Manager Tools
880 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsTired 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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No Dropping Dimes - Part 2
September 30, 2013 04:12 - 18.3 MBThe conclusion of our guidance recommending NOT announcing a colleague’s failure without a courtesy notification.
No Dropping Dimes - Part 1
September 23, 2013 02:31 - 18.7 MBThis guidance recommends NOT announcing a colleague’s failure without a courtesy notification.
Direct Internal Passport
September 14, 2013 16:44 - 21.2 MBThis guidance describes how to help directs understand how to work across organizational boundaries.
Effective Relationships Announcement
September 13, 2013 11:01 - 2.45 MBEffective Relationship Product Announcement
Coaching Example - Interrupting (Part 3)
September 09, 2013 05:54 - 27.5 MBThe conclusion of our series on how to coach someone to stop interrupting, using the Manager Tools Coaching Model.
Coaching Example - Interrupting (Part 2)
September 02, 2013 05:38 - 24.4 MBAnother cast on our series on how to coach someone to stop interrupting, using the Manager Tools Coaching Model.
Coaching Example - Interrupting (Part 1)
August 26, 2013 01:40 - 25.8 MBHow to coach someone to stop interrupting, using the Manager Tools Coaching Model.
Effective Interviewer Series - Logistics Clarity
August 19, 2013 06:07 - 15.9 MBOur recommendations on how to communicate about logistics and schedules in advance of bringing a job candidate in for an interview. This cast is a public part of The Effective Interviewer Series of casts, which are a paid product.
First Meeting New Direct Series - Be Timely
August 11, 2013 22:31 - 17.4 MBThis guidance continues our recommendations about topics to cover with new directs, encouraging them to be on time with themselves, their work, and their commitments.
You Did Not Demonstrate - Part 2
August 05, 2013 02:38 - 14.8 MBThe conclusion of our guidance on how to share shortcomings in evaluations like reviews and interviews.
You Did Not Demonstrate - Part 1
July 29, 2013 04:31 - 16.2 MBThis guidance explains how to share shortcomings in evaluations like reviews and interviews.
Career Tools: Dealing With Objections - Part 2
July 24, 2013 01:01 - 19.1 MBThe conclusion of our guidance on how to deal with objections. This Career Tools podcast is included as a special bonus for Manager Tools Listeners.
Career Tools: Dealing With Objections - Part 1
July 24, 2013 01:00 - 17 MBOur guidance on how to deal with objections. This Career Tools podcast is included as a special bonus for Manager Tools Listeners.
Post-Resignation Team Meeting - Part 2
July 21, 2013 20:29 - 18.8 MBThe conclusion of our guidance on how to have a brief meeting with your team immediately after you resign.
Post-Resignation Team Meeting - Part 1
July 14, 2013 21:00 - 19.2 MBThis guidance explains how to have a brief meeting with your team immediately after you resign.
The Collaborative Manager - Chapter 2 - Tell Some To Wait
July 07, 2013 21:58 - 17.9 MBThis guidance recommends asking your assertive communicators to wait to contribute, and to reinforce what you want with feedback.
Ordering Multiple Interviews - Part 2
June 30, 2013 18:15 - 26.4 MBThe conclusion of our recommendations for how to set up the order of interviews you conduct for a day of in-person interviews of a candidate.
Ordering Multiple Interviews - Part 1
June 23, 2013 21:37 - 16.7 MBOur recommendations for how to set up the order of interviews you conduct for a day of in-person interviews of a candidate. This guidance is part of our Effective Interviewer Series.
Increasing Team Input Strategies Chapter 1 – Measure It
June 16, 2013 17:54 - 23.6 MBThis guidance recommends measuring the input proffered from quieter team members, to increase their contributions and collaboration.
Questions To Ask Candidate References - Part 2
June 09, 2013 21:00 - 17.3 MBThis guidance recommends what questions to ask of a job candidate’s references, if you progress to that stage.
Questions To Ask Candidate References - Part 1
June 02, 2013 23:01 - 21.7 MBThis guidance recommends what questions to ask of a job candidate’s references, if you progress to that stage.
One On One Development Analysis Check
May 26, 2013 18:58 - 15.1 MBThis guidance recommends evaluating directs’ performances by the content of what they bring to their One on One with you.
Measuring Feedback Chapter 2 Overweight Top Performers - Part 2
May 20, 2013 15:36 - 17 MBThe conclusion of our guidance recommending giving more positive (and then negative) feedback to a manager’s top performers, rather than trying to spread feedback out equally.
Measuring Feedback Chapter 2 Overweight Top Performers - Part 1
May 12, 2013 16:45 - 18 MBThis guidance recommends giving more positive (and then negative) feedback to a manager’s top performers, rather than trying to spread feedback out equally.
