We all know the habits of highly successful managers but what about the unhabits?
If you want to be a highly successful manager who “kicks butts” you will need to break the following 37 habits:
View screens all day long while screening out the people you manage.
Put work before life as in the term work/life balance.
Believe that high […]
The BlackBerry is my Connector
The BlackBerry is my connector,
I shall not sit idle
IT makes me never sit in empty meetings
IT leads me out of still downtime
IT restores my date book
IT leads me in the path of write-eousness
For IT is my companion.
Even thought I walk through the valley
Of the shadow of too much information
I fear not […]
Happy Halloween!
This is the last article from the previous Dr. Z’s leadership institute. There will be no more stale dated posts from Dr. Z. on Slacker Manager. Beginning in November his future posts will have the freshness and consistency of Wonder Bread.
Dr. Z’s Leadership Institute is proud to have Mr. Eddie Cut join the faculty to teach […]
After hiding out at http://leadershipinstitute.wordpress.com/ Dr. Z is moving to Slacker Manager. It has something to do with his fear of Burgundians! You can visit the old site if you are interested in the short 5 month history of his leadership institute but over the next few weeks we will reprint the top 5 of Dr. […]
While most of the time here at Slacker Manager we write about how to be a better manager, today I’d like to share some of the habits of the worst managers I’ve had, and how you too can be a highly ineffective manager.
MONEY BACK GUARANTEE: If you do all of these 7 habits, I can […]
Need to make a management decision this weekend? Use the ultimate guide to management decisions, er the ultimate guide to rock-paper-scissors. Via Make You Go Hmm.
Disclaimer: Not to be used by the faint of heart manager!
Now that I’ve saved you 10 hours this weekend, get outside and do something fun for Pete’s sake!
[Phil Gerbyshak enjoys […]
Office Wisdom: I guess the atmosphere that I’ve tried to create here is that I’m a friend first and a boss second, and probably an entertainer third. ~ Michael Scott, Branch Manager - Dunder Mifflin
In the last episode of The Office, Michael - the manager- ran over one of his employees, believed the office was […]
Looking to liven up that morning team meeting? How about putting the agenda on a piece of toast, like this.
The memo toaster: The easiest way to make a meeting more meaty! If only this little bugger could make French Toast, I’d bring one to EVERY meeting that started before 9 AM.
Thanks to Execupundit for finding […]
This summer my wife and I watched all the DVD episodes of the NBC’s Office, from the very first episode.
We got hooked on the characters, satire and parody of office work. Many people I know preferred the British Office series - as Canadians we are divided between the old British Office and the American Office.
Are […]
Don’t get me wrong, I love fun at work I just resent when someone says we must have FUN at work. This is when I feel like one of Michael Scott’s (NBC television show The Office) employees who are coerced into engaging in FUNtivities.
My Master’s thesis was on humor in counseling. Humor and playfulness are my top signature […]
Do you speak management?
Perhaps you have been at a meeting where someone says, “growth share matrix is in decline because we are at the low end of the innovation adoption curve and we need to enhance instrinsic stakeholder commitment.” This is the kind of statement that makes you look up from the solitaire game on […]
Looking for help making some tough management decisions? Wondering if you should promote Sally or fire John? Wondering which ball is going to drop because you’re overworked and underpaid?
Then look no further than the Magic 8 Ball, Windows XP edition. Guaranteed to help you make all those management decisions you’ve been dreading, though no guarantees […]
What follows is probably going to be controversial. And it will probably be taken out of context, or dismissed out-of-hand because of the name of this blog. But what I’m going to tell you is both subtle and powerful and must not be misused or abused, though I’m quite sure it will be and probably […]
Preface the first: no sympathy cards are needed. This is observation, not experience.
Preface the second: sarcasm follows.
If you’ve read Slacker Manager for any length of time, you know that I like to think about ways to be more efficient while expending less effort. It occurred to me that I haven’t seen a good explanation of […]
What’s the deal with guys who wear belts and suspenders (braces) at the same time? What happened to them to make them so paranoid about their pants falling down? Maybe that’s too harsh–maybe they’ve just got a terribly misguided sense of style. All I know is that it kinda freaks me out whenever I see […]
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