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Manager Tools is a weekly podcast focused on helping you become a more effective manager and leader. Each week we'll be talking about new tools and easy techniques you can use to help achieve your management and career objectives. If you're tired of a lot of management theory and would rather learn specific actions you can take TODAY to improve your management performance, we think you'll enjoy the manager tools podcast.

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Career Crisis Email

This cast describes your initial communications with a friend or associate whose career is at risk, for whatever reason. We read in the Wall Street Journal this week about a bank failure in the US due to the mortgage/debt crisis the markets are facing. As it turns out, we have several Manager Tools members there, [...]...

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[ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:28:44 +0000 ]

FREE Career Crisis Skills Conference - NYC, 18 October

Manager Tools will present a FREE, one day Career Crisis Skills Conference, on 18 October, to help those affected by the financial and credit market troubles. We will conduct the training/seminar at the Marriott East Side in Manhattan (map, sw corner 49th and Lex), from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be room for 300 attendees [...]...

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[ Sat, 04 Oct 2008 05:45:18 +0000 ]

Our New Audio Blog, and “Transitions Lenses”

The Audio Blog is going to be a regular installment of Manager Tools. Our intent is to provide you information on about a weekly basis about things that interest us that we find different or amusing or surprising about management that perhaps don’t make a strong enough case to be a podcast, or in many [...]...

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[ Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:00:37 +0000 ]

5 Ways to Master Horstman’s 3rd Law of Interviewing

Lately, we’ve gotten lots of questions from our 28,000+ members about our interviewing series. Because of the uncertainties many are facing today, we thought it might be helpful to return to our guidance on interviewing. Horstman’s 3rd Law of Interviewing: We’ll Take 90% Less Ability for 10% More Attitude Every Day of the Week. When the market [...]...

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[ Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:28:50 +0000 ]

I Hate My New Job

This cast describes steps to take when you realize early in a job that you don’t like it. One of the things that has changed as individuals have had to take over their own career management is more mistakes made by younger professionals. Years ago, larger organizations had a more complete HR approach, and managed their [...]...

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[ Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:16:14 +0000 ]

Feel, Felt, Found

This cast describes a simple verbal tool for addressing tension, conflict or other ineffective emotions in the workplace. Mark has finally gotten around to writing this cast down! Every time Mark teaches this technique to an executive or manager, he turns to Mike and says, “we gotta make this a cast.” And then he doesn’t. When [...]...

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[ Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:32:41 +0000 ]

Rolling Out the Manager Tools’ Trinity - Part 4

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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[ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:26:55 +0000 ]

Atlanta Effective Manager Conference Overview

November 11 - 12 , 2008 - Renaissance Concourse Hotel, Atlanta “I have attended Dale Carnegie, American Management Association, etc conferences and the MT conference blew them away!” - Jeff Vose, 2007 Conference Attendee Mark and I are pleased to announce our Effective Manager Conference, November 11 - 12, at the Renaissance Concourse Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia. We guarantee it [...]...

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[ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:10:11 +0000 ]

Rolling Out the Manager Tools’ Trinity - Part 3

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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[ Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:00:21 +0000 ]

Rolling Out the Manager Tools’ Trinity - Part 2

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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[ Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:08:54 +0000 ]

Rolling Out the Manager Tools’ Trinity - Part 1

This cast describes how to gradually implement Manager Tools’ Management Trinity (One on Ones, Feedback, Coaching - and Delegation!). We’ve been asked a thousand questions about what to do and when to do it when it comes to the Management Trinity, and we’ve finally gotten frustrated enough to do something about it. We assumed that [...]...

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[ Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:46:28 +0000 ]

The Meeting Introduction for Large Groups

This cast describes how to use the Manager Tools Meeting Introduction Tool For Large Groups - up to 100 Attendees! We get asked all the time, “how big a group have you ever used the Meeting Introduction Tool with?” The answer is 110. It is Mark’s favorite Manager Tool because everyone can use it, it [...]...

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[ Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:41:40 +0000 ]

Business Travel - Packing

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 humans do better with face to face connections to ensure a complex project does well. Technology has led to the globalization of [...]...

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[ Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:00:31 +0000 ]

Boomerangs! (repost)

[Note: This is a repost of a previous corrupt podcast file.] This cast describes how to increase your chances of re-hiring someone who has left your organization. They’re called Boomerangs! There really IS a war for talent going on today. Demographics are in many ways working against us, reducing the labor pool, as well as changing [...]...

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[ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:04:50 +0000 ]

The MySpace Cast - Part 2 of 2

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 to that first. ...

