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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.

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United States

Description:

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.

Language:

English


Episodes
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How to Set Annual Goals - HOF 2024

12/23/2024
Our Hall Of Fame guidance on how to start setting annual goals, and why we do not like "SMART" goals.

Duration:01:38:35

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The Tetris Workload Battle - Part 2

12/16/2024
The Tetris Workload Battle - Part 2

Duration:00:22:33

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The Tetris Workload Battle - Part 1

12/9/2024
The Tetris Workload Battle - Part 1

Duration:00:28:17

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How To Get Subordinate Managers To Do One On Ones - Part 2

12/2/2024
How To Get Subordinate Managers To Do One On Ones

Duration:00:28:55

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Delivering the Performance Review - HOF 2024

11/25/2024
Our Hall of Fame guidance on delivering a performance review.

Duration:01:05:44

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Preparing Performance Reviews - HOF 2024

11/18/2024
This week, we're re-releasing one of our Hall of Fame casts on how to prepare performance reviews.

Duration:01:20:15

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How To Get Subordinate Managers To Do One On Ones

11/11/2024
How To Get Subordinate Managers To Do One On Ones

Duration:00:24:01

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The Goal Of An Interview Is To Create A DECISION

11/4/2024
Our guidance on the reason for interviewing

Duration:00:36:23

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The Feedback Sandwich

10/28/2024
Our guidance on the Feedback Sandwich.

Duration:00:39:03

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"Is That What You Want” - Not Recommended

10/21/2024
Our guidance on using "Is that what you want?" in the Manager Tools Feedback Model.

Duration:00:30:44

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Celebrate Yellow Tasks - Part 2

10/14/2024
Part 2 of our guidance on how to change the ways you interact with your team when it comes to keeping work on time.

Duration:00:28:56

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Celebrate Yellow Tasks - Part 1

10/7/2024
Part 1 of our guidance on how to change the ways you interact with your team when it comes to keeping work on time.

Duration:00:31:45

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What If Your Direct Says No To Change?

9/30/2024
What happens when you ask a direct to change for the better and they say no? Are they resisting all changes now? Is there something going on you don’t know about? Are they going to be a problem going forward? Are they developing an attitude? Uh-oh.

Duration:00:33:58

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How To Respond To A Grievance - Part 4

9/23/2024
What happens when one of your directs, or even not a direct, files a grievance against you? How should you respond? What are the rules? What can you do, and what should you do, and how should you do it? It's a rare event for a Manager Tools manager, so the Christmas Rule applies. But we'll tell you here exactly what to do and how to respond.

Duration:00:23:43

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How To Respond To A Grievance - Part 3

9/16/2024
What happens when one of your directs, or even not a direct, files a grievance against you? How should you respond? What are the rules? What can you do, and what should you do, and how should you do it? It's a rare event for a Manager Tools manager, so the Christmas Rule applies. But we'll tell you here exactly what to do and how to respond.

Duration:00:23:40

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How To Respond To A Grievance - Part 2

9/9/2024
What happens when one of your directs, or even not a direct, files a grievance against you? How should you respond? What are the rules? What can you do, and what should you do, and how should you do it? It's a rare event for a Manager Tools manager, so the Christmas Rule applies. But we'll tell you here exactly what to do and how to respond.

Duration:00:27:06

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How To Respond To A Grievance - Part 1

9/2/2024
What happens when one of your directs, or even not a direct, files a grievance against you? How should you respond? What are the rules? What can you do, and what should you do, and how should you do it? It's a rare event for a Manager Tools manager, so the Christmas Rule applies. But we'll tell you here exactly what to do and how to respond.

Duration:00:34:09

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What Number Twos Do - And Why - Part 2

8/26/2024
To find the time to get your own work done, you've got to name a successor: a Number Two. You can be forgiven for thinking that Number Two's aren't really a thing, because so few managers use them. But the best do. And here's how they delegate to them, for both the Number Two's benefit, and for YOU.

Duration:00:34:12

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What Number Twos Do - And Why - Part 1

8/19/2024
To find the time to get your own work done, you've got to name a successor: a Number Two. You can be forgiven for thinking that Number Two's aren't really a thing, because so few managers use them. But the best do. And here's how they delegate to them, for both the Number Two's benefit, and for YOU.

Duration:00:28:57

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Top Ten Hiring Mistakes - #9 - Comparing Candidates

8/12/2024
Hiring is a critical skill for managers, and especially so for executives. And managers and executives have been making the same hiring mistakes for the past 30 years. Here's your rogue's gallery of hiring (which is separate from interviewing.)

Duration:00:32:39