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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Episodes
Boss Meeting Prep - No Surprises
January 31, 2011 02:34 - 20.4 MBThis guidance describes how to prepare your boss for attending any meeting you are running.
Conduct Multiple Interviews, Chapter 1 - Part 3
January 23, 2011 20:08 - 20.8 MBIn this cast, we conclude our conversation on how to interview candidates by conducting multiple interviews.
Conduct Multiple Interviews, Chapter 1 - Part 2
January 17, 2011 17:57 - 16.1 MBIn this cast, we continue our conversation on how to interview candidates by conducting multiple interviews.
Conduct Multiple Interviews, Chapter 1 - Part 1
January 10, 2011 02:42 - 26.8 MBThis guidance describes how to interview candidates by conducting multiple interviews.
Assumptive Goal Setting
January 03, 2011 03:42 - 29.2 MBThis guidance describes a technique for how to think more creatively about annual planning goals.
Managers Are Communicated THROUGH
December 26, 2010 23:15 - 25.7 MBThis guidance describes how managers ought to communicate organizational information to their team members.
Professional Subordination - Part 2
December 20, 2010 02:04 - 16.9 MBThis show concludes our recommendations on the professional approach to supporting choices you didn't champion.
Professional Subordination - Part 1
December 13, 2010 01:27 - 14.3 MBThis guidance recommends the professional approach to supporting choices you didn't champion.
Managing A High I: Dangers Part 2
December 06, 2010 03:44 - 19.1 MBThis cast concludes our discussion on how to manage a High I direct based on some natural tendencies and weaknesses.
Managing A High I: Dangers Part 1
November 28, 2010 16:16 - 22.4 MBThis guidance describes how to manage a High I direct based on some natural tendencies and weaknesses.
Not Too Picky Feedback
November 21, 2010 23:43 - 14.6 MBThis guidance recommends giving negative feedback only after a second instance, and only ON the second instance.
Mentoring With Political Smarts
November 14, 2010 23:42 - 24.4 MBThis guidance describes whom to choose to mentor internally based on political considerations.
Calendar Changes And Your Admin
November 07, 2010 17:42 - 19 MBThis guidance describes some simple things your admin can do to help you manage your calendar.
Simple Project Reporting Guidance
November 01, 2010 05:00 - 29.2 MBThis guidance describes how to assign a project to a direct and set up some simple reporting that will greatly increase early (and overall) success.
Distant Manager Basics - Part 2
October 25, 2010 00:59 - 24.2 MBThis cast concludes our guidance on some simple things managers can do to improve the accountability and productivity of distant team members.
Distant Manager Basics - Part 1
October 17, 2010 23:18 - 15.8 MBThis guidance recommends some simple things managers can do to improve the accountability and productivity of distant team members.
Introducing Managerial Change
October 09, 2010 15:23 - 25.3 MBThis guidance recommends how to introduce changes in how you manage your team.
Resistant Directs In One on Ones
October 04, 2010 00:16 - 23.7 MBThis guidance recommends how to have effective One on Ones with directs who are initially resistant.
Managers and Governmental Politics – Part 2
September 27, 2010 04:25 - 24.4 MBThis cast concludes our discussion on how effective managers address governmental politics at work.
Managers and Governmental Politics – Part 1
September 19, 2010 16:15 - 21.7 MBThis guidance recommends how effective managers address governmental politics at work.
Succession Planning - Extending Your Network
September 12, 2010 19:16 - 23.1 MBThis guidance recommends how to further your succession planning efforts by extending your network to your directs.
Effective Meetings Starter Model - Part 2
September 07, 2010 12:35 - 20.7 MBThis cast concludes our conversation on an even more basic model for effective meetings than in our original guidance.
Effective Meetings Starter Model - Part 1
August 30, 2010 05:51 - 21.5 MBThis cast describes an even more basic model for effective meetings than in our original guidance.
One on Ones – Work or Personal?
August 22, 2010 15:16 - 21.5 MBThis guidance addresses how personal One on Ones ought to be – should they be all about family and personal stuff, or just about work?
One On Ones Are Business Meetings
August 15, 2010 16:12 - 24.3 MBThis guidance addresses questions about the purpose and value of One on Ones, particularly for those directs who challenge the need for them.
How To Handle Public Disagreement - Part 2
August 09, 2010 03:06 - 16 MBThis cast concludes our conversation on how to respond when someone disagrees publicly in an unprofessional way.
