If you’re a people manager, then you know taking care of your people is the most important thing you can do. You know that you can’t get work done without the people you serve and yet many organizations don’t invest any time or money in employee customer care. I had been looking for a […]
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 […]
The smart folks at 800-CEO-Read (in my opinion, the world’s GREATEST business bookstore of all-time) are asking for your help. They want to know what YOU think the greatest business book of all time is. Vote for the best business book.
Now think about the ones on the list, or not on the list, that you’ve […]
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 […]
No doubt you, like me, are VERY busy. Too busy to go back to school to get an advanced degree, but still wanting to learn what it takes to be as smart as a 5th grader, er, I mean as smart of a manager as you can be. I’ve thought about going back to school […]
What are the 8 nuggets you need to mine from the One Thing?
Marcus Buckingham has become a central leader in the workplace strengths movement. His current book is GO Put Your Strengths to Work - 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance.
We often want to embrace the new but we should not lose sight of […]
Phil Dourado commented on What’s Phil Reading (funny, Phil, commenting on a post by Phil. But I digress.) that I should pick up a copy of his book The 60 Second Leader, as it’s perfect for Slacker Managers like me who are looking to get a quicker, better, bang for my buck of time. What […]
This article comes to you courtesy of Kerry Patterson, the author of the book Influencer: The Power to Change Anything. I’m working through it now, in tandem with a few other books, and it is a great read thus far! Kerry also was one of the authors of one of the books you must have […]
Thought it might be nice to share with you a few of the books I’m thinking of reading, to give you a preview of some of the reviews I’ll be sharing soon at Slacker Manager, and to ask you which one(s) seem to resonate most with you.
The Dream Manager by Matthew Kelly - I love […]
Here are the selection of winning posts from last week.
Get your pictures moving. Ed Brenegar hit a grand slam for me last week. He loaded the bases with a link and recommendation to Animoto. This is a wonderful and easy site to take your photos and create a video with music in a matter of minutes.
Let’s talk. […]
3 winners in our “Free Book Friday” contest:
Dave Hodgkinson
Doug Kyle
Tim
These folks let us know who they were, and asked great questions that we’ll be answering very soon. Please use the contact form to send in your address so I can send you a list of books to choose from.
If there’s ever anything you want to […]
On this fantastic Friday, I’m giving away books from my leadership library to a few lucky random readers that answer this question in the comments:
Who are you and what’s 1 question we can answer or 1 thing you want to see here at Slacker Manager?
You also could do us a favor and complete our survey, […]
Slacker Managers are readers. Of course, you are reading this right now, so it proves my point!
BNET has done a provocative piece on the 10 most overrated and 10 most underrated business books. Read the 2 lists below to see where they might have put a book you love or loathe.
Here are their 10 OVERRATED books:
Reengineering the […]
Are you thinking ahead? What books would you like to read before the end of 2007? Here are 3 books that will be released soon to help you take your management work to the next level.
Influencer: The Power to Change Anything by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Greeny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler. I have […]
Kevin Eikenberry just released his second book, an amazing book called Remarkable Leadership. For TODAY ONLY you can get some amazing bonuses for buying Remarkable Leadership today. I love this book, and I know you will too. It’s a very complete handbook for managers and leaders of all shapes and sizes. You can see […]
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