Manager Tools

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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 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. Find more at http://www.manager-tools.com/

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Coronavirus Guidance - Working Remotely - Chapter 1 - Get Results 08.03.2020

A rerelease of of our guidance on getting results when working remotely, which addresses problems related to working from home and managing remote employees that you may now be facing because of coronavirus.

Coronavirus Guidance - Distant Manager Basics - For Directs - Part 2 07.03.2020

A rerelease of part 2 of our guidance on how to work with a remotely located manager, which addresses problems related to working from home and managing remote employees that you may now be facing because of coronavirus.

Coronavirus Guidance - Distant Manager Basics - For Directs - Part 1 06.03.2020

A rerelease of part 1 of our guidance on how to work with a remotely located manager, which addresses problems related to working from home and managing remote employees that you may now be facing because of coronavirus.

Coronavirus Guidance - Distant Manager Basics - Part 2 05.03.2020

A rerelease of part 2 of our guidance on managing distant team members, which addresses problems related to working from home and managing remote employees that you may now be facing because of coronavirus.

Coronavirus Guidance - Distant Manager Basics - Part 1 04.03.2020

A rerelease of part 1 of our guidance on managing distant team members, which addresses problems related to working from home and managing remote employees that you may now be facing because of coronavirus.

Coronavirus Guidance - Phone One on Ones 03.03.2020

A rerelease of our guidance on phone One on Ones, which addresses problems related to working from home and managing remote employees that you may now be facing because of coronavirus.

Work-Life Balance: The Yellow Peanut M&M Analogy 02.03.2020

The common wisdom about work-family balance is wrong. We're asking the wrong question.

Training Is Not The Answer 24.02.2020

Training is the go-to answer for skill development. But training isn't really what you want.

The Interview Results Capture Meeting - HOF 2020 17.02.2020

Our Hall Of Fame guidance on capturing interview results in a fast and simple meeting.

Rules of Small Project Management - Chapter 1 - Deliverables Basics - Part 2 10.02.2020

Part 2 of our guidance on small project management deliverables basics.

Rules of Small Project Management - Chapter 1 - Deliverables Basics - Part 1 03.02.2020

Part 1 of our guidance on small project management deliverables basics.

Authenticity And The Manager Tools Trinity - Part 2 27.01.2020

Part 2 of our guidance for managers and directs expressing concern that Manager Tools' Trinity guidance is formulaic, and not authentic. Here's how to think through those concerns, and/or address them from a colleague.

Authenticity And The Manager Tools Trinity - Part 1 20.01.2020

Part 1 of our guidance for managers and directs expressing concern that Manager Tools' Trinity guidance is formulaic, and not authentic. Here's how to think through those concerns, and/or address them from a colleague.

Manager Tools and Race and Gender 13.01.2020

The data on how race and gender affect behaviors and outcomes for the Manager Tools trinity.

The Effective Hiring Manager Missing Chapters - Reducing Interviewee Stress - Part 2 06.01.2020

Part 2 of our guidance on reducing interviewee stress. Adding more stress to a candidate reduces the effectiveness of your interview process. Don't do it.

Assumptive Goal Setting - HOF 2019 30.12.2019

Our Hall of Fame guidance on how to think more creatively about annual planning goals.

How to Set Annual Goals - HOF 2019 23.12.2019

Our Hall Of Fame guidance on how to start setting annual goals, and why we do not like "SMART" goals.

The Effective Hiring Manager Missing Chapters - Reducing Interviewee Stress - Part 1 16.12.2019

Part 1 of our guidance on reducing interviewee stress. Adding more stress to a candidate reduces the effectiveness of your interview process. Don't do it.

Simple Interviewer Training - Part 2 - HOF 2019 09.12.2019

Part 2 of our Hall Of Fame guidance on how to teach directs how to interview candidates for hiring.

Simple Interviewer Training - Part 1 - HOF 2019 02.12.2019

Part 1 of our Hall Of Fame guidance on how to teach directs how to interview candidates for hiring.

Delivering The Performance Review - HOF 2019 25.11.2019

Our Hall of Fame guidance on delivering a performance review.

Preparing Performance Reviews - HOF 2019 18.11.2019

This week, we're re-releasing one of our Hall of Fame casts on how to prepare performance reviews.

Solution to a Stalled Technical Career - HOF 2019 11.11.2019

Our Hall Of Fame guidance on the secret to reinvigorating a stalled technical career.

The Effective Hiring Manager Missing Chapters - Reasons To Say No #1 - Unprepared 04.11.2019

There are some rarely forgivable interviewing mistakes that justify ruling a candidate out even when there are good reasons to hire them. Lack of preparation is one of them.

M Conference Learnings and Highlights 28.10.2019

Mark and Mike talk about what happened at the Manager Tools 2019 inaugural M Conference.