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  1. Dealing With Vague Feedback - Part 1

    18 februari 2013

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    This guidance explains how to respond to vague feedback from your boss or others.

  2. Politics 101 - Chapter 2 - Meeting Prep: Who Wants What

    11 februari 2013

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    This guidance tells you how to prepare for meetings where politics are going to play a role (which is to say, ALL of them).

  3. Thank You For The Bad News

    3 februari 2013

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    This guidance tells you what to do when directs bring you bad news.

  4. Negative Feedback Before Its Time

    28 januari 2013

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    This guidance recommends what to do when a direct would get negative feedback but it’s not yet time for it in the Trinity Rollout Process.

  5. Positive Feedback Before Its Time

    21 januari 2013

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    This guidance recommends what to do when a direct would get positive feedback but it’s not yet time for it in the Trinity Rollout Process.

  6. Overcoming Trinity Pushback - Chapter 1 - "One on Ones Are Micromanaging"

    14 januari 2013

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    This guidance tells you what to do when directs resist One on Ones because they are a form of "micromanaging."

  7. How To Do Succession Planning - Chapter 4 - The Delivery Meeting

    7 januari 2013

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    This guidance tells you how to structure your briefing to your team around Simple Succession Planning.

  8. Rules of Politics – Chapter One – Count Your Votes

    31 december 2012

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    This guidance recommends knowing where decision makers and influencers stand on proposals and decisions that matter to you and your team.

  9. Calendar Management Details – Chapter 2 Priorities In The Morning

    24 december 2012

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    This guidance recommends proactively scheduling time for your key responsibilities in the morning, versus afternoon or early evening, "when everyone’s gone.

  10. Your Directs' Resumes

    17 december 2012

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    This guidance describes when we recommend a manager consider their directs’ resumes.

  11. How To Do Succession Planning Chapter 3 – The Simple Form

    10 december 2012

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    How to create a dead-simple Succession Planning Form.

  12. One on Ones While Traveling - Part 2

    3 december 2012

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    This guidance completes our recommendations on how to do One on Ones while you are traveling.

  13. Effective Documentation - Part 2

    25 november 2012

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    Part 2 of our guidance on how to document the performance of your directs and your communications with them.

  14. Effective Documentation - Part 1

    18 november 2012

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    Our guidance for how to document the performance of your directs and your communications with them.

  15. How To Handle Meeting Killers – Chapter 6 Multitasking

    12 november 2012

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    This guidance recommends how to address behaviors in meetings that reduce meeting effectiveness, based on a popular 2012 Wall Street Journal article. This Chapter deals with handling a multi-tasker and also reviews the Journal’s general meeting guidance. Lees meer
  16. Calendar Management Details Chapter 1 – Shorten Free Time

    5 november 2012

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    How to improve your effectiveness by eliminating long open periods from of your calendar.

  17. One on Ones While Traveling - Part 1

    28 oktober 2012

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    This guidance recommends how to do One on Ones while you are traveling.

  18. Inheriting A Poor Performer - Part 2

    22 oktober 2012

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    This guidance discusses how to manage those directs whom you didn’t hire and who have a history of poor performance.

  19. Inheriting A Poor Performer - Part 1

    15 oktober 2012

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    This guidance discusses how to manage those directs whom you didn’t hire and who have a history of poor performance.

  20. How To Handle Meeting Killers - The Rambler

    8 oktober 2012

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    This guidance recommends how to address behaviors in meetings that reduce meeting effectiveness, based on a popular 2012 Wall Street Journal article. This Chapter deals with handling a Rambler – someone who talks and talks and talks ... and talks.

  21. Admit Your Mistakes

    1 oktober 2012

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    This guidance recommends admitting your mistakes openly as a manager, to your team, to enhance candor and openness from your team members.

  22. Never Ask A Question Of A Direct (Whose Answer You Don’t Intend to Honor)

    23 september 2012

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    We recently published guidance recommending that managers ask directs for their efforts, rather than commanding. Can't they say "no"? Yes.

  23. Executive Career Management - If Not You Who?

    16 september 2012

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    This guidance describes a simple way executive succession planning is often done, and the key to mastering it.

  24. How To Handle Meeting Killers - The Silent Plotter

    9 september 2012

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    This guidance recommends how to address behaviors in meetings that reduce meeting effectiveness, based on a popular 2012 Wall Street Journal article. This Chapter deals with handling a Silent Plotter – someone who tries to kill every idea, even after everyone’s agreed. Lees meer
  25. Work Family Balance - Chapter 1 - Go Home

    2 september 2012

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    This guidance describes the fundamental error in trying to achieve “Work-Family Balance” and how to solve it forever.

