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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 f...
There is a 3-Body Problem in Classical Mechanics. That one cannot be solved. But hiring managers are also afflicted with *The Warm Body Prob...
You may not realize it, but your company makes it increasingly harder to find qualified candidates without intending to. How does it do that...
If your people say they don't know what's going on strategically, or operationally, **it's your fault.** You can fill that void with your ow...
Do you know what it's like to lose a job? Get fired? Get laid off? If you don't, that's good. But more people who go through it wish more pe...
When you're a manager, you're thinking of your team all the time. But remember you're a part of a team, too: your boss's team. You need to w...
When you're a manager, you're thinking of your team all the time. But remember you're a part of a team, too: your boss's team. You need to w...
One of the most common mistakes of managers when hiring - it made our Top 10 list! - is being swayed by their directs into hiring someone th...
Managers today are constantly besieged by requests and demands from above their level. But just because someone is "above" you in the org ch...
This cast serves as a compendium of the biggest management scams of the 21st century. We have covered these topics extensively. But we know...
This cast serves as a compendium of the biggest management scams of the 21st century. We have covered these topics extensively. But we know...
For over half a century, managers have been complaining: "HR won't let me fire this guy." This myth - and yes it is a myth - is so common th...
For over half a century, managers have been complaining: "HR won't let me fire this guy." This myth - and yes it is a myth - is so common th...
Too many managers make the mistake of thinking they have to be a "tough" interviewer. They think that interviewing is adversarial. They thin...
Too many managers make the mistake of thinking they have to be a "tough" interviewer. They think that interviewing is adversarial. They thin...
If you want managing to be easier, learn to hire better. We've been saying it for two decades now. We normally put out positive guidance, ab...
If you want managing to be easier, learn to hire
One of the most common things professionals say about managing is that they have a personal 'style.' But does that make sense? Is it reasona...
Development plans for directs are constantly talked about. You've read about them in the business news, especially for less experienced empl...
Our Hall of Fame guidance on how to think more creatively about annual planning goals.
Our Hall Of Fame guidance on how to start setting annual goals, and why we do not like "SMART" goals.
Many managers are worried about talking about personal topics in One On Ones. They shouldn't be - it doesn't happen that often... and it's a...
A manager is always obligated to support the organization, even if he or she disagrees with what the organization is doing. But what happens...
Our Hall of Fame guidance on delivering a performance review.
Our Hall of Fame guidance on how to prepare for performance reviews.
Executives and managers both have two core responsibilities that inform all else that they do. But the two key responsibilities are differen...
At some point in your career, you're going to get to, or have to, present at a conference. There are some special considerations, and here t...
At some point in your career, you're going to get to, or have to, present at a conference. There are some special considerations, and here t...
Most managers don't know it, but if they want to further their career, they must always have a presentation in their hip pocket, ready to be...
For many years at our Effective Manager Conferences, Mark ended the day by giving what we came to call, "The Love Speech." Love matters in m...
Promotions are exciting - congratulations! And now you have some work to do, but we will tell you exactly what and why and how.
Promotions are exciting - congratulations! And now you have some work to do, but we will tell you exactly what and why and how.
We recently re-released a Hall of Fame Career Tools cast about Building Your Network. That's only one part of a series of things everyone mu...
We recently re-released a Hall of Fame Career Tools cast about Building Your Network. That's only one part of a series of things everyone mu...
We have mentioned, usually only briefly, Google's "Project Oxygen' for many years, in many podcasts. Now we tell the story - in part because...
The Black Widow Mistake is named after the red, angular figure eight markings on the abdomen of the dangerous female black widow spider. The...
The Black Widow Mistake is named after the red, angular figure eight markings on the abdomen of the dangerous female black widow spider. The...
The way most managers develop their team is haphazard and neither efficient nor effective. How can we not develop our teams when doctors lea...
Too many managers fail to delegate sufficiently. In many cases, managers don't know how or what to delegate. But even when some managers hav...
Too many managers fail to delegate sufficiently. In many cases, managers don't know how or what to delegate. But even when some managers hav...
As managers get more responsibility, and potentially promotions to Senior Manager, they start feeling squeezed between the demands from abov...
As managers get more responsibility, and potentially promotions to Senior Manager, they start feeling squeezed between the demands from abov...
Part 2 of our Hall of Fame guidance on how to plan for and take an effective vacation.
Our Hall of Fame guidance on how to plan for and take an effective vacation.
Welcome to a special episode of Manager Tools. Today, you're listening to the live recording of our 20th anniversary podcast, captured in fr...
Too many managers rely on HR to bring them candidates for their hiring needs. HR is a necessary part of sourcing candidates, and it's import...
Too many managers rely on HR to bring them candidates for their hiring needs. HR is a necessary part of sourcing candidates, and it's import...
Effective managers need a good relationship with HR. But HR may be the hardest staff organization to have a good relationship with, because...
Effective managers need a good relationship with HR. But HR may be the hardest staff organization to have a good relationship with, because...
If feedback is so important to high performance - and it is - it makes sense to study if and when and how the very best athletes get feedbac...
Everyone is always complaining that they have too much work to do. Too many tasks, too many projects, too many meetings. Theree's not enough...