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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. The Business Podcast Award is now named after Manager Tools.
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The Interview Results Capture Meeting (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:59

This cast explains how to capture interview results in a fast and simple meeting.

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How to Make a Job Offer - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:58

During this cast, we complete our series on making a job offer to a candidate. If you haven't listened to last week's cast (part 1), please do so first!

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How to Make a Job Offer - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:57

This cast explains a simple way to make a job offer to a candidate.

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Effective Hiring: Set the Bar High! (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:56

This cast shares our most important principle in The Manager Tools Effective Hiring Process: Set the Bar HIGH.

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Horstman's Law of Project Management - Part 4 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:55

Part 4 of our series on Horstman's Law of Project Management.

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Horstman's Law of Project Management - Part 3 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:54

Part 3 of our series on Horstman's Law of Project Management.

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Horstman's Law of Project Management - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:53

Part 2 of our series on Horstman's Law of Project Management.

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Horstman's Law of Project Management - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:52

In this cast we describe Horstman's Law of Project Management: Who Does What By When.

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Work Family Balance - Chapter 1 - Go Home (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:51

This guidance describes the fundamental error in trying to achieve "Work-Family Balance" and how to solve it forever.

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Time (Priority) Management - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:50

Today, we cover the second in a two-part series of podcasts on Time Management. If you're new to the show or you didn't listen to last week's podcast, it's probably worth while going back and list...

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Time (Priority) Management - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:49

Time management is a fallacy, we like to say. Time doesn't need you to "manage" it - it's been getting along just fine without you for billions of years. We can't manage time. But what we CAN ma...

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The Basics of Calendar Management - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:48

This is the second of our casts that describe our recommendations about calendar management.

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The Basics of Calendar Management - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:47

This cast describes the first of our recommendations about calendar management.

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How To Manage A Massive Workload Increase - Part 4 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:46

This cast concludes (Part 4 of 4) our guidance on how to respond when, through any number of factors, you and your team are OVERWHELMED with lots of new work. Perhaps it's a layoff, perhaps it's a ...

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How To Manage A Massive Workload Increase - Part 3 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:45

This cast continues (Part 3 of 4) our guidance on how to respond when, through any number of factors, you and your team are OVERWHELMED with lots of new work. Perhaps it's a layoff, perhaps it's a ...

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How To Manage A Massive Workload Increase - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:44

This cast continues our guidance on how to respond when, through any number of factors, you and your team are OVERWHELMED with lots of new work. Perhaps it's a layoff, perhaps it's a re-organizatio...

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How To Manage A Massive Workload Increase - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:43

This guidance describes how to respond when, through any number of factors, you and your team are OVERWHELMED with lots of new work. Perhaps it's a layoff, perhaps it's a re-organization, perhaps i...

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How to Give a Decision Briefing - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:42

In this cast, we conclude our conversation on giving a decision briefing to your manager.

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How to Give a Decision Briefing - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:41

This cast describes how to give a decision briefing to your manager.

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How Not To Multi-Task - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:40

The conclusion of our guidance on what to do instead of multi-tasking.

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How Not To Multi-Task - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:39

Our guidance on what to do instead of multi-tasking.

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Business Travel - Packing (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:38

For years pundits have been predicting that technology (videoconferencing, etc.) will lead to the decline and death of business travel. We here at Manager Tools don't agree. We're human, and huma...

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Secrets of a Great Handshake (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:37

The hand shake is the most important professional greetings in the world today. There are many cultures in the world, and there are places to bow, and places to hug, and places where cheek-kissing...

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How to Prewire a Meeting - HOF from 2019-01-31T22:36

For the holidays, we're re-releasing one of our Hall of Fame casts ... the Pre-wire. This cast describes a way to prepare for meetings or presentations where you need to persuade.

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Ethics - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:35

The conclusion of our 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...

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Ethics - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:34

Our 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 as...

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Building a Network (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:33

If you're a manager, don't think for a moment that someone else is managing your career. Those days are long gone. YOU are managing your career. What you do - not only in job skills, but also in...

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Managing Your Boss - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:31

Today, we continue our conversation on "Managing Your Boss" or, better yet, "Creating a Good Relationship with Your Boss". Last week we discussed Boss Goals and Boss Communications; today we cov...

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Managing Your Boss - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:30

Managing Upwards for the most part boils down to Creating a Good Relationship with Your Boss. "Managing Your Boss" is somewhat of a misnomer in our world view; tell your boss that you're managing ...

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Got Email? (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:29

Got Email? Of course - what manager doesn't? We know managers who get 200 (or more!) emails every day. Email is a necessary evil in the corporate management world, and highly effective managers ...

