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Podcast – Three Counter-Intuitive Steps to Becoming a More Effective Manager

Be a More Effective Manager – stop answering those questions, seize your time, and it’s your fault

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Three Counter-Intuitive Steps to Becoming a More Effective Manager

Become a More Effective Manager – Three Counter-Intuitive Steps In the world of planning and strategy, there is a truism that too much planning, too much detail, too much analysis, leads to inaction, to a loss of opportunity. Along the … Continue reading

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Seize Your Time – gaining control over Too Much Information – Podcast

Seize time of your own by gaining control over Too Much Information.

The podcast is 5 minutes 10 seconds long. This is a podcast based on an earlier blog entry of the same title.

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Seize Your Time – gaining control over Too Much Information

I have written a number of other postings about time management.  I always start off with the true, but worn, observation that time is the one element of business (life, too) that can not be purchased, borrowed, or inventoried. It … Continue reading

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It’s Always Your Fault – taking responsibility for personnel

Attracting, selecting, training and mentoring, and pruning human resources are among the most important tasks a manager confronts. Almost everyone agrees that, at the top level of organizations, managers need to be devoting a significant portion of their time addressing … Continue reading

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Seize Your Time: the breakthrough first step in time management

A breakthrough first step in time management to become a more effective manager. PODCAST

The podcast is 6 minutes 14 seconds long. Transcript of the podcast (download PDF)

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Managers – Don’t Answer That Question!

The miraculous practice of not answering subordinates’ questions. A counter-intuitive strategy for high performance, yours and theirs.

The podcast is 6 minutes 34 seconds long.

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Podcasts

Here is a list of all podcasts with links to them here on the Business Coach blog: – Delegation, Outsourcing, and Keeping a Focus on Strategy and Strength – Outsourcing – not a strategy that is as simple as a … Continue reading

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Building a Positive Culture – the no jerk zone

A very common question from managers is, “How do I build a positive, supportive, productive culture in my company?” This seems like a very abstract objective until you face up to some of the negative behaviors that can be found … Continue reading

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