There are lots of ways you can make great decisions. I’ve got 3 big ones:
Interpret the Information
Know your options
Know your negotiables and non-negotiables
I credit Steve Bannister with the first tip. He does a great job sharing his 4 tips to interpret information:
Rumor (Steve calls this rumour, he’s from Canada, I’m from Wisconsin)
Belief
Opinion
Fact
Great advice! You must […]
by David Zinger
Just once…
We all have dreams.
Some of us even wake up.
Most of us forget our dreams.
Or we don’t feel entitled to our own dream.
What is your “just-once” dream as a manager.
Articulate your dream by completing the following sentence:
Just once I’d like to ___________________ .
Perhaps you’d like to just once have an empty inbox, or […]
“Great leaders of the most successful companies in the world are great stewards.” - Jason Jennings
Those words rang in my ears as I left the 2008 HDI Annual Conference a few weeks ago, and they are still bouncing around in my head today.
Jason Jennings shared a great message, about how the organizations he studied all […]
Management Zingers #6: SmartDraw
I was fortunate enough to receive a copy of SmartDraw. Due to some project management writing I was doing they sent me the program. I must admit that I thought this was originally just going to be another piece of software that I would dump on my drive, give a whirl, and […]
Guest article by Sandy Renshaw
As a new business owner, I find myself doing more than a few pro bono projects for worthy causes and discounted projects for organizations to which I belong.
These projects are making a big dent in the time spent on my regular client work. In my quest to find balance, I […]
Are you in the matrix?
Kevan Hall and his company specialize in how to lead and succeed in complex companies. Kevan also writes the blog Life in a Matrix. I encourage you to take your time to read this post about matrix management.
Kevan welcome to Slacker Manager, tell us how your focus in Speed Lead and […]
Guest post by Rosa Say, author of Managing with Aloha Coaching
We live in a time of information overload and knowledge gluttony: What do you zoom in and focus on, and apply open-minded listening to retain, and what becomes nothing but more noise, cluttering up your hearing and your view planes?
If you are a great manager, […]
We can learn a lot as managers by asking questions.
Yet sometimes as a manager, you may not want to hear the answer to all your questions. Let’s follow Bob, a manager, around from the time he wakes up in the morning until the time he gets back into bed at night.
Qestions Bob might not want […]
Jack Hayhow shared his Four Deliverables of Great Leadership:
1. Amazingly Engaged Employees
2. Evangelical Customers
3. Consistently Solid Financials
4. Growth (Revenue, Profit, Capability)
Jack asks “Can anyone truly be described as a great leader without producing these results? Did I miss anything?” My deliverables for great managers are going to vary the 4 Jack recommends, as rarely are […]
Do you have a presentation to make?
Are you making effective and dynamic presentations?
Garr Reynolds offers an hour of presentation ideas on this Authors@Google video made on March 21st. The production of the video is simple yet the ideas are invaluable. Grab a notepad and use Garr’s ideas to achieve Presentation Zen.
If the video does not open […]
Management Zingers #5: The Crucial Skills Newsletter
I have been teaching/facilitating the Crucial Conversations course for Shared Visions out of Saskatchewan and Manitoba for almost 2 years. I think it is such a practical course and that participants learn so much from the experience. Even though I have taught it numerous times, I keep learning to […]
Thanks to Jodee Bock for sharing this in the comments on Hear See Do Training. It was very helpful for me to think about. So helpful that it deserves to be showcased as a separate article for those who might have missed it. Thanks Jodee!
I am a certified trainer for Job Relations Training (JRT) which […]
I received 52 responses to the 6 word management request last week. You could take these and have a different management story every week for the next year. Read the statements below and then I will announce the winner of the coolest management story as judged by 3 teenagers who are just beginning to be […]
This is a chapter from the book Don’t Ask Stupid Questions: There Are No Stupid Questions by Tim Brownson. Chapter and book cover used with permission of the author. Please read all the way to the end to win YOUR copy of this great book.
Children ask better questions than adults. May I have […]
Management Zingers#4: Tom Peters on Health Care
What do you think about health care? Tom Peters has just completed a 286 slide presentation on health care. He said it has been 10 years in the making. Tom always has something
TO SAY ABOUT MANAGEMENT!
Click here to slide into a healthy dose of Tom Peters: Americans mostly think […]
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