Episodes 974
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Since Jul 2005
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Weekly
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About This Podcast

Tired of management theory? Want to learn specific skills to help improve your management performance? Then Manager Tools is the podcast for you! Manager Tools is a weekly business podcast focused on helping professionals become more effective managers and leaders. Each week, we discuss specific actions for professionals to take to achieve their desired management and career objectives. Manager Tools won Best Business Podcast Award in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2012 as well as the People's Choice Award in 2008. Find more at http://www.manager-tools.com/

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Recent Episodes

Company Change With A Promotion Is Unlikely - For Managers - Part 2

Jun 08, 2026

Many professionals think that one way to keep their career moving upwards is to change companies. Unfortunately, this is a relatively rare occurrence.

Company Change With A Promotion Is Unlikely - For Managers - Part 1

Jun 01, 2026

Many professionals think that one way to keep their career moving upwards is to change companies. Unfortunately, this is a relatively rare occurrence.

Teaching Your Directs How To Interview - Chapter 1 - Basics - Part 2

May 25, 2026

The Manager Tools Interview Process recommends having your direct reports interview candidates who would become their peers. Here's how to teach your directs to be Effective Interviewers.

Teaching Your Directs How To Interview - Chapter 1 - Basics - Part 1

May 18, 2026

The Manager Tools Interview Process recommends having your direct reports interview candidates who would become their peers. Here's how to teach your directs to be Effective Interviewers.

Presenting Failures - Chapter 1 - Front Of The Room Behaviors

May 11, 2026

Too many managers, and the majority of execs, too, are TERRIBLE at presenting. But getting good at presenting is just like getting good at managing. Since everyone else is so terrible, all you have…

Top 10 Hiring Mistakes - #6 - The Warm Body Problem

May 04, 2026

There is a 3-Body Problem in Classical Mechanics. That one cannot be solved. But hiring managers are also afflicted with *The Warm Body Problem.* But this one is easily solved.

Job Requirements - Beware The Ratchet!

Apr 27, 2026

You may not realize it, but your company makes it increasingly harder to find qualified candidates without intending to. How does it do that? With The Hiring Requirements Ratchet. Why does it do…

Fill The Vacuum! - Communicate Your Vision - Chapter 1

Apr 20, 2026

If your people say they don't know what's going on strategically, or operationally, **it's your fault.** You can fill that void with your own vision and communications.

Network Building - The St. Jude Rule

Apr 13, 2026

Do you know what it's like to lose a job? Get fired? Get laid off? If you don't, that's good. But more people who go through it wish more people who haven't did a better job of helping. When it…

Building Peer Relationships - Part 2

Apr 06, 2026

When you're a manager, you're thinking of your team all the time. But remember you're a part of a team, too: your boss's team. You need to work on having good relationships with your peers so your…

Building Peer Relationships - Part 1

Mar 30, 2026

When you're a manager, you're thinking of your team all the time. But remember you're a part of a team, too: your boss's team. You need to work on having good relationships with your peers so your…

Top Ten Hiring Mistakes - #7 - Being Swayed

Mar 23, 2026

One of the most common mistakes of managers when hiring - it made our Top 10 list! - is being swayed by their directs into hiring someone that they weren't that impressed by. They always regret, they…

The Difference Between Line And Staff Leadership

Mar 16, 2026

Managers today are constantly besieged by requests and demands from above their level. But just because someone is "above" you in the org chart doesn't mean they can easily task you and your team.…

Three Current Modern Management Scams - Part 2

Mar 09, 2026

This cast serves as a compendium of the biggest management scams of the 21st century. We have covered these topics extensively. But we know there are close to 2,000 podcasts so they might be hard to…

Three Current Modern Management Scams - Part 1

Mar 02, 2026

This cast serves as a compendium of the biggest management scams of the 21st century. We have covered these topics extensively. But we know there are close to 2,000 podcasts so they might be hard to…

Why Does HR Make It So Hard To Fire People? - Part 2

Feb 23, 2026

For over half a century, managers have been complaining: "HR won't let me fire this guy." This myth - and yes it is a myth - is so common that experienced managers teach it to new managers, and it…

Why Does HR Make It So Hard To Fire People? - Part 1

Feb 16, 2026

For over half a century, managers have been complaining: "HR won't let me fire this guy." This myth - and yes it is a myth - is so common that experienced managers teach it to new managers, and it…

How To Be A Positive Interviewer - Part 2

Feb 09, 2026

Too many managers make the mistake of thinking they have to be a "tough" interviewer. They think that interviewing is adversarial. They think they need to apply pressure to see how candidates react.…

How To Be A Positive Interviewer - Part 1

Feb 02, 2026

Too many managers make the mistake of thinking they have to be a "tough" interviewer. They think that interviewing is adversarial. They think they need to apply pressure to see how candidates react.…

Top 10 Hiring Mistakes - #8 - Unprepared - Part 2

Jan 26, 2026

If you want managing to be easier, learn to hire better. We've been saying it for two decades now. We normally put out positive guidance, about what to DO. In this series of casts, though, we…

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