Career Tools

Stop Worrying About Job Security 24.07.2025 ↓

Our guidance on the benefits of pursuing financial security instead of job security.

Measuring and Communicating Your True Professional Value 17.07.2025 ↓

Our guidance on identifying, tracking, and communicating the metrics that reflect your true professional value—so you can improve performance, support your resume, and demonstrate impact to your organization.

How To Leverage Your MTDISC Style For Career Growth - High C 10.07.2025 ↓

Our guidance on career growth strategies for High C’s

20th Anniversary Cast (CT) 03.07.2025 ↓

Welcome to a special episode of Manager Tools. Today, you're listening to the live recording of our 20th anniversary podcast, captured in front of a fantastic audience of managers and leaders just like you.

How To Leverage Your MTDISC Style For Career Growth - High S 26.06.2025 ↓

Career growth comes from leveraging your strengths and at the same time managing and mitigating your weaknesses. We all have a wide array of strengths, but choosing which ones to use first for career growth can be overwhelming, so in this podcast, we’re going to suggest just four targeted strategies that work with your natural tendencies as a High S to accelerate your growth.

How To Leverage Your MTDISC Style For Career Growth - High I 19.06.2025 ↓

Our guidance on career growth strategies for High I's.

How To Leverage Your MTDISC Style For Career Growth - High D 12.06.2025 ↓

Our guidance on career growth strategies for High D's.

Data Analysis For Beginners - Avoid Common Mistakes - Part 2 05.06.2025 ↓

Part 2 of our guidance on the pitfalls of data analysis.

Data Analysis For Beginners - Avoid Common Mistakes - Part 1 29.05.2025 ↓

Our guidance on the pitfalls of data analysis.

How To Use Your Work Notes - Part 2 22.05.2025 ↓

Part 2 of our guidance on professional note-taking - and what to do with your notes once you’ve taken them.

How To Use Your Work Notes - Part 1 15.05.2025 ↓

Our guidance on professional note-taking - and what to do with your notes once you've taken them.

What To Do When You Get A Raise 08.05.2025 ↓

Our guidance on what to do with the money when you get a raise.

I Don't Want To Go Back To The Office (Hall of Fame Guidance) 01.05.2025 ↓

Our Hall of Fame guidance on what to do if you’re being asked to work in an office after working at home and you’d prefer not to.

Getting Ready To Get Promoted - Chapter 8 - Documentation 25.04.2025 ↓

Our guidance on documenting your progress when you want to be promoted.

Brainstorming with A High C 17.04.2025 ↓

How to approach brainstorming if you’re a High C or you’re facilitating a group with a High C.

Brainstorming with A High S 10.04.2025 ↓

How to approach brainstorming if you’re a High S or you’re facilitating a group with a High S.

Brainstorming with A High I 03.04.2025 ↓

How to approach brainstorming if you're a High I or you're facilitating a group with a High I.

Brainstorming with A High D 27.03.2025 ↓

How to approach brainstorming if you're a High D or you're facilitating a group with a High D.

Responding To Engagement Surveys For Individual Contributors (Hall of Fame Guidance) 20.03.2025 ↓

Our Hall of Fame guidance on responding to engagement surveys for individual contributors.

How To Talk About Layoffs In An Interview 13.03.2025 ↓

Our guidance about how to talk about layoffs in an interview.

Working In A Remote Team - Dealing With Timezones 06.03.2025 ↓

Our guidance on working with colleagues in other timezones.

How Long To Wait For A Promotion And Other Career Moves 27.02.2025 ↓

Our guidance on corporate timing and waiting for changes that you expect.

“Is My Company Going To Make Layoffs?” - How To Gather Layoff Intelligence - Chapter 1, Ask Your Network 20.02.2025 ↓

What to do when major external changes threaten your job security.

Public Speaking: Dealing with Anxiety 13.02.2025 ↓

Our guidance on dealing with anxiety when speaking in public

Increase Productivity: Minimize Context Switching 06.02.2025 ↓

How to prevent context-switching derailing your productivity.