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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. 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.
How To Avoid Reverse Delegation
This guidance describes how to avoid having your directs give you work that you’ve already assigned to them.
00:0019/03/2012
Ethics - Part 1
Our guidance on ethical behavior. Although this show was originally recorded as a Career Tools cast, we've included it for free for our Manager Tools listeners and Licensees given the underlying assumption of ethical behavior in all our recommendations.
00:0015/03/2012
Bench Evaluation Chapter 1: Probing
This guidance describes how to interview those colleagues on your bench…without interviewing them.
00:0012/03/2012
Delegating To The Floor
This guidance describes how to help individual contributors handle an overload in work.
00:0005/03/2012
The Fruit Bowl At Meetings
This guidance describes how to use a “Fruit Bowl” to eliminate cell phone distractions at meetings.
00:0027/02/2012
Internal Support Roles And Responsibilities - Part 2
The conclusion of our guidance on how to obtain the requirements you need when working as an internal support provider.
00:0024/02/2012
Do NOT Give Feedback To Your Boss
This guidance describes how and why NOT to give feedback to your boss.
00:0019/02/2012
Internal Support Roles And Responsibilities - Part 1
We believe this podcast, while a Career Tools cast, is of particular interest to our Manager Tools listeners as well. So, we're providing this as an additional cast for our Manager Tools listeners and Individual Licensees – Our guidance how to obtain the requirements you need when working as an internal support provider.
00:0017/02/2012
Measuring Feedback Chapter 1 - Part 2
This cast concludes our guidance on how to measure the amount of feedback you’re delivering to your directs.
00:0013/02/2012
Measuring Feedback Chapter 1 - Part 1
This guidance describes how to measure the amount of feedback you’re delivering to your directs.
00:0006/02/2012
The 45 Minute Meeting
This guidance describes how to schedule hour-long meetings, which are often back-to-back-to-back, in only 45 minutes.
00:0029/01/2012
The First Rule Of Probing In An Interview
This guidance describes the most important to ask further questions about during an interview.
00:0022/01/2012
Routine Town Hall Meetings - Part 2
This cast concludes our guidance on how to run a Routine Town Hall Meeting for your organization.
00:0015/01/2012
Routine Town Hall Meetings - Part 1
This guidance describes how to run a Routine Town Hall Meeting for your organization.
00:0008/01/2012
New Direct - First Day Meeting (500th Cast)
This guidance describes the first meeting a manager ought to have with a new team member.
00:0002/01/2012
Ending A Bad Interview - Part 2
This guidance concludes our discussion on when and how to end an interview with a candidate you won't hire.
00:0025/12/2011
Ending A Bad Interview - Part 1
This guidance describes when and how to end an interview with a candidate you won't hire.
00:0019/12/2011
The Steel Cage Death Match Meetings - Part 2
This cast concludes our guidance on how to prepare for Steel Cage Death Match Meetings.
00:0012/12/2011
The Steel Cage Death Match Meetings - Part 1
This guidance describes how to prepare for Steel Cage Death Match Meetings.
00:0005/12/2011
Project Status Reporting Simple Feedback - Part 2
This cast concludes our guidance on how to give feedback on how you want projects reported on.
00:0028/11/2011
Project Status Reporting Simple Feedback - Part 1
This guidance describes how to give feedback on how you want projects reported on.
00:0020/11/2011
The Project Management Drumbeat Meeting - Part 2
This guidance describes how to manage work and decisions being done on a project.
00:0014/11/2011
The Project Management Drumbeat Meeting - Part 1
This guidance describes how to manage work and decisions being done on a project.
00:0006/11/2011
Taking Notes In Interviews - Chapter 1
This guidance recommends the best way to take notes during interviews.
00:0031/10/2011
Project Meeting Reporting - Part 2
This cast concludes our guidance on how to have project statuses reported and discussed.
00:0024/10/2011
Project Meeting Reporting - Part 1
This guidance describes how to have project statuses reported and discussed.
