Management Mini Saga
by David Zinger
Rajesh Setty wrote a delightful change this manifesto: Mini Sagas: Bite Size Lessons for Life and Business.
A mini saga is written in 50 words -not more, not less, exactly 50 words.
Rajesh lists 3 benefits of writing a mini saga:
Writing a mini saga expands your creativity.
Writing a mini saga stretches your thinking.
Writing a mini saga [...]
One of the smartest people I know is Lisa Haneberg. She’s the author of some of my favorite books (2 Weeks to a Breakthrough, Focus Like a Laser Beam, and 10 Steps to be a Successful Manager) and interviewer of some insightful management podcasts (check out one with David Zinger, and one with yours truly, [...]
The August Golden Slacker: David Allen
Inducted by David Zinger
I am delighted to induct Mr. David Allen as the August inductee in the Order of the Golden Slacker.
It is an honor to induct David Allen into the Order of the Golden Slacker.
David Allen helps us all get things done. He has done it so well that it is [...]
One of the biggest reasons I’ve been a successful manager is because I have successfully marketed my team to the rest of the organization as a helpful team full of professionals who excel at what they do. As a manager, I take my responsibility of marketing my team VERY seriously, and do it every chance [...]
This is a guest post from Aaron Stannard, who is the editor of Working Smarter, a productivity blog for managers and presenters.
The best thing a manager can do for his employees, in my opinion, is to make their lives easier by eliminating or simplifying tedious tasks that are not directly related to their employees’ job [...]
After 20 some years as an individual contributor, one of my friends is taking on his first management job. He came to me and asked what resources I would recommend for someone like him in a new management position. I thought I’d start the resource list with a few of my favorite management books [...]
Free Training Advice for Managers from Olympians
by David Zinger
Tomorrow the Olympics will start in China. Do you want to get a “head” start? The Official site of the Olympics is offering 22 short videos by winning Olympians on how to enhance performance. If you go to the official Olympic site the section is called the Olympic Personal [...]
Recently I got a review copy of the audiobook It’s Our Ship by D. Michael Abrashoff. I really enjoyed it, as Mike read his own book, and I always enjoy hearing books read by their author. I got an unabridged copy, which I searched high and low to share a link to but I couldn’t [...]
Employee Engagement From Acceptance to Zen
by David Zinger
I invite you to view this 28 slideshare presentation on Employee Engagement from A to Z in pictures and in words.
Employee Engagement A To Z Slides
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The 35th edition of the World at Work’s annual budget survey found that the 2008 actual average increase in salary budgets was 3.9%, and the survey projects a 3.9% increase again in 2009. After sharing these numbers, Kris Dunn, the HR Capitalist asked “Is a 5% raise enough to protect your superstars?”
I emphatically agree [...]
A Guide to Reading Blog Posts
by David Zinger
This post is from August of 2007. I will highlight about one from each month of the last year. I think we often consume blog posts and have no idea was we just took in. I encourage you to scan many posts but when you latch on to [...]
I never thought posting free leadership wallpapers could really motivate someone to take action, but it did. Frequently insightful and never bashful commenter CSBMonkey shared his insights on motivation from an employee’s point of view. If you’re a manager, or you want to be a manager, please keep reading this and make it your own [...]
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