tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87692490768226042992024-09-07T07:52:08.381+07:00David Mouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08159015140249161252noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8769249076822604299.post-34055678455319771902008-02-19T07:04:00.002+07:002008-02-19T07:12:24.479+07:00

I've said it before and I'll say it again Manager Tools is great. Mike and Mark have been providing fundamental advice for 2 years with their weekly podcast and I have tried to spread the word.The problem that I experienced when I first found them was where to start. When I looked through the back catalogue I initially want to get the basics out. Since then I have been through and listened to

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Being an avid listener to Manager Tools and having applied nearly all of the tools and techniques so well presented by Mark and Mike there is one catch with the One-2-One guidelines.Go get the podcastThe suggestion is to document the session in a file for follow up week to week and for easy review come appraisal time. This causes a problem when you travel a lot.The solution is to use some

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A good reference if you want to [re]learn about consulting methods and approaches. Equally useful for internal and external consultants and maps very well to line management. The discovery process and meeting guidelines described would certainly help a line manager understand and deal with conflict.

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A good and short book from Tom Markert "You Can't Win a Fight With Your Boss and 55 other rules for success"Very easy to read (143 pages in just over one hour)Lots that sound familiar and more then it's fair share of ah ha moments.DWYPYWD? read the book and find out.

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I have been using little Excel tools that I have put together to help track holiday for myself and my directs.Following on from the variations I have generated for David Seah's Compact Calendar there is a great use for the neat solution he has put together.Over and above country specific version it would be very easy to generate employee specific versions that help you keep track of when and when

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Adding to the variations I have created to David Seah's Compact Calendar please see the tentative version for Indonesia for 2008.This is to add to the Thailand and Singapore versions already available.You can find the versions here:IndonesiaSingaporeThailandAlso go and look at David's work:Compact CalendarPrintable CEO

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Having already created a Thailand version of David Seah's Compact Calendar I like the format so mush that I have created a Singapore 2008 version to complement it.How would you use it?If you use Excel for any planning, like creating simple Gantt Chart's, this is an invaluable aide to quickly seeing by month how many working days there are. Put both the Thailand version and a Singapore version in

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What is feedback?Many people assign negative responses to feedback because feedback is "criticism".People readily accept praise - praise is simply positive feedback.Feedback is an art and not well performed by many people today and above all it's a gift as it gives something tangible about our behaviours to work with.Key points:Feedback is not the delivery it is the receptionIt's about the

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What is the key to getting to know your people, letting them get to know you and how to keep track of what they're doing?A: One-to-OnesMark and Mike at Manager Tools give you the ins and outs of the "single most effective management tool" in their typical, likeable style.We with some excellent advice and a useful template for setting up the meeting and how to keep track of the notes and

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I use MindJet's MindManager Pro a lot for all kinds of actions, project tracking, coding ideas, blog ideas, one-2-ones.The tool is extremely flexible and now the new version 7 is available.Key Features:New User Interface - The fluent (ribbon) user interface is compliant with the new Microsoft standard seen in Vista. This means tabbed browsing and a quick access toolbar. The tabs are

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Invention and thinking of new solutions to old problems is one of the key skills required for today's manager. This could be applied to Projects and People; wherever there is a problem there could be a need to be creative in the solution.One of the key tools is Brainstorming. For this I use MindJet's MindManager Pro. A great tool and very easy to use. But there is more than the tool....Blockers

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My former boss and good friend starting using MindJet's Mind Manager and got me using it.Now, more than one year on, I am still scratching the surface on this excellent tool's features and abilities.I find myself using it for the traditional uses of brainstorming and defining scope, and initial work breakdown structure, for project initiation.Having listened to Dina on Mind Manager, an interview

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Use the Label [tag] Cloud to navigate to posts of interest

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I stumbled across Manager Tools at the beginning of the year.Manager Tools is a weekly podcast with supporting blog and very active forums for registered members. Since finding the podcast I have worked through the back catalogue and have been really impressed by the quality of the podcast, the advice and how successful I have been implementing some of the advice in the real world.Manager Tools

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