Manager Tools

This guidance describes how to manage a High I direct based on some natural tendencies and weaknesses.

This guidance recommends giving negative feedback only after a second instance, and only ON the second instance.

This guidance describes whom to choose to mentor internally based on political considerations.

This guidance describes some simple things your admin can do to help you manage your calendar.

This guidance describes how to assign a project to a direct and set up some simple reporting that will greatly increase early (and overall) success.

This cast concludes our guidance on some simple things managers can do to improve the accountability and productivity of distant team members.

This guidance recommends some simple things managers can do to improve the accountability and productivity of distant team members.

This guidance recommends how to introduce changes in how you manage your team.

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

This cast concludes our discussion on how effective managers address governmental politics at work.

This guidance recommends how effective managers address governmental politics at work.

This guidance recommends how to further your succession planning efforts by extending your network to your directs.

This cast concludes our conversation on an even more basic model for effective meetings than in our original guidance.

This cast describes an even more basic model for effective meetings than in our original guidance.

This guidance addresses how personal One on Ones ought to be – should they be all about family and personal stuff, or just about work?

This guidance addresses questions about the purpose and value of One on Ones, particularly for those directs who challenge the need for them.

This cast concludes our conversation on how to respond when someone disagrees publicly in an unprofessional way.

This cast describes how to respond when someone disagrees publicly in an unprofessional way.

This cast describes how to decide whether or not to give feedback to one of your directs based on someone else's input.

This cast describes how to deliver feedback to skip level associates.