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Manager Tools - Members-Only
Hosted by Mike Auzenne and Mark Horstman · EN
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. Find more at http://www.manager-tools.com/
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Give Positive Feedback Just For Doing Their Job! - Part 1
2d agoTap to summarizeThe vast majority of things that happen in your organization are good. Otherwise your company would go out of business. But most managers think their job (and it's a part they hate) is to give negative feedback. They have it backwards. The road to be able to give negative feedback and have it be effective is through positive feedback. And we're putting too high a bar on what behaviors deserve feedback.
Transcribe →Sourcing And Your Bench
1w agoTap to summarizeIf you have a good network, with some of those in your network on your bench, you can shorten your hiring process and increase the chances of a successful hire.
Transcribe →How To Work With Competencies
2w agoTap to summarizeThere's an organizational tool, almost always used by Human Resources, called competencies. Even though it's a fairly popular model for thinking about professional development, it's a terrible system we don't recommend. But if you have to use competencies, here's how.
Transcribe →Presenting Mistakes - Chapter 2 - Rigidity
3w agoTap to summarizeOne of the most common presenting failures is being too rigid in one's preparation and delivery. If you're not well prepared, and therefore flexible, your rigidity can cause your message to not be persuasive.
Transcribe →Company Change With A Promotion Is Unlikely - For Managers - Part 2
Jun 8Tap to summarizeMany professionals think that one way to keep their career moving upwards is to change companies. Unfortunately, this is a relatively rare occurrence.
Transcribe →Company Change With A Promotion Is Unlikely - For Managers - Part 1
Jun 1Tap to summarizeMany professionals think that one way to keep their career moving upwards is to change companies. Unfortunately, this is a relatively rare occurrence.
Transcribe →Teaching Your Directs How To Interview - Chapter 1 - Basics - Part 2
May 25Tap to summarizeThe Manager Tools Interview Process recommends having your direct reports interview candidates who would become their peers. Here's how to teach your directs to be Effective Interviewers.
Transcribe →Teaching Your Directs How To Interview - Chapter 1 - Basics - Part 1
May 18Tap to summarizeThe Manager Tools Interview Process recommends having your direct reports interview candidates who would become their peers. Here's how to teach your directs to be Effective Interviewers.
Transcribe →Presenting Failures - Chapter 1 - Front Of The Room Behaviors
May 11Tap to summarizeToo many managers, and the majority of execs, too, are TERRIBLE at presenting. But getting good at presenting is just like getting good at managing. Since everyone else is so terrible, all you have to do not be terrible. And that means doing a lot of small, simple things the right way.
Transcribe →Top 10 Hiring Mistakes - #6 - The Warm Body Problem
May 4Tap to summarizeThere is a 3-Body Problem in Classical Mechanics. That one cannot be solved. But hiring managers are also afflicted with *The Warm Body Problem.* But this one is easily solved.
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