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Manager Tools - Management Basics
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Many managers become managers by being really good individual contributors – and they get no training on how to be managers or, importantly, what to DO. This feed gives you the guidance you need, in an actionable step by step fashion, so that you can start being a better manager today.
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 Myth of the Working Manager
Feb 1, 2019Tap to summarizeIf you think you're a "working manager", and that's harder somehow, you're wrong.
Transcribe →Can I Be Friends With My Directs? - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance)
Feb 1, 2019Tap to summarizeThis cast concludes our guidance on what a professional manager's role and limits are when it comes to being friends with our directs.
Transcribe →Can I Be Friends With My Directs? - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance)
Feb 1, 2019Tap to summarizeThis guidance describes what a professional manager's role and limits are when it comes to being friends with our directs.
Transcribe →Welcome To They - Professional Subordination - Chapter 2 - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance)
Feb 1, 2019Tap to summarizeWhen decisions are made you may disagree with, you must communicate the decision supportively both in public and in private.
Transcribe →Welcome To They - Professional Subordination - Chapter 2 - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance)
Feb 1, 2019Tap to summarizeWhen decisions are made you may disagree with, you must communicate the decision supportively both in public and in private.
Transcribe →Horstman's Law Of Uncertainty (Hall Of Fame Guidance)
Feb 1, 2019Tap to summarizeThis guidance describes what to say when you don't have an answer to a question, even when it's urgent.
Transcribe →The First Rule for New Managers (Hall Of Fame Guidance)
Feb 1, 2019Tap to summarizeIn this cast, we share the First Rule For New Managers: the most important recommendation for someone taking over a team.
Transcribe →Assume Positive Intent (Hall Of Fame Guidance)
Feb 1, 2019Tap to summarizeAssume positive intent when analyzing the actions of others, especially directs.
Transcribe →Never Ask A Question Of A Direct (Whose Answer You Don’t Intend to Honor) (Hall Of Fame Guidance)
Feb 1, 2019Tap to summarizeWe recently published guidance recommending that managers ask directs for their efforts, rather than commanding. "Ask Don't Tell" comes from sales, but sales is about relationships and persuasion much like effective managing is. But several folks have asked, isn't there a risk of being told "no"?
Transcribe →Managers and Confidentiality (Hall Of Fame Guidance)
Feb 1, 2019Tap to summarizeThis cast recommends how managers handle requests for confidentiality from their directs.
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