The manager that doesn’t have to make at least one presentation each week is fairly rare. Today, we begin the discussion on making effective presentations, beginning with some general guidelines governing the use of tools like Microsoft PowerPoint.

During the podcast, we make reference to a great book by Barbara Minto, “The Pyramid Principle: Logic in Writing and Thinking”. Here’s a link to her book on Amazon. It’s one of our favorite books on management communications and you simply can’t go wrong by purchasing copies for both you and your subordinates.

As we note during the show, Mike will be traveling to Europe this week. Most likely we will not be publishing a podcast next week. And, if we do, it will be mid-week instead of Monday. We’ll be back on schedule the following week!

Got Email? Of course - what manager doesn’t? We know managers who get 200 (or more!) emails every day. Email is a necessary evil in the corporate management world, and highly effective managers know how to get the most out of their email WITHOUT spending too much time on it. In our latest podcast, we talk about how to make your technology work for you, and how you can spend less time on email while getting more done.

Also, thanks to Tom Comeau for mentioning us during his interview on the Cranky Middle Manager Show. The kind remarks are very much appreciated. For those of you who haven’t heard Wayne’s interview of Tom, you can find the show at the The Cranky Middle Manager Website.

Mark made reference during the podcast to the process of setting-up multiple “in-boxes” in Outlook. Here is a PDF document outlining the steps Mark uses to set those up.

Today we continue our discussion on Coaching. Now, if you haven’t listened to last weeks show where we introduced the coaching model, I strongly suggest you go back and listen to that show first. Also, if you haven’t downloaded and read the Manager Tools Coaching Card yet, please do so. You may just want to print it so you have it available during the podcast. It will assist you greatly in following the coaching example we present today.