Taking a look back at 2008, I noticed I reviewed 6 books here on Slacker Manager (click the book name to check out the review):
Pat Lencioni’s 3 Signs of a Miserable Job
Mike Abrashoff’s It’s Our Ship
Bob Selden’s What to Do When You Become the Boss
Steve Pavlina’s Personal Development for Smart People
Rich DeVos’s Ten Powerful Phrases [...]
Note from Phil: This is a guest post from Christian Warren, author of Running with the Rhinos. I don’t have time for long discertations on how I can be a better leader, and I love the simplest of management lessons. This article is great for its simplicity and its ease of application. I think you’ll [...]
Author and management guru extraordinaire Lisa Haneberg shared her 2009 goals, and one in particular resonated with me enough to ask you your thoughts here on Slacker Manager:
What are those areas most especially troublesome for managers?
I think the managers that got promoted last year are in for a big shock in what’s going to be [...]
Shared in the Manager Tools forums is this simple, yet brilliant, meeting cost calculator, perfect for your iPhone.
It’s got all you need to calculate the cost of your meeting:
Number of participants
Average salary
Start button
Stop button
Reset button
See what I mean. Simple, yet brilliant!
And yes, the meeting cost calculator will work in your browser, you don’t have [...]
In the comments of my recent book review of Age of Speed, I was blessed with some great questions and feedback from you, the brilliant readers of Slacker Manager.
First, a question: Raymond E. Foster made a fantastic point every manager should think about: “I think the biggest part of “speed” or working smart, or whatever [...]
Wondering what to get your team this year for Christmas or whatever other holiday they celebrate?
How about giving them each a little more of your time, and be fully present for them?
Make your presence the present!
Not in a micro-managing sort of way, by undermining everything they do, but in a being fully present sort of [...]
I thought I had it alright, in an article I wrote about setting and resetting expectations. I thought it was all about my expectations and my associate’s expectations, and that was enough.
But then, I got some really insightful comments that challenged my thinking about expectation setting.
Mike King started it off with:
I believe in this case [...]
NOTE from Phil: This is a timely guest post from Brandon Caudle, one of the most insightful writers on customer service I know. If you manage anyone who talks to customers or if you talk to customers, read these tips and act upon them RIGHT NOW. Then repeat them each month for best results. Simple [...]
Do you think work/life balance is some cruel joke designed by someone who’s never managed YOUR team or worked at YOUR company?
Do you wonder how to spend more time on what you enjoy, and less time on what you hate?
Pick up a copy of Vince Poscente’s Age of Speed today to learn how to do [...]
What is the most meaningful phrase you’ve ever said, or had said to you?
Thank you to everyone who entered the contest to win a copy of 10 Powerful Phrases for Positive People by Rich DeVos.
All you had to do was answer one question: What is the most meaningful phrase you’ve ever said to one [...]
“The happier your employees are, the happier your customers are, and never the other way around!” – Phil Gerbyshak
One of the rules I’ve lived by as a manager is knowing I need to keep the folks that report to me happy, and they will keep our customers happy, and not the other way around. Though [...]
NOTE from Phil:
This is the third and final post in a series from Stephen Smith, focusing this time on positive communication. As year end is fast approaching, and bonuses and raises may be non-existent, this one is especially timely and helpful.
Note: This is a guest post from @Stephen, editor of Business Development in Context and [...]
“Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.” — Albert Einstein
More than ever before, this year has stretched me to do more of the management things I have learned over the years of reading books, blogs, and magazine articles. I realize that this quote [...]
Typical employee of the month awards just don’t work. Few get inspired by a certificate or a plaque that says “Employee of the Month” any more. Giving someone more money not only isn’t a good long term motivator, but it may not even be possible, for any number of reasons.
How do you do rewards and [...]
OK, so I got tagged by Michael Haberman to share a little more about myself. Given that nobody guessed my birthday, and that I need to get my butt in gear and get my about page re-done now that I’m doing the Slacking solo, I thought I’d play along.
Rules:
Link to the original tagger(s), and list [...]
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