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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.
Assumptive Goal Setting - HOF 2022
Our Hall of Fame guidance on how to think more creatively about annual planning goals.
00:0026/12/2022
How to Set Annual Goals - HOF 2022
Our Hall Of Fame guidance on how to start setting annual goals, and why we do not like "SMART" goals.
00:0019/12/2022
The Manager Tools Interview Creation Tool
The Manager Tools Interview Creation Tool will make you a better interviewer, and teach your team how to interview.
00:0012/12/2022
The Effective Manager Has a Playbook - Part 3
Part 3 of our guidance on the manager playbook.
00:0005/12/2022
Delivering The Performance Review - HOF 2022
Our Hall of Fame guidance on delivering a performance review.
00:0028/11/2022
Preparing Performance Reviews - HOF 2022
This week, we're re-releasing one of our Hall of Fame casts on how to prepare performance reviews.
00:0021/11/2022
The Effective Manager Has a Playbook - Part 2
Part 2 of our guidance on the manager playbook.
00:0014/11/2022
The Effective Manager Has a Playbook - Part 1
Part 1 of our guidance on the manager playbook.
00:0007/11/2022
Good Lieutenants Make Good Captains - Chapter 2 - The Trinity
Our chapter two guidance on improving your chances of being promoted by being a good lieutenant.
00:0031/10/2022
Good Lieutenants Make Good Captains - Chapter 1 - Part 2
Part 2 of our chapter one guidance on improving your chances of being promoted by being a good lieutenant.
00:0024/10/2022
Good Lieutenants Make Good Captains - Chapter 1 - Part 1
Part 1 of our chapter one guidance on improving your chances of being promoted by being a good lieutenant.
00:0017/10/2022
Project Management - Reporting - Chapter One - Part 2
Part 2 of our chapter one guidance on project management reporting.
00:0010/10/2022
Project Management - Reporting - Chapter One - Part 1
Part 1 of our chapter one guidance on project management reporting.
00:0003/10/2022
Winning The Feedback "Argument"
Too many managers give negative feedback by trying to win an argument about what happened. It never works.
00:0026/09/2022
My Directs Aren't Addressing My Agenda in One On Ones
Managers and Directs often have different agendas in our One On Ones. Here's what to do about it.
00:0019/09/2022
The Three Levels of Presentation Mastery
Everybody thinks content knowledge is what makes for a good presenter. They're wrong, and that's why most of them stink as presenters. Especially trainers: ugh.
00:0012/09/2022
The Kernel of Strategy - Part 2 (MT)
Part 2 of our interview with Richard Rumelt, strategy professor at UCLA Anderson and author of Good Strategy/Bad Strategy.
00:0005/09/2022
The Kernel of Strategy - Part 1 (MT)
Part 1 of our interview with Richard Rumelt, strategy professor at UCLA Anderson and author of Good Strategy/Bad Strategy.
00:0029/08/2022
Behavior is What Matters (MT)
This cast describes how and why behavior is the primary focus of an effective professional and/or manager.
00:0022/08/2022
DISC Overview (MT)
Our overview of DISC.
00:0015/08/2022
2022 Recruitment Update - Part 2 (MT)
Part 2 of our guidance for the 2022 employment market.
00:0008/08/2022
2022 Recruitment Update - Part 1 (MT)
Part 1 of our guidance for the 2022 employment market.
00:0001/08/2022
Special Cast - Succession Planning
In this cast, Mark and Mike talk about their plans for the future of Manager Tools.
00:0025/07/2022
How to Prewire a Meeting - HOF 2022
Our Hall of Fame guidance on preparing for meetings or presentations where you need to persuade.
00:0018/07/2022
The Horstman Curve
If you're trying to change things - and you should be - you're going to experience the Horstman Curve. So you ought to know what it is.
00:0011/07/2022
The Juggling Koan - HOF 2022
Our Hall of Fame guidance on our first ever management koan.
00:0004/07/2022
Giving Feedback To Remote Directs - Part 3
Part 3 of our guidance on giving feedback to remote directs.
00:0027/06/2022
Giving Feedback To Remote Directs - Part 2
Part 2 of our guidance on giving feedback to remote directs.
00:0020/06/2022
Giving Feedback To Remote Directs - Part 1
Part 1 of our guidance on giving feedback to remote directs.
00:0013/06/2022
Performance Reviews Are Not Feedback - Part 2
Part 2 of our response to a recent WSJ article that said annual reviews are a terrible way to evaluate employees.
00:0006/06/2022
Performance Reviews Are Not Feedback - Part 1
Part 1 of our response to a recent WSJ article that said annual reviews are a terrible way to evaluate employees.
00:0030/05/2022
Interview With a Talent Manager
Our interview with a member of the Manager Tools community to help you understand as a manager, or potentially as an executive, about the kind of relationship you need to have with some of the people who make a difference in your organization and your career.
00:0023/05/2022
MTDISC Behavior Change Template - Part 2
Part 2 of our guidance on using MTDISC to change your behavior.
00:0016/05/2022
MTDISC Behavior Change Template - Part 1
Part 1 of our guidance on using MTDISC to change your behavior.
00:0009/05/2022
How To Roll Out MTDISC To Your Team - Part 2
Part 2 of our guidance on how to roll out the MTDISC Behavioral Instrument to your team.
00:0002/05/2022
How To Roll Out MTDISC To Your Team - Part 1
This guidance describes how to roll out the MTDISC Behavioral Instrument to your team.
00:0025/04/2022
Maggie Tucker Interview
Our interview with Maggie Tucker, marketing executive and co-host of the friends on FIRE podcast.
00:0018/04/2022
Rules For Directors - Chapter 1 - Earning Trust (MT Version)
Our chapter one guidance on Rules For Directors: Earning Trust.
00:0011/04/2022
The War Room - Part 2 (MT)
Part 2 of the executive "War Room" experiences of Trevor Woods, Chief Information Officer, University of Sydney.
00:0004/04/2022
The War Room - Part 1 (MT)
Part 1 of the executive "War Room" experiences of Trevor Woods, Chief Information Officer, University of Sydney.
00:0028/03/2022
MTDISC Launch
We have launched our own DISC Profile: MTDISC. Here's what it is, why we did it, and what its benefits are.
00:0021/03/2022
The Previous Boss Rule - Part 2
Part 2 of our guidance on "The Previous Boss Rule".
00:0014/03/2022
The Previous Boss Rule - Part 1
Part 1 of our guidance on "The Previous Boss Rule".
00:0007/03/2022
Managerial Economics 101, 102 and 103: Reporting, Delegation, and Coaching - Part 2
Part 2 of our guidance on Managerial Economics.
00:0028/02/2022
Managerial Economics 101, 102 and 103: Reporting, Delegation, and Coaching - Part 1
Part 1 of our guidance on Managerial Economics.
00:0021/02/2022
Top Interviewer Mistakes - Chapter 1
The average manager is a terrible interviewer. In this series, we cover the most frequent and egregious mistakes, and how to correct them.
00:0014/02/2022
Deadlines Are Commitments
When most people miss a deadline, they prove they don't understand them.
00:0007/02/2022
My Feelings Are Hurt - Part 2
Part 2 of our guidance on what to do when someone claims their feelings are hurt by someone else.
00:0031/01/2022
My Feelings Are Hurt - Part 1
Part 1 of our guidance on what to do when someone claims their feelings are hurt by someone else.
00:0024/01/2022
Politics 101 - Chapter 7 - Compromise
Politics are necessary, and that means the effective manager learns how to compromise. Here are some simple rules.
00:0017/01/2022