Synopsis
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. Go to http://www.manager-tools.com/recommendations to read what others are saying about the impact Manager Tools has had on their careers and lives.
Episodes
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![Visual Record-Keeping - Part 1]()
Visual Record-Keeping - Part 1
16/12/2013This guidance recommends using Visual Record-Keeping for meetings that require collaboration and discussion about future plans and discussions (versus historical discussions like status reporting).
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![Dont Change Metrics]()
Don't Change Metrics
09/12/2013This guidance describes why not to change the metrics you use for your team's behaviors.
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![Horstmans Law Of Uncertainty]()
Horstman's Law Of Uncertainty
01/12/2013This guidance describes what to say when you don't have an answer to a question, even when it's urgent.
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![Three Strikes Delegation]()
Three Strikes Delegation
25/11/2013This guidance describes what to do when a direct repeatedly says no to delegation asks.
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![My Direct Doesnt Want To Change]()
My Direct Doesn't Want To Change
18/11/2013This 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."
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![Politics 101 - Chapter 4 - Know Thine Enemies]()
Politics 101 - Chapter 4 - Know Thine Enemies
11/11/2013How to be more effective by planning for your enemies' inevitable efforts to undermine you.
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![Horstmans Noon Rule of Scheduling]()
Horstman's Noon Rule of Scheduling
04/11/2013This guidance describes why your day "gets away from" you, and how to schedule more effectively.
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![Hiring Overqualifieds - Part 4]()
Hiring "Overqualifieds" - Part 4
28/10/2013The conclusion of our guidance on how – and why – to hire "overqualified" candidates.
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![Hiring Overqualifieds - Part 3]()
Hiring "Overqualifieds" - Part 3
21/10/2013Part 3 of our guidance on how – and why – to hire "overqualified" candidates.
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![Hiring Overqualifieds - Part 2]()
Hiring "Overqualifieds" - Part 2
13/10/2013This cast continues our guidance on how – and why – to hire "overqualified" candidates.
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![Hiring Overqualifieds - Part 1]()
Hiring "Overqualifieds" - Part 1
06/10/2013This guidance describes how – and why – to hire overqualified candidates.
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![No Dropping Dimes - Part 2]()
No Dropping Dimes - Part 2
30/09/2013The conclusion of our guidance recommending NOT announcing a colleague’s failure without a courtesy notification.
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![No Dropping Dimes - Part 1]()
No Dropping Dimes - Part 1
22/09/2013This guidance recommends NOT announcing a colleague’s failure without a courtesy notification.
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![Direct Internal Passport]()
Direct Internal Passport
14/09/2013This guidance describes how to help directs understand how to work across organizational boundaries.
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![Coaching Example - Interrupting (Part 3)]()
Coaching Example - Interrupting (Part 3)
09/09/2013The conclusion of our series on how to coach someone to stop interrupting, using the Manager Tools Coaching Model.
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![Coaching Example - Interrupting (Part 2)]()
Coaching Example - Interrupting (Part 2)
02/09/2013Another cast on our series on how to coach someone to stop interrupting, using the Manager Tools Coaching Model.
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![Coaching Example - Interrupting (Part 1)]()
Coaching Example - Interrupting (Part 1)
25/08/2013How to coach someone to stop interrupting, using the Manager Tools Coaching Model.
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![Effective Interviewer Series - Logistics Clarity]()
Effective Interviewer Series - Logistics Clarity
19/08/2013Our recommendations on how to communicate about logistics and schedules in advance of bringing a job candidate in for an interview. This cast is a public part of The Effective Interviewer Series of casts, which are a paid product.
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![First Meeting New Direct Series - Be Timely]()
First Meeting New Direct Series - Be Timely
11/08/2013This guidance continues our recommendations about topics to cover with new directs, encouraging them to be on time with themselves, their work, and their commitments.
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![You Did Not Demonstrate - Part 2]()
You Did Not Demonstrate - Part 2
04/08/2013The conclusion of our guidance on how to share shortcomings in evaluations like reviews and interviews.
