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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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How To Handle Meeting Killers – Chapter 6 Multitasking
November 12, 2012 02:55 - 22.6 MBThis guidance recommends how to address behaviors in meetings that reduce meeting effectiveness, based on a popular 2012 Wall Street Journal article. This Chapter deals with handling a multi-tasker and also reviews the Journal’s general meeting guidance.
Calendar Management Details Chapter 1 – Shorten Free Time
November 05, 2012 16:42 - 15.3 MBHow to improve your effectiveness by eliminating long open periods from of your calendar.
Podcast Awards 2012 Voting
November 01, 2012 02:53 - 1.4 MBThe Podcast Awards voting phase has arrived, and we'd like you to vote for Manager Tools in the Business and People's Choice categories at PodcastAwards.com every day for the next 15 days.
One on Ones While Traveling - Part 1
October 28, 2012 20:16 - 15.6 MBThis guidance recommends how to do One on Ones while you are traveling.
Inheriting A Poor Performer - Part 2
October 22, 2012 00:07 - 21.6 MBThis guidance discusses how to manage those directs whom you didn’t hire and who have a history of poor performance.
Inheriting A Poor Performer - Part 1
October 15, 2012 03:27 - 21.7 MBThis guidance discusses how to manage those directs whom you didn’t hire and who have a history of poor performance.
How To Handle Meeting Killers - The Rambler
October 08, 2012 02:23 - 17.9 MBThis guidance recommends how to address behaviors in meetings that reduce meeting effectiveness, based on a popular 2012 Wall Street Journal article. This Chapter deals with handling a Rambler – someone who talks and talks and talks ... and talks.
Admit Your Mistakes
October 01, 2012 00:49 - 15.3 MBThis guidance recommends admitting your mistakes openly as a manager, to your team, to enhance candor and openness from your team members.
Never Ask A Question Of A Direct (Whose Answer You Don’t Intend to Honor)
September 23, 2012 16:07 - 18.8 MBWe recently published guidance recommending that managers ask directs for their efforts, rather than commanding. Can't they say "no"? Yes.
Executive Career Management - If Not You Who?
September 15, 2012 23:59 - 15.9 MBThis guidance describes a simple way executive succession planning is often done, and the key to mastering it.
How To Handle Meeting Killers - The Silent Plotter
September 09, 2012 18:38 - 17.5 MBThis guidance recommends how to address behaviors in meetings that reduce meeting effectiveness, based on a popular 2012 Wall Street Journal article. This Chapter deals with handling a Silent Plotter – someone who tries to kill every idea, even after everyone’s agreed.
Work Family Balance - Chapter 1 - Go Home
September 02, 2012 20:44 - 27 MBThis guidance describes the fundamental error in trying to achieve “Work-Family Balance” and how to solve it forever.
The Part After Feedback - Chapter One - Part 2
August 26, 2012 16:36 - 11.8 MBThe conclusion of our guidance on how to respond initially to a direct who pushes back in various ways to an instance of feedback.
The Part After Feedback - Chapter One - Part 1
August 20, 2012 15:08 - 15 MBThis guidance describes how to respond initially to a direct who pushes back in various ways to an instance of feedback.
Ask For What You Want
August 12, 2012 20:26 - 17.4 MBThis guidance recommends asking your directs for work to be done - meaning requesting things in the form of a question – rather than stating your desire for something to occur.
How To Deliver A Shot Across The Bow Review
August 06, 2012 22:18 - 25.5 MBThis guidance describes how to deliver an unofficial performance evaluation when your direct is failing and may either not realize it or is resisting changing.
How To Deliver An Unofficial Review
July 30, 2012 03:05 - 15.2 MBThis guidance describes how to deliver an unofficial performance evaluation when you need to communicate something that can’t go on an official eval.
How To Do Succession Planning - Chapter 2
July 23, 2012 02:18 - 19.2 MBThis guidance tells you how to use performance evaluations to improve your basic succession planning.
How To Handle Meeting Killers - The Naysayer
July 16, 2012 16:05 - 26.2 MBThis guidance recommends how to address behaviors in meetings that reduce meeting effectiveness, based on a popular 2012 Wall Street Journal article. This Chapter deals with handling a Naysayer – someone who tries to kill every idea, even after everyone’s agreed.
Self Development Informal 360 Degree
July 08, 2012 05:11 - 15.3 MBThis guidance tells you how to potentially get some informal self development guidance from your manager by asking three simple questions.
Common One On One Mistakes - Chapter One - Agenda Fascism
July 02, 2012 20:30 - 14.2 MBThis guidance tells you how to avoid the mistake of “Agenda Fascism” in One on Ones.
How To Handle Meeting Killers - The Dominator
June 25, 2012 02:34 - 42.1 MBThis guidance recommends how to address behaviors in meetings that reduce meeting effectiveness.