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Feel, Felt, Found (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:28

This cast describes a simple verbal tool for addressing tension, conflict or other ineffective emotions in the workplace.

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Do NOT Give Feedback To Your Boss (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:27

This guidance describes how and why NOT to give feedback to your boss.

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Compassionate Layoffs? (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:26

We tackle a tough topic in this week's cast: Layoffs. We know it's not an upbeat topic, but it's highly likely you're going to be involved in one at some point.

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The Steel Cage Death Match Meetings - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:25

This cast concludes our guidance on how to prepare for Steel Cage Death Match Meetings.

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The Steel Cage Death Match Meetings - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:24

This guidance describes how to prepare for Steel Cage Death Match Meetings.

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Managing During Mergers and Acquisitions - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:23

In this cast we cover part 2 of our series on mergers and acquisitions. Hopefully, with this podcast, the idea of a merger or acquisition will be just a tad less scary. Put some of the ideas we d...

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My Direct is Resigning Chapter 1 - Never Counter Offer - Part 3 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:22

Never make a counter-offer to an employee who has a competing offer.

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My Direct is Resigning Chapter 1 - Never Counter Offer - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:21

Never make a counter-offer to an employee who has a competing offer.

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My Direct is Resigning Chapter 1 - Never Counter Offer - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:20

Never make a counter-offer to an employee who has a competing offer.

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360 Reviews - Providing Input (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:19

This cast explains how to respond to requests for 360 degree input.

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Preparing For Your Review - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:18

Today we cover the 2nd part of our series on Preparing For Your Review. After you've listened to the podcast, I think you'll agree that if you follow this simple process you will be in a position ...

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Preparing for Your Review - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:17

We spent a lot of time at the end of last year talking about how to write someone else's review.

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Preparing Performance Reviews - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:16

This week, we continue with our discussion on effective performance reviews. Last week, we discussed collecting data; today we discuss evaluating the data and writing the review. In the weeks follo...

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Preparing Performance Reviews - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:15

It's the end of the year. Most managers we know are thinking about the holidays... and annual reviews. After years of managing, training and consulting, we've concluded this is one of the most po...

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Delivering the Performance Review - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:14

Today, we conclude our conversation on Delivering the Review.

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Delivering the Performance Review - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:13

Our guidance on delivering a performance review.

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Jump Starting Internal Customer Relationships - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:12

In this cast, we finish up our conversation on jump starting relationships with your internal customers. Last week, we discussed the first of the 5 steps (Identifying Who, Prepping your 5 minutes ...

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Effective Teleconferencing - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:11

This week, we conclude our conversation on effective teleconferencing.

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Effective Teleconferencing - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:10

This casts lays out our recommendations for an Effective Teleconference Meeting, or Conference Call.

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How to Run Your Staff Meeting - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:09

Today, Mark and I finish up our series on running your staff meeting. If you haven't listened to

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How to Run Your Staff Meeting - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:08

We've alluded to it, we've talked about it, but we've never until now shared our recommendation for one of the few mandatory meetings we recommend: The Effective Manager's Weekly Staff Meeting. We...

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Effective Meetings - Part 3 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:07

In this cast we wrap-up our conversation on effective meetings, as well as answer some listener questions on meetings, One-on-Ones, and feedback.

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Effective Meetings - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:06

How to do you feel about most of the meetings you attend? Are they productive, or generally considered a waste of time? Do you attend too many meetings? How do others value the meetings

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Effective Meetings - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:05

How to do you feel about most of the meetings you attend? Are they productive, or generally considered a waste of time? Do you attend too many meetings? How do others value the meetings

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Brainstorming - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:04

In today's fast and flat world, ideas are becoming critical competitive advantages. Managers - and many others - need to be good at getting the most and best ideas from themselves and their teams.

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Brainstorming - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:03

In today's fast and flat world, ideas are becoming critical competitive advantages. Managers - and many others - need to be good at getting the most and best ideas from themselves and their teams.

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Inheriting A Poor Performer - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:02

This guidance discusses how to manage those directs whom you didn't hire and who have a history of poor performance.

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Inheriting A Poor Performer - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:01

This guidance discusses how to manage those directs whom you didn't hire and who have a history of poor performance.

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How To Manage An Arrogant Producer (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T22:00

This cast addresses how to manage a high performer who is arrogant or dismissive of others.

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Your Admin and Your Email (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:59

One of our most popular podcasts - and it was actually a series of casts - were titled "The Efficient Assistant and The Effective Executive". We laid out a plan for having a great relationship wit...

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Effective Executive/Efficient Assistant - Part 3 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:58

This week, we finish (finally!) our series on working effectively with administrative assistants.

