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Teaching Your Directs How To Interview - Chapter 1 - Basics - Part 2 May 25, 2026

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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

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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

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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 to do not be terrible. And that means doing a lot of small, simple things the right way.

Top 10 Hiring Mistakes - #6 - The Warm Body Problem May 04, 2026

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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

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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 that? Because it can, and it has a short memory.

Fill The Vacuum! - Communicate Your Vision - Chapter 1 Apr 20, 2026

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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

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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 happens to you, it's easy to feel lonely and afraid. St. Jude - the Patron Saint of Lost Causes - tells us what to do for those going through those hard times.

Building Peer Relationships - Part 2 Apr 06, 2026

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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 boss can achieve her goals.

Building Peer Relationships - Part 1 Mar 30, 2026

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Top Ten Hiring Mistakes - #7 - Being Swayed Mar 23, 2026

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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 often write to us. Here's how to not fall prey to one of the most common hiring mistakes.

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