Employee Retention Strategies for Individual Managers

Learn what you (as an individual manager) can do to retain employees and reduce turnover.

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Help! I’m a Referee – How To Manage Conflict

Learn how to constructively handle conflict at work – and how to move forward afterwards.

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Top 10 Manager Challenges (Part A)

Of the top 10 things that make managers crazy, the first five all involve some kind of conflict.

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So What If I’m an A$$hole?

Learn how to communicate most effectively through listening, word choice, and body language.

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Good Boss, Bad Boss: Be a Better Boss

5 Things You Can Do Right Now To Be a Better Boss.

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The Power of Persuasion: Selling Your Ideas

Find out how different people react to different methods of persuasion, then effectively target those you may be trying to influence.  Also learn the three killer mistakes that many managers make when attempting to influence others.

Listen to the ‘Power of Persuasion’ podcast (20 min 23 sec):

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The Von Manstein Matrix

Learn how to be “lazy” yet get more done at work.

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Difficult Conversations – You Smell and People Don’t Like You

How do you tell someone that they have bad breath or that they didn’t get the promotion?

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How To Manage Up Without Brown Nosing

Learn 4 Key Strategies for Managing Your Boss.

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Help! I’m a Micro-Manager

Think you might be a micro-manager?  Listen to this podcast and find out:

  • What’s wrong with being a micromanager
  • How people get to be micromanagers
  • What you can do to address your problem

Listen to the ‘Help! I’m a Micro-Manager’ podcast (19 min 46 sec):


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