Rolling Out the Manager Tools’ Trinity - Part 2
This cast includes Part 2 of our discussion on how to implement the Manager Tools’ Management Trinity (One on Ones, Feedback, Coaching - and Delegation!).
Rolling Out the Manager Tools’ Trinity - Part 1
This cast describes how to gradually implement Manager Tools’ Management Trinity (One on Ones, Feedback, Coaching - and Delegation!).
We’ve been asked a thousand questions about what to do and when to do it when it comes to the Management...
The Meeting Introduction for Large Groups
This cast describes how to use the Manager Tools Meeting Introduction Tool For Large Groups - up to 100 Attendees!
We get asked all the time, “how big a group have you ever used the Meeting Introduction Tool with?” The answer is 110.
It is...
Business Travel - Packing
For years pundits have been predicting that technology (videoconferencing, etc.) will lead to the decline and death of business travel. We here at Manager Tools don`t agree. We’re human, and humans do better with face to face connections to...
Boomerangs! (repost)
[Note: This is a repost of a previous corrupt podcast file.]
This cast describes how to increase your chances of re-hiring someone who has left your organization. They’re called Boomerangs!
There really IS a war for talent going on today....
The MySpace Cast - Part 2 of 2
In today’s cast, we conclude our conversation on Myspace and social networks. As always, if you’re new to Manager Tools and haven’t listened to the first part, you may wish to go back and listen to that first.
The MySpace Cast - Part 1 of 2
This cast gives guidance for managers’ use of Social Networking Sites like MySpace and FaceBook.
If you’re one of our younger listeners, members, or premium subscribers, with less than 5 years in the workforce, chances are you have a MySpace...
Sharing Your References
This cast tells you how to handle requests for your references when engaged in a job search.
Even though “References Available Upon Request” is no longer a good idea, reference CHECKING is on the rise and will only increase in the coming...
How to Coach Directs on Interpersonal Skills - Part 2
On today’s cast, we complete our discussion on coaching directs on interpersonal skills.
Of course, if you haven’t listened to last week’s cast, you may want to start there.
How to Coach Directs on Interpersonal Skills - Part 1
This cast tells you how to begin a process of coaching a direct on interpersonal skills.
Soft Skills!
How many times have you heard, “hired for technical skills, fired for (lack of) people skills”? It may be common wisdom (an oxymoron if...
San Francisco Effective Manager Conference Overview
We’ve been asked a number of times recently for more information about the Effective Manager Conference we’re holding in San Francisco, July 22 - 23. Although we used to put out a special cast each time we hosted a conference, we...
Managing in a Matrix Organization - Part 2
In this cast, we finish our conversation on how to manage effectively in a Matrix Organization.
By now, you know why matrix organizations exist (and why we don’t like them). In today’s cast, we talk about what you DO to be effective in...
The Manager Tools Effective Communications Conference
September 9-10, 2008 – Hilton Palacio Del Rio Hotel, San Antonio, TX
“Communication is What The Listener Does”
- Peter Drucker
We are pleased to announced our first ever Effective Communications Conference!
Communication is so critical to...
Managing in a Matrix Organization - Part 1
This cast describes how to manage effectively in a Matrix Organization. (Not that we recommend it )
We’ve finally succumbed to the steady drumbeat of requests for “The Manager Tools Way” of dealing with how to survive and thrive in a...
This cast describes how to create a simple behavioral interview question.
We believe that behavioral interviewing is the best systemic form of interviewing evaluation a manager can use. There’s nothing that even comes CLOSE. Sure, there are those...
Effective Meetings Behavior Part 5 - Posture
We’re all in meetings all the time, right? So how come there’s not an instruction manual? We all complain about them. But no one seems able or willing to do something about it. We will.
We shared - 3 years ago - our recommendations on how...
One Kind Thing
This cast shares a simple technique for managers to be kind to their directs.
Many of our casts address specific problems that managers face. It’s easy to forget that management is an inherently human endeavor. And when it comes to our humanity,...
How to Remember Names
This show describes a couple of simple techniques to help you remember people’s names.
Whether we like it or not, other people are part of our professional lives. And, as Dale Carnegie sagely noted, “A person’s name, to that person,...
Meal Interviews (Part 2 of 2)
This podcast is the second of two on the subtleties associated with being interviewed during a meal.
Meal Interviews (Part 1 of 2)
This podcast details all the subtleties associated with being interviewed during a meal.
We have NO EXCUSE for why we didn’t do this podcast 2 years ago. We get this question all the time, so much so that we’re making it part of the standard...
Resume Update 2008
This cast updates one of our most popular casts Your Resume Stinks [October 31, 2005] with learnings from our community and some timely recommendations regarding recent trends.
And, in this cast, we make a very exciting New Product Announcement!
The...
The Manager Tools Talent Scouting Averages
This cast describes a technique for measuring your team and/or organization’s ability to recognize talent.
Many managers mistakenly fail to connect the process of hiring with the later successes and failures of the organization. When someone...
The Interview Results Capture Meeting
This cast explains how to capture interview results in a fast and simple meeting.
One of the things we have learned over the years is that bad hiring is easy, and good hiring is hard. It’s easy to hire someone who isn’t going to work out –...
How to Give Feedback About Attire
This cast describes how to give feedback about your employees’ attire.
Mark once was asked to adjudicate a discussion between two managers (one new, one experienced). The issue? “Should a manager give feedback about the clothes an employee...
The First Rule for New Managers
In this cast, we share the First Rule For New Managers: the most important recommendation for someone taking over a team.
We have been asked hundreds of times for guidance on what to do as a new manager, and we’re finally ready to start rolling out...
The Management Trinity - Delegation
This cast explains our rationale for why Delegation is the 4th Member of our Management Trinity.
Ah, the FOURTH member of the Trinity. We did this for two reasons – one, to make it easier to remember. Two, because you simply cannot grow an...
The Management Trinity - Coaching
This cast describes the role of Coaching in the Management Trinity, and makes a KEY recommendation regarding development of directs and performance management.
This week, we cover the Coaching Model’s inclusion in the Management Trinity. It`s BY...
The Management Trinity - Feedback
This show describes the The Feedback Model’s inclusion in the Management Trinity.
We continue here our recent theme of revisiting the high level rationale and actions involved in the Management Trinity. In our discussion of feedback, we talk about...
The Management Trinity - One on Ones
This cast begins our series on the the Management Trinity, and our reasons for each of its three (four) components: One on Ones, Feedback, Coaching and Delegation.
We`ve talked about the Management Trinity for nearly three years, but we`ve never really...
One on Ones for the DIRECT
How can you have a great One on One with your boss?
How can you get the the most out of the most valuable recurring communication investment you make? This is an important question … and it seems that a lot of managers DO NOT ask it. Some of...
