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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

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The Simple Quarterly Performance Review

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2025/02/10

Most managers think that performance reviews are their most significant contribution to performance management and improvement. But that’s wrong. Frequent feedback is the greatest tool we managers have to improve performance. In fact, performance reviews aren’t even really part of the performance improvement efforts managers engage in. Performance reviews are an organizational system that is primarily designed to help the organization manage succession planning.

The Purpose of Feedback - Part 3

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2025/02/03

Almost every Non-Manager Tools manager thinks feedback is hard. And yet every year thousands of managers start giving feedback successfully. These managers have discovered that not only is it NOT that hard, but it’s well received, it works, and frankly, it’s easy to get addicted to giving it.

The Purpose of Feedback - Part 2

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2025/01/27

The Purpose of Feedback - Part 1

Manager Tools ·

2025/01/20

Almost every Non-Manager Tools manager thinks feedback is hard. And yet every year thousands of managers start giving feedback successfully. These managers have discovered that not only is it NOT that hard, but it's well received, it works, and frankly, it's easy to get addicted to giving it.

A Basic Team Culture Model For Managers - Part 2

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2025/01/13

In this guidance, we share what we think the base culture ought to be for all managers. You may wish to add more - that can be fine. Just be careful you don't have too many culture touch points - at some point they'll start conflicting with each other.

A Basic Team Culture Model For Managers - Part 1

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2025/01/06

Assumptive Goal Setting - HOF 2024

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2024/12/30

Our Hall of Fame guidance on how to think more creatively about annual planning goals.

How to Set Annual Goals - HOF 2024

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2024/12/23

Our Hall Of Fame guidance on how to start setting annual goals, and why we do not like "SMART" goals.

The Tetris Workload Battle - Part 2

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2024/12/16

The Tetris Workload Battle - Part 2

The Tetris Workload Battle - Part 1

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2024/12/09

The Tetris Workload Battle - Part 1

How To Get Subordinate Managers To Do One On Ones -...

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2024/12/02

How To Get Subordinate Managers To Do One On Ones

Delivering the Performance Review - HOF 2024

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2024/11/25

Our Hall of Fame guidance on delivering a performance review.

Preparing Performance Reviews - HOF 2024

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2024/11/18

This week, we're re-releasing one of our Hall of Fame casts on how to prepare performance reviews.

How To Get Subordinate Managers To Do One On Ones

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2024/11/11

How To Get Subordinate Managers To Do One On Ones

The Goal Of An Interview Is To Create A DECISION

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2024/11/04

Our guidance on the reason for interviewing

The Feedback Sandwich

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2024/10/28

Our guidance on the Feedback Sandwich.

"Is That What You Want” - Not Recommended

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2024/10/21

Our guidance on using "Is that what you want?" in the Manager Tools Feedback Model.

Celebrate Yellow Tasks - Part 2

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2024/10/14

Part 2 of our guidance on how to change the ways you interact with your team when it comes to keeping work on time.

Celebrate Yellow Tasks - Part 1

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2024/10/07

Part 1 of our guidance on how to change the ways you interact with your team when it comes to keeping work on time.

What If Your Direct Says No To Change?

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2024/09/30

What happens when you ask a direct to change for the better and they say no? Are they resisting all changes now? Is there something going on you don’t know about? Are they going to be a problem going forward? Are they developing an attitude? Uh-oh.

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