Have you made your substitutions?
Management means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of knowledge for folkways and superstition, and of cooperation for force. ~ Peter Drucker
Think, know, and join are 3 powerful ways to create the real force of management.
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Here are the selection of winning posts from last week.
Get your pictures moving. Ed Brenegar hit a grand slam for me last week. He loaded the bases with a link and recommendation to Animoto. This is a wonderful and easy site to take your photos and create a video with music in a matter of minutes.
Let’s talk. […]
Looking to liven up that morning team meeting? How about putting the agenda on a piece of toast, like this.
The memo toaster: The easiest way to make a meeting more meaty! If only this little bugger could make French Toast, I’d bring one to EVERY meeting that started before 9 AM.
Thanks to Execupundit for finding […]
Are you following blogosphere and the development of top bloggers?
Read profiles of the 50 most influential bloggers in 50 bloggers.
The list starts at Neil Patel (50th) to Nick Denton (1st) in this very well designed and informative list. You could say it is the N&Ns of blogging. I love the layout with pictures and brief notes.
You may find a […]
Are you making a bundle?
Of course making a bundle of cash may be quite helpful but today’s post is on bundling our work and activities together for increased efficiency.
Do we allow our work to scatter over the day and avoid the efficiencies of making bundles? For example, think about gathering wood for a fire. If you […]
“In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative original thinker unless you can also sell what you create. Management cannot be expected to recognize a good idea unless it is presented to them by a good salesman.” - David Ogilvy
I was looking for some inspirational management quotes, and I came […]
This summer my wife and I watched all the DVD episodes of the NBC’s Office, from the very first episode.
We got hooked on the characters, satire and parody of office work. Many people I know preferred the British Office series - as Canadians we are divided between the old British Office and the American Office.
Are […]
Phil and I are determined to honor people who have made outstanding contributions to management.
Instead of a quick link and a list in a blogroll we have created: The Order of the Golden Slacker. We will send the inductee a certificate to acknowledge them and we will write a longer post here to honor them.
If […]
I watched a clip from a 47 year old professor giving his last lecture, as he is dying from pancreatic cancer. I thought to myself “What would I do if I only had 1 more team meeting to hold?” because I was leaving my company for another opportunity, preferably for an opportunity of my choosing, […]
All the best to you from Slacker Manager as you start the fall season.
As a manager:
What are you falling for?
How do you pick yourself up after you fall?
Are you falling in love with work or just falling through work?
What are your plans for this fall?
Have you learned to fall?
On a more somber note I highly […]
“There are managers so preoccupied with their e-mail messages that they never look up from their screens to see what’s happening in the nondigital world.” - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Don’t be one of these managers! Step away from your keyboard, your BlackBerry and your iPhone and see what’s really going on in your management world.
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Here is the next installment of They’re at the Post: Winning Management Posts. Today’s top post come from: Tom Peters, Dan Schwable, and Jack Ricchiuto.
Tom Peters has an insightful and acerbic post: Competing to Achieve Excellence You are Your Only Competitior! This is a must read if you are a manager who wants people to work […]
Click here to go to Harvard. Are you seeing crimson?
Okay, I know you did not get a Harvard MBA but you did click into 11 Harvard business bloggers. Management blogging is now at Harvard, one of the world’s most prestigious universities.
You may not be able to afford to go to Harvard or you may have trouble getting […]
3 winners in our “Free Book Friday” contest:
Dave Hodgkinson
Doug Kyle
Tim
These folks let us know who they were, and asked great questions that we’ll be answering very soon. Please use the contact form to send in your address so I can send you a list of books to choose from.
If there’s ever anything you want to […]
Do you have a Google account? If so, have you tried out their new beta product to compete with PowerPoint?
Click on the thumbnail below for a larger version of this slide.
I encourge you to go use Presentation. If you go to Google docs you will find it under your new doc menu. I spent a few […]
Paving the path of least resistance, so you don't trip and fall.
Written by David Zinger [email], and Phil Gerbyshak [email] for b5media.
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