winkydink's Journal: If you're a PHB or thinking about becoming one

A couple of months ago, I discovered a podcast called Manager Tools.

Allow me to paraphrase from their description of what it's all about. This is a down-to-earth approach to things you should be doing to make yourself a more effective manager. Each week they talk about new tools and easy techniques you can use to help achieve your management and career objectives. If you're tired of a lot of management theory and would rather learn specific actions you can take TODAY to improve your management performance, I think you'll enjoy the Manager Tools podcast.

This isn't some high-concept presentation where you agree with what's being said but then struggle to integrate it into your daily routine, like a lot of books on management seem to be.

It's like getting a weekly management training class. And one of very high quality at that.

I highly recommend you take a look at this cast.