Politics 101 - Chapter 3 - The Myth Of The Just World (Part 2)
May 06, 2013 03:33 - 16 MBThe conclusion of our recommendations on professionals abandoning their belief in the myth of a just world and 'play politics'.
Politics 101 - Chapter 3 - The Myth Of The Just World (Part 1)
April 28, 2013 15:52 - 15.1 MBThis guidance recommends professionals abandon their belief in the myth of a just world and "play politics".
The Collaborative Manager - Chapter 1 - More Ideas
April 22, 2013 05:44 - 23.2 MBThis guidance helps managers be more collaborative by getting more input from their team members.
First Meeting With A New Direct - Ask Questions
April 14, 2013 16:59 - 13.8 MBThis guidance continues our recommendations about topics to cover with new directs, encouraging them to ask questions about everything they don’t understand.
Project Management Basics - Now And Later Tasks
April 08, 2013 05:38 - 21.6 MBThis guidance describes how to quickly assign tasks in a project without getting bogged down in details.
Lists And Agendas In One On Ones
April 01, 2013 02:48 - 12.3 MBThis guidance describes if and how to use lists and agendas during your One on Ones.
Diffusing Disagreements
March 25, 2013 01:40 - 16.8 MBThis guidance recommends a straightforward way to diffuse tension around, and overcome, objections others have to your ideas.
Conferences Promotion
March 20, 2013 04:09 - 2.4 MBFind out about the value of Manager Tools' Conferences.
Email Three Times A Day - Part 2
March 18, 2013 03:30 - 17.4 MBThe conclusion of our guidance recommending doing email three times a day. ONLY three times a day.
Email Three Times A Day - Part 1
March 11, 2013 04:59 - 21.6 MBThis guidance recommends doing email three times a day. ONLY three times a day.
Never Step Out Of The Middle
March 04, 2013 03:51 - 19 MBThis guidance recommends managers never willingly allow their boss to talk to a skip directly.
Dealing With Vague Feedback - Part 2
February 25, 2013 02:36 - 11.7 MBThis guidance completes our discussion on how to respond to vague feedback from your boss or others.
Dealing With Vague Feedback - Part 1
February 18, 2013 14:13 - 18 MBThis guidance explains how to respond to vague feedback from your boss or others.
Politics 101 - Chapter 2 - Meeting Prep: Who Wants What
February 11, 2013 07:03 - 17.3 MBThis guidance tells you how to prepare for meetings where politics are going to play a role (which is to say, ALL of them).
Thank You For The Bad News
February 03, 2013 22:02 - 15.8 MBThis guidance tells you what to do when directs bring you bad news.
Negative Feedback Before Its Time
January 28, 2013 04:31 - 24.9 MBThis guidance recommends what to do when a direct would get negative feedback but it’s not yet time for it in the Trinity Rollout Process.
Positive Feedback Before Its Time
January 21, 2013 03:09 - 12.8 MBThis guidance recommends what to do when a direct would get positive feedback but it’s not yet time for it in the Trinity Rollout Process.
Overcoming Trinity Pushback - Chapter 1 - "One on Ones Are Micromanaging"
January 14, 2013 09:20 - 23 MBThis guidance tells you what to do when directs resist One on Ones because they are a form of "micromanaging."
How To Do Succession Planning - Chapter 4 - The Delivery Meeting
January 07, 2013 20:57 - 18.3 MBThis guidance tells you how to structure your briefing to your team around Simple Succession Planning.
Rules of Politics – Chapter One – Count Your Votes
December 31, 2012 17:53 - 21 MBThis guidance recommends knowing where decision makers and influencers stand on proposals and decisions that matter to you and your team.
Calendar Management Details – Chapter 2 Priorities In The Morning
December 24, 2012 03:50 - 23.3 MBThis guidance recommends proactively scheduling time for your key responsibilities in the morning, versus afternoon or early evening, "when everyone’s gone."
Your Directs' Resumes
December 17, 2012 03:02 - 13.4 MBThis guidance describes when we recommend a manager consider their directs’ resumes.
How To Do Succession Planning Chapter 3 – The Simple Form
December 10, 2012 03:13 - 24.7 MBHow to create a dead-simple Succession Planning Form.
One on Ones While Traveling - Part 2
December 02, 2012 23:22 - 14.1 MBThis guidance completes our recommendations on how to do One on Ones while you are traveling.
Effective Documentation - Part 2
November 25, 2012 22:30 - 20.3 MBPart 2 of our guidance on how to document the performance of your directs and your communications with them.
Effective Documentation - Part 1
November 18, 2012 22:40 - 21.3 MBOur guidance for how to document the performance of your directs and your communications with them.