It’s that time of year again when most companies have holiday parties, which means most managers have to make an appearance and show their best side, at least for a few minutes. Being an office holiday party veteran, and having not always been as savvy about things as I am now, I thought I’d share […]
Welcome to the 12 days of management.
This series will start on the 12th. of December and end on the 25th. of December.
You guessed it: I have used the structure of the 12 Days of Christmas to look at what we in middle management can receive and give (Thanks to Rosa Say for making giving and receiving […]
The most recent episode of the Cranky Middle Manager is one of the best. It’s an interview with Dream Manager author Matthew Kelly. In addition to talking about the high cost of turnover, Matthew shares one amazing key to management:
You can’t expect someone to do for your company what they won’t do in their […]
Does your work cause you to travel? How do you use your time in airports before take off?
I would appreciate tips that Slacker Managers use to make something out of their waiting.
Here are my 4 airport productivity habits.
I like to get to the airport early. After checking in I always go to the bookstore and look […]
Read and apply these five focusing practices to improve your ability to focus as a manager.
A dog at play has the mind of a wise martial arts master,
a mind capable of perfect focus ~ Author unknown
Define Your Focus. How do you define focus? Read the definition below and determine how you can use focus definitions […]
Share your care with your team, and you will have a magnificent team.
“Folks don’t care how much you know, until the know how much you care.” - Dr. John C. Maxwell
The easiest way for me to remember to care for my associates is the acronym CARE. It reminds me how to treat them all year […]
In my video post in November I asked for help with inspirational videos. Thank you to everyone who participated.
I got a number of recommendations but realized that a list of inspirational videos is quite specific to the individual. Some people loved sports videos while others didn’t care for certain videos because of the music, length, or approach. […]
Slacker Manager has a new cleaner design. It fits in with the B5 Media site design.
We hope you like it and we look forward to working with it in the coming weeks.
Phil and I are open to your comments and feedback.
David
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Today I am honored to share Mike Myatt of N2 Growth with you. In addition to being a fantastic blogger, and a super nice guy, Mike is also the author of the the newly released book Leadership Matters The CEO Survival Manual: What it takes to reach the C-Suite and Stay There. I read through […]
Who gets to you at work? What gets to you at work? What are those things that irritate you the most?
Here are 13 sources of workplace irritation:
The Enemy: People who are employed by the organization but only see the organization as the enemy.
Slide junkies: Their 30 minute presentation consist of 129 PowerPoint slides as they […]
This is a guest post from Dr. Linda Ford
You undoubtedly know that to make your business successful, you need to manage products, customers, and cash. But did you know that there is a fourth factor that can either support or undermine your work on the first three?
That fourth factor is organizational culture.
Culture is just “how […]
This has been a November to remember for Phil and I.
We thank everyone who has visited Slacker Mangager in November to read a page, to comment, or to take an idea away to make them a better manager.
Our page views for last month were: 333,496. This has increased our September page views by over 100,000 […]
We’re nearing the end of the year, and I’d like to recognize the top management blogs of 2007. While we have a few of our favorites in our blogroll, we’d like to add (and read) others.
Here’s what we’ve got so far:
Written Word
Management Craft with Lisa Haneberg
Managing with Aloha Coaching with Rosa Say
All Things Workplace with […]
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