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Effective Executive/Efficient Assistant - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:57

This week, we continue our series on working effectively with administrative assistants. Given that this is part 2 of 3 parts, we've obviously had a lot to discuss on the subject.

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Effective Executive/Efficient Assistant - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:56

One of the lost arts of the corporate world in the past 20 years is how to work with an administrative assistant. While we won't argue that a great deal of the "leaning out" of corporations has bee...

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How To Assign Work Tasks - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:55

This cast concludes our discussion on how to assign tasks to your directs.

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How To Assign Work Tasks - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:54

This guidance describes how to assign tasks to your directs.

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How To Roll Out DiSC To Your Team - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:53

This guidance concludes our series on how to rollout the DiSC Behavioral Instrument to your team.

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How To Roll Out DiSC To Your Team - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:52

This guidance describes how to rollout the DiSC Behavioral Instrument to your team.

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The Social Media Cast - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:51

In today's cast, we conclude our conversation on Myspace and social networks. As always, if you're new to Manager Tools and haven't listened to the first part, you may wish to go back and listen t...

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The Social Media Cast - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:50

This cast gives guidance for managers' use of Social Networking Sites like MySpace and FaceBook.

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Can I Be Friends With My Directs? - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:49

This cast concludes our guidance on what a professional manager's role and limits are when it comes to being friends with our directs.

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Can I Be Friends With My Directs? - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:48

This guidance describes what a professional manager's role and limits are when it comes to being friends with our directs.

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Horstman's Law Of Uncertainty (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:47

This guidance describes what to say when you don't have an answer to a question, even when it's urgent.

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Managers and Confidentiality (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:46

This cast recommends how managers handle requests for confidentiality from their directs.

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Assume Positive Intent (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:45

Assume positive intent when analyzing the actions of others, especially directs.

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Leading Change: The Ore Cart - Chapter 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:44

Not everyone on your team wants to go along with every change you want to create.  Luckily, you don't have to win over everyone.

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Leader's Intent - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:43

Explaining your 

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Leader's Intent - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:42

Explaining your

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Managers Are Communicated THROUGH (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:41

This guidance describes how managers ought to communicate organizational information to their team members.

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Welcome To They - Professional Subordination - Chapter 2 - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:40

When decisions are made you may disagree with, you must communicate the decision supportively both in public and in private.

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Welcome To They - Professional Subordination - Chapter 2 - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:39

When decisions are made you may disagree with, you must communicate the decision supportively both in public and in private.

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The Three Types of Power (And One To Rule Them) - Part 4 from 2019-01-31T21:38

Power is necessary for organizational change and success, even if some of us would rather call it influence. But what is it? And how can I get some? And some more? It's not as hard as it sounds.

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The Three Types of Power (And One To Rule Them) - Part 3 from 2019-01-31T21:37

Power is necessary for organizational change and success, even if some of us would rather call it influence. But what is it? And how can I get some? And some more? It's not as hard as it sounds.

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The Three Types of Power (And One To Rule Them) - Part 2 from 2019-01-31T21:36

Power is necessary for organizational change and success, even if some of us would rather call it influence. But what is it? And how can I get some? And some more? It's not as hard as it sounds.

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The Three Types of Power (And One To Rule Them) - Part 1 from 2019-01-31T21:35

Power is necessary for organizational change and success, even if some of us would rather call it influence. But what is it? And how can I get some? And some more? It's not as hard as it sounds.

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Delegating To The Floor (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:34

This guidance describes how to help individual contributors handle an overload in work.

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Delegating To The Floor - For Directs - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:33

This guidance discusses how and when to delegate to the floor.

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Delegating To The Floor - For Directs - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:32

This guidance discusses how and when to delegate to the floor.

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The Juggling Koan (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:31

Mark recently blogged with our first ever management koan, "

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How To Choose What To Delegate (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:30

This guidance describes how to choose what to delegate using a simple Venn Diagram - the intersection between the direct, the manager, and the organization.

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The Art of Delegation - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:29

Today, Mark and Mike discuss the topic of Delegation. There probably isn't a management book out there that doesn't talk about the importance of delegation. However, very seldom does the author g...

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The Art of Delegation - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:28

Today, Mark and Mike discuss the topic of Delegation. There probably isn't a management book out there that doesn't talk about the importance of delegation. However, very seldom does the author g...

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The Management Trinity - Delegation (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:27

This cast explains our rationale for why Delegation is the 4th Member of our Management Trinity.

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The Corky Story - Part 3 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:26

Part 3 of Dani's best management story about how she used the Manager Tools Trinity to terminate a poor performer in an organization where "you can't fire anyone."

