Get Psyched as a Manager
by David Zinger
Sports is often used as a metaphor for leadership, management, and the workplace. What lessons have you learned from playing sports that helps you as a manager.
My specific interest is the application of sports psychology to management performance. I taught Educational Psychology at the University of Manitoba for over […]
Leadership Now’s Leading Blog is one of my favorite sources of leadership inspiration. Recently, they created some free leadership wallpapers with pictures and quotes from great leaders like:
Winston Churchill
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
and several others.
I think this is a really great idea. Take some great quotes, add them to a nice picture of the quote, and then […]
Do you slack? Can you slack? Have you thought about slacking to create focus, turn off work, and get fit?
Slacking may not be what you think. In fact, slacking may reduce thinking.
Are you ready to think differently about being a slacker?
You slack when you wobble atop a one-inch-wide strand of nylon webbing suspended between two poles, […]
It shouldn’t cost you a bunch of money to thank your team for a job well done. Some of the best awards I’ve received have cost the person giving it to me absolutely nothing, and I love those awards far more than any of the costly rewards I’ve gotten. As I’ve examined the rewards that […]
What are your 3 management wishes?
Slacker Manager Readers Respond. Here is a selection of responses from Slacker Manager readers on 3 wishes they would like a Genie to grant. The 3 types of wishes were:
The wish I would grant for the people I manage is…
The wish I would grant for the organization is…
The […]
Sam Decker shared a fantastically helpful articled about the 5 stars of a Rockstar Employee.
Initiative
Integrity
Execution
Strategic Agility
Communication
Here’s a bit of background on why Sam is qualified to write this list:
In my career I’ve worked with hundreds of people, interviewed a few hundred, and hired over 100 people. A minority of these folks (say 10%) were rockstars, […]
I admit it, I am addicted to good blogs
by David Zinger
We do not use an extensive blog-roll on Slacker Manager. I published the list of blogs I follow on my site: www.davidzinger.com. There was such a positive response with people finding new blogs or rediscovering old blogs that I decided there was good value to […]
This month I’m working on mid-year reviews for my team, and I thought it might be helpful to share the Mid-Year Review Form I use with my team. I like to keep the meetings at 30-45 minutes, and I like to make things clear, concise, and simple to complete. If you do a good job […]
Retire Now (Again)
by David Zinger
I started to co-write Slacker Manager with Phil Gerbyshak in July 2007. I have written 3 post a week every week for a year. During the next month I will highlight a few of my favorite posts. Here is the first post I wrote for Slacker Manager.
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“You can buy a person’s hands, but you can’t buy his heart. His heart is where his enthusiasm, his loyalty is.” - Stephen Covey
I love this quote! The more loyal my team is, the harder they work. The more loyal I am, the harder I work too.
I wear my heart on my sleeve, but not […]
Leadership lessons for creating really good trouble.
by David Zinger
Miki Saxon wrote a post on Richard Stengel’s article on Mandela’s 8 Lessons of Leadership. Miki stated: if you don’t take time to click and read the entire text you’ll be doing yourself and those around you a major disservice. I believe in service so I was challenged […]
On a recent post about 5 skills for hiring, frequent reader and commenter Chain Smoking Blue Monkey had the following comment that really challenged my thinking:
In defense of “Mopey Murphy”: That very well might be the result of a bad manager that someone has had to toil underneath for years. Additionally, a realistic point […]
With this post, Slacker Manager reached 1000 posts.
Thanks to all of you who have been with us - from reading 1 post to reading 1000.
We encourage you to stay with us for the next 1000!
Please comment. Write your comment about our 1000 posts. Do you have a post that has stood out for you? What […]
A few months back I reviewed what I thought was the coolest chair I’d ever sat in, a tangerine Sumo chair. It was wonderful, and any kids that come over to my house to play love it. It’s also still super fun for me to sit in when I’m relaxing while playing on my […]
There is no place like home.
by David Zinger
Stephen Smith posed a question about tips for working at home. I have worked at home for about 28 years and this includes a period of having 3 children under 2 years of age.
I now have an 18 year old and two 16 year olds at home. Working […]
