The Effective Manager Has a Playbook - P...

The vast majority of things that happen in your organization are good. Otherwise your company would go out of business. But most managers think their job (and it's a part they hate) is to give negative feedback. They have it backwards. The road to be able to give negative feedbac ... Show More

If you have a good network, with some of those in your network on your bench, you can shorten your hiring process and increase the chances of a successful hire. 

There's an organizational tool, almost always used by Human Resources, called competencies. Even though it's a fairly popular model for thinking about professional development, it's a terrible system we don't recommend. But if you have to use competencies, here's how. 

Part 1 of our guidance on the foundations of presentation mastery. 

Part 1 of our guidance for the 2021 employment market. 

In this cast, we share the First Rule For New Managers: the most important recommendation for someone taking over a team. 

Part 1 of our guidance on deciding whether your goal should be efficiency or effectiveness. 

Part 1 of our guidance about ways to think about improving relationships using the communication matrix. 

Part 1 of our guidance on discovering and mitigating your weaknesses. 

Part 1 of our guidance on giving multiple pieces of Feedback to your peer around one event. 

Part 1 of our guidance on working when you’re suffering from a mental or physical illness. 

Part 1 of our guidance on the stupid email mistakes we see, and what to do instead. 

Part 1 of our guidance on answering the interview question: Tell Me About Yourself.