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The Corky Story - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:25

Part 2 of Dani's best management story about how she used the Manager Tools Trinity to terminate a poor performer in an organization where "you can't fire anyone."

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The Corky Story - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:24

Dani's best management story about how she used the Manager Tools Trinity to terminate a poor performer in an organization where "you can't fire anyone."

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The Coaching Dilemma - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:23

This cast continues our discussion on whom to coach and develop on your team with your marginal time.

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The Coaching Dilemma Introduction (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:22

A short (8 min) extra cast where Mark introduces the Coaching Dilemma and solicits YOUR responses. What do you think is the correct answer to the dilemma?

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The Coaching Model - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:21

In this cast, we complete our discussion of the Revised Manager Tools Coaching Model.

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The Coaching Model - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:20

This cast describes the Manager Tools Revised Coaching Model.

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The Management Trinity - Coaching (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:19

This cast describes the role of Coaching in the Management Trinity, and makes a KEY recommendation regarding development of directs and performance management.

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The Coaching Dilemma - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:18

This guidance describes whom to coach and develop on your team with your marginal time.

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There Is No Why In Feedback - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:17

This cast concludes our guidance on what to do and why when directs want to describe why they did what they did when you have given them negative feedback.

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There Is No Why In Feedback - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:16

This cast contains our guidance on what to do and why when directs want to describe why they did what they did when you have given them negative feedback.

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The Part After Feedback - Chapter One - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:15

The conclusion of our guidance on how to respond initially to a direct who pushes back in various ways to an instance of feedback.

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The Part After Feedback - Chapter One - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:14

This guidance describes how to respond initially to a direct who pushes back in various ways to an instance of feedback.

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Feedback and the Shot Across the Bow (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:13

In this cast, we share what do effective managers do when a direct disagrees with the feedback you give them.

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Systemic Feedback (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:12

What do we do when we've tried giving negative feedback but it doesn't seem to be working? We've given repeated instances of feedback, and yet we don't see a change in a direct's behavior?

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Giving Effective Feedback - Part 4 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:11

In this podcast, Mike and Mark share a technique managers can use to give feedback to their team members.

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Giving Effective Feedback - Part 3 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:10

In this podcast, Mike and Mark share a technique managers can use to give feedback to their team members.

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Giving Effective Feedback - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:09

In this podcast, Mike and Mark share a technique managers can use to give feedback to their team members.

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Giving Effective Feedback - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:08

In this podcast, Mike and Mark share a technique managers can use to give feedback to their team members.

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The Management Trinity - Feedback (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:07

This show describes The Feedback Model's inclusion in the Management Trinity.

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Resistant Directs In One on Ones (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:06

This guidance recommends how to have effective One on Ones with directs who are initially resistant.

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One-on-Ones - Part 3 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:05

Mark and Mike conclude their discussion on the single most effective management tool available today - the weekly One-on-One.

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One-on-Ones - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:04

Mark and Mike continue their discussion on the single most effective management tool available today - the weekly One-on-One. In the podcast, we refer to both a written summary of the key points f...

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One-on-Ones - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:03

Mark and Mike discuss the single most effective management tool - the One-on-One.

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The Management Trinity - One on Ones (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:02

This cast begins our series on the Management Trinity, and our reasons for each of its three (four) components: One on Ones, Feedback, Coaching and Delegation.

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What You've Been Taught About Management is Wrong (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:01

Mark's July 2015 USI Speech in Paris

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Rolling Out the Manager Tools Trinity - Part 4 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T21:00

This cast includes Part 4 of our discussion on how to implement the Manager Tools' Management Trinity (One on Ones, Feedback, Coaching).

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Rolling Out the Manager Tools Trinity - Part 3 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T20:59

This cast includes Part 3 of our discussion on how to implement the Manager Tools' Management Trinity (One on Ones, Feedback, Coaching).

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Rolling Out the Manager Tools Trinity - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T20:58

This cast includes Part 2 of our discussion on how to implement the Manager Tools' Management Trinity (One on Ones, Feedback, Coaching - and Delegation!).

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Rolling Out the Manager Tools Trinity - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T20:57

This cast describes how to gradually implement Manager Tools' Management Trinity (One on Ones, Feedback, Coaching - and Delegation!).

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Results and Retention - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T20:56

The definition of an Effective Manager is to achieve results while retaining your team members.

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Results and Retention - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance) from 2019-01-31T20:55

The definition of an Effective Manager is to achieve results while retaining your team members.

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Introduction - Hall of Fame Feed from 2019-01-31T20:54

Introduction to the Manager Tools Hall of Fame Feed.

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