How To Handle Public Disagreement - Part 1
August 02, 2010 02:34 - 27.7 MBThis cast describes how to respond when someone disagrees publicly in an unprofessional way.
Third Party Negative Feedback – How To Decide
July 26, 2010 02:01 - 24.1 MBThis cast describes how to decide whether or not to give feedback to one of your directs based on someone else's input.
Skip Level Feedback
July 19, 2010 01:56 - 16.8 MBThis cast describes how to deliver feedback to skip level associates.
Calendar Control #1 – Say No
July 12, 2010 04:07 - 25 MBThis cast describes a simple technique for controlling one's calendar, thereby keeping more time available for primary objectives.
Assign Work AND Reporting
July 05, 2010 01:26 - 23.2 MBThis guidance recommends assigning both the reporting of work and the work itself when delegating.
Praise In Public, Criticize In Private Is WRONG
June 27, 2010 20:58 - 26.3 MBThis guidance disagrees with the old notion of praise in public, criticize in private, and recommends more effective behaviors.
Yes, Please Praise, Thank You
June 20, 2010 13:11 - 28.1 MBThis guidance recommends how to deliver both praise and feedback (though not together), and why they are both valuable – and completely different.
Feedback – Public Or Private?
June 14, 2010 04:14 - 25.6 MBThis guidance describes whether or not to give feedback in public, or in private . . . or neither.
Feedback Immediacy
June 07, 2010 05:11 - 17.6 MBThis cast describes WHEN to give feedback. How fast is too fast? How slow is too slow?
When NOT To Give Feedback - Part 2
May 31, 2010 01:45 - 20 MBThis cast concludes our conversation on some situations where feedback isn't appropriate, because the error/mistake/infraction is so egregious, encouragement of effective future behavior isn't enough.
When NOT To Give Feedback - Part 1
May 23, 2010 21:37 - 22.9 MBThis cast describes some situations where feedback isn't appropriate, because the error/mistake/infraction is so egregious, encouragement of effective future behavior isn't enough.
Small Company Systems – The Rule of 150, Part 2
May 17, 2010 11:56 - 16.7 MBThis cast concludes our conversation on the Rule of 150, how it affects the growth of small companies and organizations, and how to address it.
Small Company Systems – The Rule of 150, Part 1
May 10, 2010 12:44 - 24 MBThis cast describes The Rule of 150, how it affects the growth of small companies and organizations, and how to address it.
How To Choose What To Delegate
May 03, 2010 23:19 - 20.3 MBThis guidance describes how to choose what to delegate using a simple Venn Diagram – the intersection between the direct, the manager, and the organization.
Influence Through Verbal Commitments - Part 2
April 26, 2010 06:04 - 30.2 MBThe conclusion of our recommendations on how to influence others by asking for verbal commitments.
Influence Through Verbal Commitments - Part 1
April 18, 2010 23:49 - 24.4 MBIn this recommendation, Manager Tools describes how to influence others by asking for verbal commitments.
LinkedIn For Managers - Part 2
April 12, 2010 00:52 - 22.5 MBThis cast concludes our conversation on LinkedIn and what it means for Managers.
LinkedIn For Managers - Part 1
April 05, 2010 02:51 - 25.5 MBThis cast reviews our recent Career Tools guidance on LinkedIn, as well as highlights LinkedIn's recent Fortune magazine cover story, and recommends some basic LinkedIn behaviors for managers.
Rolling DOWN The Trinity
March 29, 2010 01:26 - 33.3 MBThis cast describes one way to help your directs – when they are managers – to begin using the Manager Tools Management Trinity: One on Ones, Feedback, Coaching, and Delegation.
The Manager Tools Promotion Standard: 150% - Part 2
March 22, 2010 01:10 - 32.2 MBThis cast concludes our conversation on a more effective way to set standards for getting one of your directs promoted.
The Manager Tools Promotion Standard: 150% - Part 1
March 14, 2010 21:22 - 21.2 MBThis cast describes a more effective way to set standards for getting one of your directs promoted.
Delegate Your Reporting - Part 2
March 08, 2010 03:10 - 33.4 MBWe conclude our conversation on how and why to delegate almost all of your routine reporting to your directs.
Delegate Your Reporting
February 28, 2010 19:46 - 22.5 MBThis cast describes how and why to delegate almost all of your routine reporting to your directs.
High D Manager Simple Downfall
February 21, 2010 23:17 - 39.8 MBThis cast addresses a behavioral change for an insidious practice of High D Managers: always putting results in front of relationships. People MATTER!