March 25th, 2008
Info, info, info, info, info, info, info, info….everywhere but not a drop to think?
Are you bobbing, almost drowning, in a sea of information?
Take this article, why are you reading it? Don’t go away just yet, I have my own simple answer at the end.
We have reached the point where the productivity experts are just adding to […]
By David Zinger -- 6 comments
March 8th, 2008
Here are this week’s Management Zingers
These are 5 of the best leadership and management articles from the WEB during the past week. If you want to go directly to the post or article, click on the title at the front of each zinger.
Getting Passionate About Responsibility for Passion by Steve Roesler looks at passion in management. He […]
By David Zinger -- 6 comments
February 21st, 2008
Here are some key questions NOT to ask yourself as a manager:
Why am I doing this?
How come when I look at all the hours I put in I make less per hour than the people I manage?
How did my boss ever get to be the boss?
How did this person end up in my department?
Why does […]
By David Zinger -- 4 comments
February 19th, 2008
Years ago there was a popular book called The One Minute Manager. Who has a minute anymore in 2008? We need to shorten our management time cycles.
Why read a textbook when you can text? Why read when you can scan? Why have a conversation when you can interact with the people you manage with just two […]
By David Zinger -- 18 comments
February 16th, 2008
Here are my current top 5 management ZINGERS.
Business Intelligence - BI #16 - Business with Purpose Part 1: This is an informative podcast from the Canadian Management Centre on the central importance of purpose for good companies to go to great. John Eckmire interviews Nikos Mourkogiannis. Some of the same concepts could apply to individual managers.
Simple questions […]
By David Zinger -- 5 comments
February 12th, 2008
I am getting worried about myself. I think pixie dust from Tom Peter’s NONSTOP RANTING is rubbing off on me. Today, I am ticked off at competent managers and managerial competencies.
Competencies and list of competencies are an incredible anemic pathway to robust management practice and development.
You know what I am talking about: Those competency tables […]
By David Zinger -- 13 comments
February 5th, 2008
I tend to keep my blogging for this site and my employee engagement site professional with minimal self-disclosure.
I am very comfortable with disclosure but I will do this on www.diehappytoday.com - my site for happiness and personal development.
A while back on Slacker Manager, Phil laid down the challenge to write about 6 things you don’t know about […]
By David Zinger -- 3 comments
January 19th, 2008
Managment ZINGERS - Helping You Choose What to Read.
Our conundrum with so much information is to determine what to read. Management ZINGERS from Slacker Manager offers you eclectic resources on management. Each ZINGER includes, the title or author of the post with a click-able link to the article, a comment about the post, and a snippet […]
By David Zinger -- 0 comments