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Listen to a podcast, win a t-shirt

Frequent commenter and Slacker Manager super support Phil Dourado shared his management tip on Nick McCormick’s Management Tips podcast. His tip: Ask More Questions. Go visit Nick, listen to Ask More...

Started in Slacker Manager • 17 hours ago • 0 responses
Tags: podcasts
Want to ask more better questions?

Do you want to ask more questions, better questions, questions that get good answers from your team? Go download the free ebook Asking Questions for a Change, courtesy of Joanna Young. Don’t think...

Started in Slacker Manager • 12 hours ago • 0 responses
Tags: books, looking inward
More Thoughts on Leadership and Vision

Note from Phil: Stephen Smith is back for another great series of articles on vision, leadership, and the future of great management and great leadership. This is the first in a series of 3. Thanks...

Started in Slacker Manager • 1 day ago • 0 responses
Tags: guest posts, vision
Happy birthday to me!

It’s my birthday today, and I’m giving you the gift. Leave a comment and guess how old young I am to win a free electronic copy of my book 10 Ways to Make It Great! HINT: I am older than...

Started in Slacker Manager • 3 days ago • 0 responses
Tags: phil gerbyshak
How do you interview?

How do you interview for job openings on your team? Do you let people show their strengths during their interview, or do you make sure they fit into what you expect someone who is already successful...

Started in Slacker Manager • 4 days ago • 0 responses
Tags: hiring, interviews
Do One Thing to Make a Difference

Today, think of 1 thing you can do to make a difference for 1 person on your team. If you don’t know 1 thing that would make a difference to 1 person on your team, take 10 minutes today to meet...

Started in Slacker Manager • 1 week ago • 0 responses
Tags: management hack
Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all the readers of Slacker Manager. I appreciate your comments, your readership, your e-mails, and the way that you challenge me to think in new ways about management. I hope...

Started in Slacker Manager • 1 week ago • 0 responses
Tags: phil gerbyshak, gobble gobble, thanksgiving, turkey
Hiring the Right Skill Set And Motivating the Millennials

Note from Phil: This article discusses the 7 Survival Skills for the new world of work, and shares a bit about how to manage and motivate Millennials, something if you’re not thinking about now will...

Started in Slacker Manager • 1 week ago • 0 responses
Tags: guest posts, hiring
Slacker Manager Values

I’ve been here almost 18 months, writing management articles and sharing my favorite finds on the web where you can get your management fix. In an effort to focus in on what is REALLY important...

Started in Slacker Manager • 1 week ago • 0 responses
Tags: values
Setting and Resetting Expectations

Recently I had a big disagreement with one of my associates about their self-evaluation. He listed himself as all “exceeds expectations” (the highest rating) and I felt he was at “meets expectations”...

Started in Slacker Manager • 1 week ago • 0 responses
Tags: communication, feedback