00:0017/10/2011
One On One Note-Taking Recommendations
This guidance describes some simple improvements most managers can make to help them take better notes during their One on Ones.
00:0010/10/2011
Top And Bottom Performer Reporting
This guidance describes how to be ready to talk with your boss about your team.
00:0003/10/2011
The Coaching Dilemma - Part 2
This cast continues our discussion on whom to coach and develop on your team with your marginal time.
00:0026/09/2011
The Coaching Dilemma - Part 1
This guidance describes whom to coach and develop on your team with your marginal time.
00:0019/09/2011
The Coaching Dilemma Introduction
A short (8 min) extra cast where Mark introduces the Coaching Dilemma and solicits YOUR responses. What do you think is the correct answer to the dilemma?
00:0016/09/2011
Right Of First Refusal - Part 2
This cast concludes our discussion on how to use your calendar more proactively.
00:0012/09/2011
Right Of First Refusal - Part 1
This guidance describes how to use your calendar more proactively.
00:0005/09/2011
Contract Employee One On Ones - Part 2
This cast concludes our guidance on the right way to conduct One on Ones with your contract employees.
00:0029/08/2011
Contract Employee One On Ones - Part 1
This guidance describes the right way to conduct One on Ones with your contract employees.
00:0022/08/2011
Bi-Monthly Skip Level Reviews - Part 2
This guidance concludes our discussion on how to learn about your skips and develop your direct report managers by discussing your skips on a regular basis.
00:0015/08/2011
Bi-Monthly Skip Level Reviews - Part 1
This guidance describes how to learn about your skips and develop your direct report managers by discussing your skips on a regular basis.
00:0008/08/2011
Travel EMP
This guidance describes how to prepare for the inevitable loss of gadgets and gadget power, most likely on while traveling.
00:0001/08/2011
Can I Be Friends With My Directs? - Part 2
This cast concludes our guidance on what a professional manager's role and limits are when it comes to being friends with our directs.
00:0025/07/2011
Can I Be Friends With My Directs? - Part 1
This guidance describes what a professional manager's role and limits are when it comes to being friends with our directs.
00:0018/07/2011
There Is No Why In Feedback - Part 2
This cast concludes our guidance on what to do and why when directs want to describe why they did what they did when you have given them negative feedback.
00:0011/07/2011
There Is No Why In Feedback - Part 1
This guidance describes what to do and why when directs want to describe why they did what they did when you have given them negative feedback.
00:0004/07/2011
Coaching Presenting Skills With Toastmasters
This guidance recommends having any of your directs who present, and maybe even yourself, join and attend a Toastmasters Chapter.
00:0027/06/2011
Measuring The Trinity - Chapter 1
This guidance explains how to BEGIN to measure YOUR success in rolling out the Manager Tools Trinity – One on Ones, Feedback, Coaching, and Delegation.
00:0020/06/2011
The One Third-Planning Rule - Part 2
This cast concludes our guidance explaining the One-Third Planning Rule: when assessing and assigning work to your team, never take more than 1/3 of the available time to do so.
00:0013/06/2011
The One Third-Planning Rule - Part 1
This guidance explains the One-Third Planning Rule: when assessing and assigning work to your team, never take more than 1/3 of the available time to do so.
00:0006/06/2011
Over Assigning And Delegating Work - Part 3
This cast concludes our recommendations on developing your directs by always having them have more to do than they have time to do ... by assigning and delegating more work than they think they can do.
00:0030/05/2011
Over Assigning And Delegating Work - Part 2
This cast continues our recommendations on developing your directs by always having them have more to do than they have time to do ... by assigning and delegating more work than they think they can do.
00:0023/05/2011
Over Assigning And Delegating Work - Part 1
This guidance recommends developing your directs by always having them have more to do than they have time to do…by assigning and delegating more work than they think they can do.
00:0016/05/2011
Peer One on Ones - Part 2
This cast concludes our recommendations on why and how to meet weekly, or regularly, with your peer managers.
00:0009/05/2011