  26. The Part After Feedback - Chapter One - Part 2

    26 augustus 2012

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    The conclusion of our guidance on how to respond initially to a direct who pushes back in various ways to an instance of feedback.

  27. The Part After Feedback - Chapter One - Part 1

    20 augustus 2012

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    This guidance describes how to respond initially to a direct who pushes back in various ways to an instance of feedback.

  28. Ask For What You Want

    12 augustus 2012

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    This guidance recommends asking your directs for work to be done - meaning requesting things in the form of a question – rather than stating your desire for something to occur.

  29. How To Deliver A Shot Across The Bow Review

    7 augustus 2012

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    This guidance describes how to deliver an unofficial performance evaluation when your direct is failing and may either not realize it or is resisting changing.

  30. How To Deliver An Unofficial Review

    30 juli 2012

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    This guidance describes how to deliver an unofficial performance evaluation when you need to communicate something that can’t go on an official eval.

  31. How To Do Succession Planning - Chapter 2

    23 juli 2012

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    This guidance tells you how to use performance evaluations to improve your basic succession planning.

  32. How To Handle Meeting Killers - The Naysayer

    16 juli 2012

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    This guidance recommends how to address behaviors in meetings that reduce meeting effectiveness, based on a popular 2012 Wall Street Journal article. This Chapter deals with handling a Naysayer – someone who tries to kill every idea, even after everyone’s agreed. Lees meer
  33. Self Development Informal 360 Degree

    8 juli 2012

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    This guidance tells you how to potentially get some informal self development guidance from your manager by asking three simple questions.

  34. Common One On One Mistakes - Chapter One - Agenda Fascism

    2 juli 2012

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    This guidance tells you how to avoid the mistake of “Agenda Fascism” in One on Ones.

  35. How To Handle Meeting Killers - The Dominator

    25 juni 2012

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    This guidance recommends how to address behaviors in meetings that reduce meeting effectiveness.

  36. How To Do One On Ones With Shift Workers

    18 juni 2012

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    This guidance tells you how to do One on Ones with your directs who work a different shift than you do.

  37. How To Do Succession Planning Chapter 1 – Ready Now, Ready Next

    11 juni 2012

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    This guidance recommends the 'Ready Now/Ready Next' Approach to Succession Planning.

  38. The Morning Greeting

    4 juni 2012

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    This guidance recommends greeting all of your directs when you first interact with them each morning, and how to do it.

  39. How To Handle Meeting Killers - The Jokester

    28 mei 2012

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    This guidance recommends how to address behaviors in meetings that reduce meeting effectiveness.

  40. Big To Small Meeting Agendas

    21 mei 2012

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    This guidance tells you how to structure meeting agendas around the biggest, most important items.

  41. How To Address Social Media Abuse

    14 mei 2012

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    This guidance tells you what to do when one of your directs spends too much time on social media.

  42. "But I LIKE Doing That Part Of My Job!"

    7 mei 2012

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    This guidance recommends how to address a direct who likes part of his/her job and won’t stop doing it, or won’t focus on other areas that are more valuable.

  43. Aggregated Behaviors Are Performance - Part 2

    29 april 2012

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    This cast concludes our recommendations on focusing on behaviors because behaviors are measurable and aggregated behaviors ARE performance.

  44. Aggregated Behaviors Are Performance - Part 1

    23 april 2012

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    This guidance recommends focusing on behaviors because behaviors are measurable and aggregated behaviors ARE performance.

  45. Feedback From Your Directs - What To Say - Part 2

    15 april 2012

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    This cast concludes our guidance on what to say when your directs say, “Can I give YOU some feedback?”

  46. Feedback From Your Directs - What To Say - Part 1

    8 april 2012

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    This guidance tells you what to say when your directs say, "Can I give YOU some feedback?"

  47. And Not But Meeting Ground Rule

    1 april 2012

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    This guidance recommends a standing ground rule at all meetings: No “buts,” only “and”.

  48. How To Use A RACI Matrix

    26 maart 2012

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    This guidance describes how to use a RACI [Responsible, Accountable, Consult, Inform] Matrix when determining project responsibilities.

  49. Ethics - Part 2

    22 maart 2012

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    The conclusion of our guidance on ethical behavior.

  50. How To Avoid Reverse Delegation

    19 maart 2012

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    This guidance describes how to avoid having your directs give you work that you’ve already assigned to them.