Restart

Submitted by wendii on Wed, 03/17/2010 - 15:12.
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If you’ve been around Manager Tools for some time, you might have noticed a trend. Every other question on the forum is answered with feedback, one on ones, delegation, coaching or DiSC. It’s the same at the conferences. People ask convoluted questions and the answer is simple: one element of the trinity.

Mark and Mike are often heard to say management is unsexy, unexciting and repetitive. If, as a manager, you really got these five basics, you’d be head and shoulders above your peers. (We know that’s true, we get emails to tell us so).

Over time we clutter our lives with extra activities, our computers with extra programs and our closets with extra clothes. Going back to basics is a useful, productive exercise which can restart momentum. In the same way, going back to concentrate on the basics of one on ones, feedback, coaching and delegation (at whichever stage you are in the rollout) can kick-start your productivity and relationships.

So who’s going to commit to a restart?

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Submitted by Peter.Westley on Thu, 03/18/2010 - 00:12.

As soon as I get a job ;-)

I am doing lots of interviews (being interviewed) at present - many of them are not your behavioural questions type interview but the less-effective hypothetical how-would-you-deal-with X type interview.

I usually briefly cover the trinity as a framework whenever I'm asked about how I go about doing something - e.g. managing difficult directs. Of course I always use the opportunity to give an example as well.

Invariably they look at me as if I'm a god, for having such a well structured, repeatable approach to management.

It's been valuable to have to think about the big picture of the Manager-Tools Trinity® and re-discover just how well it all fits together as a framework for management effectiveness. With these tools it's easy to be a god ;-)

Anyone would have thought this stuff had been thought through and tested over time or something...

-- Peter

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Submitted by bteachman on Thu, 03/18/2010 - 05:39.

Count Me In

 I have been putting it off to long to give feed back to the amount i should. 

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Submitted by wendii on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 17:57.

Thank you!

Peter, great to know you're going to be a god when you find your next position :-)

Bteachman - what can we do to support you?

Wendii

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Submitted by mbaker on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 19:08.

Timely question for me

I couldn't resist responding to the question.  For me, it's going to be one-on-ones.  I've been doing them for about 9 months, they're going very well, but I know there are ways I can do better.  

I actually started along the path to improvement this morning by initiating a coaching discussion with one of my directs.  I asked her to be the coach and hold me accountable, and we followed the coaching model.  I have a measurable and time-bound goal in place and we brainstomed a list of about 15 resources for me to consider in developing the plan.  Plan is due to her by Monday at 1:30.  

I've spent several weeks knowing I want to improve, but not sure how to begin.  This approach has given me a positive direction and means to effectively make progress.  

Thanks for asking, Wendii

Mike

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Submitted by LifetimeLearner on Fri, 05/13/2011 - 00:18.

I just committed to a restart

I just attended the awesome MT conference - inspired -  I recommitted to my team to improve our one on ones and staff meetings...I had drifted a bit

Margaret