How To Do One On Ones With Shift Workers
June 18, 2012 05:32 - 17.1 MBThis guidance tells you how to do One on Ones with your directs who work a different shift than you do.
How To Do Succession Planning Chapter 1 – Ready Now, Ready Next
June 11, 2012 04:14 - 23.3 MBThis guidance recommends the 'Ready Now/Ready Next' Approach to Succession Planning.
The Morning Greeting
June 04, 2012 03:03 - 19.3 MBThis guidance recommends greeting all of your directs when you first interact with them each morning, and how to do it.
How To Handle Meeting Killers - The Jokester
May 28, 2012 14:25 - 15.8 MBThis guidance recommends how to address behaviors in meetings that reduce meeting effectiveness.
Big To Small Meeting Agendas
May 21, 2012 02:17 - 11.3 MBThis guidance tells you how to structure meeting agendas around the biggest, most important items.
How To Address Social Media Abuse
May 14, 2012 01:51 - 12.4 MBThis guidance tells you what to do when one of your directs spends too much time on social media.
"But I LIKE Doing That Part Of My Job!"
May 07, 2012 14:42 - 22.2 MBThis guidance recommends how to address a direct who likes part of his/her job and won’t stop doing it, or won’t focus on other areas that are more valuable.
Aggregated Behaviors Are Performance - Part 2
April 29, 2012 20:35 - 24.9 MBThis cast concludes our recommendations on focusing on behaviors because behaviors are measurable and aggregated behaviors ARE performance.
Aggregated Behaviors Are Performance - Part 1
April 23, 2012 03:37 - 19 MBThis guidance recommends focusing on behaviors because behaviors are measurable and aggregated behaviors ARE performance.
Feedback From Your Directs - What To Say - Part 2
April 15, 2012 14:54 - 11.8 MBThis cast concludes our guidance on what to say when your directs say, “Can I give YOU some feedback?”
Feedback From Your Directs - What To Say - Part 1
April 08, 2012 17:47 - 16.8 MBThis guidance tells you what to say when your directs say, "Can I give YOU some feedback?"
And Not But Meeting Ground Rule
April 01, 2012 21:19 - 22.3 MBThis guidance recommends a standing ground rule at all meetings: No “buts,” only “and”.
How To Use A RACI Matrix
March 26, 2012 03:55 - 28.1 MBThis guidance describes how to use a RACI [Responsible, Accountable, Consult, Inform] Matrix when determining project responsibilities.
How To Avoid Reverse Delegation
March 19, 2012 04:17 - 17.4 MBThis guidance describes how to avoid having your directs give you work that you’ve already assigned to them.
Ethics - Part 1
March 15, 2012 17:03 - 24.6 MBOur 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.
Bench Evaluation Chapter 1: Probing
March 12, 2012 04:28 - 18.4 MBThis guidance describes how to interview those colleagues on your bench…without interviewing them.
Delegating To The Floor
March 05, 2012 02:20 - 28.5 MBThis guidance describes how to help individual contributors handle an overload in work.
The Fruit Bowl At Meetings
February 27, 2012 04:12 - 15.8 MBThis guidance describes how to use a “Fruit Bowl” to eliminate cell phone distractions at meetings.
Internal Support Roles And Responsibilities - Part 2
February 24, 2012 03:09 - 21.8 MBThe conclusion of our guidance on how to obtain the requirements you need when working as an internal support provider.
Do NOT Give Feedback To Your Boss
February 19, 2012 00:35 - 29 MBThis guidance describes how and why NOT to give feedback to your boss.
Internal Support Roles And Responsibilities - Part 1
February 17, 2012 21:47 - 23.2 MBWe 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.
Measuring Feedback Chapter 1 - Part 2
February 13, 2012 03:02 - 14.5 MBThis cast concludes our guidance on how to measure the amount of feedback you’re delivering to your directs.
Measuring Feedback Chapter 1 - Part 1
February 06, 2012 06:23 - 21.9 MBThis guidance describes how to measure the amount of feedback you’re delivering to your directs.
The 45 Minute Meeting
January 29, 2012 14:14 - 28.8 MBThis guidance describes how to schedule hour-long meetings, which are often back-to-back-to-back, in only 45 minutes.
The First Rule Of Probing In An Interview
January 22, 2012 14:08 - 25 MBThis guidance describes the most important to ask further questions about during an interview.
Routine Town Hall Meetings - Part 2
January 15, 2012 22:05 - 22.3 MBThis cast concludes our guidance on how to run a Routine Town Hall Meeting for your organization.
Routine Town Hall Meetings - Part 1
January 08, 2012 22:53 - 23.3 MBThis guidance describes how to run a Routine Town Hall Meeting for your organization.