Harvey Schachter: February Inductee into the Order of the Golden Slacker

Congratulations to Harvey Schachter for being the February 2008 inductee into the Order of the Golden Slacker. Harvey, you make management mean more.

Phil and I are determined to honor people who have made outstanding contributions to management development. Instead of a quick link and a list in a blog-roll we have created: The Order of the Golden Slacker.

David Zinger and Phil Gerbyshak (The Slacker Managers) are proud to honor our February 2008 inductee into the Order of The Golder Slacker.

Mr. Harvey Schachter

The Order of the Golden Slacker is awarded to Harvey Schachter for the consistent and strong voice you offer to managers to make things easier for us. We appreciate the varied and insightful ideas and perspectives you offer Slacker Managers. You are able to break down complex management topics into golden nuggets we can digest and you stubbornly offer us your best again and again. You have offered the latest news and book reviews on management in a personal and very readable style. You bring “The Globe” of management into our offices and on our computers!

 David Zinger & Phil Gerbyshak

We presented Harvey with the above certificate to acknowledge both his contribution and our thanks in developing Slacker Managers around the world.

Readers outside of Canada may not be familiar with Harvey’s work. He is the management and leadership writer for Canada’s leading newspaper: The Globe and Mail. He offers nuggets, book reviews, and helpful ideas that managers can use.

Harvey is one of the first mainstream business writers on management who credits and makes extensive use of the knowledge of management bloggers.If you live in Canada you will want to read Harvey’s numerous contributions each week in the Globe and Mail. If you are outside of Canada you can read Harvey’s Morning Manager or click here to get the RSS feed.

Mr. Schachter exemplifies the following characteristics of Slacker Managers: 

• infuse work with passion and purpose
• focus on smarter not harder work
• ensure that work is effective and efficient
• leverage learning for results
• commit to both personal and professional development
• draw out the strengths of others and themselves
• transform “me thinking” to “we thinking”  
• weave results and relationships into good management
• delegate for results and development
• engage in lifelong learning in diverse and multiple ways
• value giving and serving ahead of taking and being served
• willingly admit when they don’t know something
• use all available resources
• laugh as leaders – taking work seriously and themselves lightly

Here are the Previous Inductees into the Order of the Golden Slacker:

• January 2008: Wayne Tunnel
• December 2007: Marshall Goldsmith
• November 2007: Rosa Say
• October 2007: Lisa Haneberg

Thanks Harvey!

David Zinger