Everyone knows that work can put a damper on your family life. If you haven’t decided to completely jettison your family, as I suggested in a previous post, this tip might help.
It’s easy to get carried away at the office, and end up working 6 or 7 hours past your usual working […]
This post is from Cheryl Cran based on her book about The Control Freak Revolution.
It may seem odd to think that a control freak could be a good thing. Not so odd in my opinion. Many leaders are labeled a control freak by sheer nature of being in leadership. An Australian survey of 385 employees from around […]
Michael Kanazawa is co-author of the book BIG Ideas to BIG Results, and has a blog under the same name.
There are a lot of ways to try to make your job easier. You can re-engineer complete processes, install new IT systems, and reorganize your organization. But, do those really make life easier? And […]
This is a tough time in any middle manager’s life. The time when you finally realize that you care more about your job than your family.
I remember when I told my Dad. He was crushed, but it felt great to release the burden I was carrying around. I also gained more free […]
This is a guest post from Stephen Smith
You may have heard that it’s easy to be a slacker, but it is not as easy as they think. If you are not careful you can go from slacker to loser in a hurry. And no one wants that! Here are five three simple characteristics of a […]
This is a guest post from Stephen Smith
Being a successful manager depends on taking responsibility as a leader, and one of the duties of a leader is to make decisions. Making good decisions can influence morale, for good or ill. Your decisions can solve or create problems. Some days all you manage to accomplish is […]
This is a guest post from Michael Lee Stallard author of Fired Up or Burned Out: How to Reignite Your Team’s Passion, Creativity, and Productivity. At the end of his article you will have the opportunity to win the book this post is based on.
Connection Culture: A New Source of Competitive Advantage.
Foster connections. A “Connection […]
Guest article by Kevin Eikenberry, author of Remarkable Leadership
My kids were both involved in school programs called DEAR – Drop Everything and Read. The idea was to carve out a time in the day as reading time. I love the idea, the goal, and reading. As much as I believe we grow and […]
This is a guest article from Ted Demopoulos
We all get email, too much email. Remember when getting an email was exciting? Well, oceanfront property used to be cheap too.
Remember the AOL “You’ve Got Mail” voice announcement, as though it was a noteworthy event?
Email, big virtual piles of it, may be the norm today, but you […]
This is a guest post from Dr. Susan L. Reid. Susan will be answering questions on Slacker Manager today, so please leave her a comment and she’ll answer any questions you might have. Have fun!
There’s something in the air. Can’t you just feel it? It’s the anticipation of 2008 being the greatest year ever.
For some […]
This is a guest post from Dr. Linda Ford
You undoubtedly know that to make your business successful, you need to manage products, customers, and cash. But did you know that there is a fourth factor that can either support or undermine your work on the first three?
That fourth factor is organizational culture.
Culture is just “how […]
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