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[ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:45:23 +0000 ]

The MySpace Cast - Part 1 of 2

This cast gives guidance for managers’ use of Social Networking Sites like MySpace and FaceBook. If you’re one of our younger listeners, members, or premium subscribers, with less than 5 years in the workforce, chances are you have a MySpace or a FaceBook page. You stay in touch with friends, let people know what you’re [...]...

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[ Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:13:11 +0000 ]

Sharing Your References

This cast tells you how to handle requests for your references when engaged in a job search. Even though “References Available Upon Request” is no longer a good idea, reference CHECKING is on the rise and will only increase in the coming years. It seems like since resumes don’t include the age-old line — the why [...]...

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[ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:39:54 +0000 ]

How to Coach Directs on Interpersonal Skills - Part 2

On today’s cast, we complete our discussion on coaching directs on interpersonal skills. Of course, if you haven’t listened to last week’s cast, you may want to start there. ...

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[ Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:00:17 +0000 ]

How to Coach Directs on Interpersonal Skills - Part 1

This cast tells you how to begin a process of coaching a direct on interpersonal skills. Soft Skills! How many times have you heard, “hired for technical skills, fired for (lack of) people skills”? It may be common wisdom (an oxymoron if there ever was one), but it’s still true. The path to greater success [...]...

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[ Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:00:09 +0000 ]

San Francisco Effective Manager Conference Overview

We’ve been asked a number of times recently for more information about the Effective Manager Conference we’re holding in San Francisco, July 22 - 23. Although we used to put out a special cast each time we hosted a conference, we haven’t done that of late. So, for those who asked, here you go. [...]...

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[ Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:01:00 +0000 ]

Managing in a Matrix Organization - Part 2

In this cast, we finish our conversation on how to manage effectively in a Matrix Organization. By now, you know why matrix organizations exist (and why we don’t like them). In today’s cast, we talk about what you DO to be effective in matrix organizations. ...

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[ Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:55:09 +0000 ]

The Manager Tools Effective Communications Conference

September 9-10, 2008 – Hilton Palacio Del Rio Hotel, San Antonio, TX “Communication is What The Listener Does” - Peter Drucker We are pleased to announced our first ever Effective Communications Conference! Communication is so critical to every manager, and yet so few seem to do it well. Join us in San Antonio to learn how to be [...]...

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[ Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:34:21 +0000 ]

Managing in a Matrix Organization - Part 1

This cast describes how to manage effectively in a Matrix Organization. (Not that we recommend it ) We’ve finally succumbed to the steady drumbeat of requests for “The Manager Tools Way” of dealing with how to survive and thrive in a matrix organization. A couple of years ago, Mark said he’d never [...]...

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[ Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:48:24 +0000 ]

How To Create A Simple Behavioral Interview Question

This cast describes how to create a simple behavioral interview question. We believe that behavioral interviewing is the best systemic form of interviewing evaluation a manager can use. There’s nothing that even comes CLOSE. Sure, there are those who think testing is important, and we don’t disagree. But we also think that a [...]...

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[ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:50:07 +0000 ]

Effective Meetings Behavior Part 5 - Posture

We’re all in meetings all the time, right? So how come there’s not an instruction manual? We all complain about them. But no one seems able or willing to do something about it. We will. We shared - 3 years ago - our recommendations on how to RUN an Effective Meeting. [...]...

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[ Mon, 26 May 2008 22:29:51 +0000 ]

One Kind Thing

This cast shares a simple technique for managers to be kind to their directs. Many of our casts address specific problems that managers face. It’s easy to forget that management is an inherently human endeavor. And when it comes to our humanity, all the technology in our modern world doesn’t take the place of [...]...

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[ Mon, 19 May 2008 03:26:30 +0000 ]

How to Remember Names

This show describes a couple of simple techniques to help you remember people’s names. Whether we like it or not, other people are part of our professional lives. And, as Dale Carnegie sagely noted, “A person’s name, to that person, is the sweetest and most important sound in any language.” But how to remember [...]...

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[ Mon, 12 May 2008 05:00:53 +0000 ]

Meal Interviews (Part 2 of 2)

This podcast is the second of two on the subtleties associated with being interviewed during a meal. ...

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[ Sun, 04 May 2008 22:59:40 +0000 ]

Meal Interviews (Part 1 of 2)

This podcast details all the subtleties associated with being interviewed during a meal. We have NO EXCUSE for why we didn’t do this podcast 2 years ago. We get this question all the time, so much so that we’re making it part of the standard weekly show rather than restricting it to the interview tool. [...]...

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[ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:31:37 +0000 ]

Resume Update 2008

This cast updates one of our most popular casts Your Resume Stinks [October 31, 2005] with learnings from our community and some timely recommendations regarding recent trends. And, in this cast, we make a very exciting New Product Announcement! ...

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[ Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:57:33 +0000 ]

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