Synopsis
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.
Episodes
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![The One On One Refresh]()
The One On One Refresh
22/11/2009This cast describes how to refresh your One on Ones with your directs after you've been doing them for 1-2 years.
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![My Boss Skips Me]()
My Boss Skips Me
16/11/2009This cast describes how to work with a boss who repeatedly skips over a manager and works directly with your directs (his or her "skips").
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![Owning The Inputs - Part 2]()
Owning The Inputs - Part 2
09/11/2009This cast concludes our conversation on handling a direct who blames another direct for their failure to deliver a task on time.
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![Owning The Inputs - Part 1]()
Owning The Inputs - Part 1
01/11/2009This cast recommends how to handle a direct who blames another direct for their failure to deliver a task on time.
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![Managers and Confidentiality]()
Managers and Confidentiality
25/10/2009This cast recommends how managers handle requests for confidentiality from their directs.
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![The Management Trinity - Part 3]()
The Management Trinity - Part 3
18/10/2009In this cast, we conclude our conversation on the origins of the Management Trinity, focusing on Coaching and Delegation.
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![The Management Trinity - Part 2]()
The Management Trinity - Part 2
12/10/2009In this cast, we continue our conversation on the origins of the Management Trinity, focusing on One on Ones and Feedback.
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![The Management Trinity - Part 1]()
The Management Trinity - Part 1
04/10/2009This cast describes the origins of the Management Trinity: why we preach it, and how it came to be.
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![Timely Meetings – Part 2]()
Timely Meetings – Part 2
27/09/2009This cast concludes our conversation on how to run timely meetings.
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![Timely Meetings – Part 1]()
Timely Meetings – Part 1
20/09/2009This cast describes how to run timely meetings.
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![The First Question In Your One on One]()
The First Question In Your One on One
14/09/2009This cast describes how to start every One on One.
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![Admin Trip Folders – Part 2]()
Admin Trip Folders – Part 2
07/09/2009This cast concludes our discussion on a standard practice of administrative assistants helping managers prepare for business travel.
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![Admin Trip Folders - Part 1]()
Admin Trip Folders - Part 1
31/08/2009This cast describes a standard practice of administrative assistants helping managers prepare for business travel.
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![Direct Relationships Acid Test]()
Direct Relationships Acid Test
24/08/2009This cast prescribes asking your directs what their children's names are.
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![Quick and Dirty Choosing a Number Two]()
Quick and Dirty Choosing a Number Two
16/08/2009This cast describes a quick and dirty way to choose an interim replacement or number two for your role as manager.
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![Project Manager Feedback]()
Project Manager Feedback
09/08/2009This cast describes how give feedback to a project team member if you are a project manager.
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![Team Formation – How Big?]()
Team Formation – How Big?
03/08/2009This cast describes how big to size a team when forming it.
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![What To Delegate]()
What To Delegate
25/07/2009This cast recommends simple choices for what to delegate to our directs.
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![Fighting The Downturn Silence]()
Fighting The Downturn Silence
05/07/2009This cast describes how to combat the normal tendency of directs to communicate LESS during a downturn.
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![Simple DiSC®, Delegation, And Project Management - Part 2]()
Simple DiSC®, Delegation, And Project Management - Part 2
28/06/2009In this cast, we conclude our conversation on how to delegate and manage projects more effectively based on the DiSC profiles of your team members.
