why when we ask them. And for those who are just getting started, what rules should I use in scheduling my One On Ones.
Mar 03, 2025•Transcript available on Metacast Lots of managers - hundreds of thousand, and perhaps millions by now - start doing Manager Tools One On Ones, and they love them. They love them because they work, and they’re not as hard as the manager thought they would be. And very few managers who do Manager Tools One On Ones never stop.
Feb 24, 2025•Transcript available on Metacast Lots of managers - hundreds of thousand, and perhaps millions by now - start doing Manager Tools One On Ones, and they love them. They love them because they work, and they’re not as hard as the manager thought they would be. And very few managers who do Manager Tools One On Ones never stop. But feedback is a different story. We would guess that around half of Manager Tools managers don’t ever fully implement feedback so that it’s second nature in a way that their directs know this is how their ...
Feb 17, 2025•Transcript available on Metacast Most managers think that performance reviews are their most significant contribution to performance management and improvement. But that’s wrong. Frequent feedback is the greatest tool we managers have to improve performance. In fact, performance reviews aren’t even really part of the performance improvement efforts managers engage in. Performance reviews are an organizational system that is primarily designed to help the organization manage succession planning.
Feb 10, 2025•Transcript available on Metacast Almost every Non-Manager Tools manager thinks feedback is hard. And yet every year thousands of managers start giving feedback successfully. These managers have discovered that not only is it NOT that hard, but it’s well received, it works, and frankly, it’s easy to get addicted to giving it.
Feb 03, 2025•Transcript available on Metacast Almost every Non-Manager Tools manager thinks feedback is hard. And yet every year thousands of managers start giving feedback successfully. These managers have discovered that not only is it NOT that hard, but it’s well received, it works, and frankly, it’s easy to get addicted to giving it.
Jan 27, 2025•Transcript available on Metacast Almost every Non-Manager Tools manager thinks feedback is hard. And yet every year thousands of managers start giving feedback successfully. These managers have discovered that not only is it NOT that hard, but it's well received, it works, and frankly, it's easy to get addicted to giving it.
Jan 20, 2025•Transcript available on Metacast In this guidance, we share what we think the base culture ought to be for all managers. You may wish to add more - that can be fine. Just be careful you don't have too many culture touch points - at some point they'll start conflicting with each other.
Jan 13, 2025•Transcript available on Metacast In this guidance, we share what we think the base culture ought to be for all managers. You may wish to add more - that can be fine. Just be careful you don't have too many culture touch points - at some point they'll start conflicting with each other.
Jan 06, 2025•Transcript available on Metacast Our Hall of Fame guidance on how to think more creatively about annual planning goals.
Dec 30, 2024•Transcript available on Metacast Our Hall Of Fame guidance on how to start setting annual goals, and why we do not like "SMART" goals.
Dec 23, 2024•Transcript available on Metacast The Tetris Workload Battle - Part 2
Dec 16, 2024•Transcript available on Metacast The Tetris Workload Battle - Part 1
Dec 09, 2024•Transcript available on Metacast How To Get Subordinate Managers To Do One On Ones
Dec 02, 2024•Transcript available on Metacast Our Hall of Fame guidance on delivering a performance review.
Nov 25, 2024•Transcript available on Metacast This week, we're re-releasing one of our Hall of Fame casts on how to prepare performance reviews.
Nov 18, 2024•Transcript available on Metacast How To Get Subordinate Managers To Do One On Ones
Nov 11, 2024•Transcript available on Metacast Our guidance on the reason for interviewing
Nov 04, 2024•Transcript available on Metacast Our guidance on the Feedback Sandwich.
Oct 28, 2024•Transcript available on Metacast Our guidance on using "Is that what you want?" in the Manager Tools Feedback Model.
Oct 21, 2024•Transcript available on Metacast Part 2 of our guidance on how to change the ways you interact with your team when it comes to keeping work on time.
Oct 14, 2024•Transcript available on Metacast Part 1 of our guidance on how to change the ways you interact with your team when it comes to keeping work on time.
Oct 07, 2024•Transcript available on Metacast What happens when you ask a direct to change for the better and they say no? Are they resisting all changes now? Is there something going on you don’t know about? Are they going to be a problem going forward? Are they developing an attitude? Uh-oh.
Sep 30, 2024•Transcript available on Metacast What happens when one of your directs, or even not a direct, files a grievance against you? How should you respond? What are the rules? What can you do, and what should you do, and how should you do it? It's a rare event for a Manager Tools manager, so the Christmas Rule applies. But we'll tell you here exactly what to do and how to respond.
Sep 23, 2024•Transcript available on Metacast What happens when one of your directs, or even not a direct, files a grievance against you? How should you respond? What are the rules? What can you do, and what should you do, and how should you do it? It's a rare event for a Manager Tools manager, so the Christmas Rule applies. But we'll tell you here exactly what to do and how to respond.
Sep 16, 2024•Transcript available on Metacast What happens when one of your directs, or even not a direct, files a grievance against you? How should you respond? What are the rules? What can you do, and what should you do, and how should you do it? It's a rare event for a Manager Tools manager, so the Christmas Rule applies. But we'll tell you here exactly what to do and how to respond.
Sep 09, 2024•Transcript available on Metacast What happens when one of your directs, or even not a direct, files a grievance against you? How should you respond? What are the rules? What can you do, and what should you do, and how should you do it? It's a rare event for a Manager Tools manager, so the Christmas Rule applies. But we'll tell you here exactly what to do and how to respond.
Sep 02, 2024•Transcript available on Metacast To find the time to get your own work done, you've got to name a successor: a Number Two. You can be forgiven for thinking that Number Two's aren't really a thing, because so few managers use them. But the best do. And here's how they delegate to them, for both the Number Two's benefit, and for YOU.
Aug 26, 2024•Transcript available on Metacast To find the time to get your own work done, you've got to name a successor: a Number Two. You can be forgiven for thinking that Number Two's aren't really a thing, because so few managers use them. But the best do. And here's how they delegate to them, for both the Number Two's benefit, and for YOU.
Aug 19, 2024•Transcript available on Metacast 
