May’s Golden Slacker: Leo Babauta 
 
Inducted by David Zinger
I am delighted to induct Mr. Leo Babauta of Zen Habits as the May inductee in the Order of the Golden Slacker.

It is an honor to induct Leo Babauta into the Order of the Golden Slacker. Leo’s primary focus is on productivity and his perspective, suggestions, and articles on self-management are guaranteed to create a solid foundation for any manager to manage others by first managing himself or herself well. Leo is an exceptional blog writer who demonstrates an exquisite flair for this medium.
Leo is able to demonstrate solid and sound management by his …read more

For March 2008, it is my pleasure to honor Roger “Rocky” Noe as our Golden Slacker. Rocky is the author of the Hillbilly PHD blog, one of the most straightforward places you can get your dose of leadership.
What is Hillbilly PHD, and why is it so darn inspiring? I’ll let you read what Rocky has to say about what Hillbilly PHD is:
Through the years I have met numerous people that are very successful and have little formal education. People that live their life with certain down to earth principles seem to do very well. That is what I am calling …read more

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 …read more

This month I am pleased to present the Golden Slacker award to Wayne Turmel, host of the Cranky Middle Manager show .
For those not familiar with the show, here’s the premise of the Cranky Middle Manager:
“The Cranky Middle Manager Show is an irreverent but insightful look at the world of middle management. Host Wayne Turmel vents, offers humorous commentary and talks to the smartest people in the field about management techniques, career strategies and just keeping it together day after day. If you ever feel stuck between the idiots that make the decisions and the morons who won’t do as …read more

Marshall Goldsmith – December 2007 Inductee into the Order of the Golden Slacker

Marshall Goldsmith is the December inductee into Slacker Manager’s Order of the Golden Slacker.
Marshall has made outstanding contribution to management and leadership coaching, he is widely published and he is committed to helping people be the best leaders and managers they can be.
Slacker Managers do not slack off rather they find ways to make things easier or more effective for others — Marshall Goldsmith is a master of this. You could also say Marshall Goldsmith is a natural for the Order of the Golden Slacker as he has gold …read more

The Order of the Golden Slacker is awarded by the Slacker Manager team to Rosa Say for the loving and encouraging coaching you offer to managers to make us better managers and better people. We appreciate the unique perspective you offer Slacker Managers. You are able to break down even the toughest management topics into tasty tidbits we can digest and you stubbornly offer us your best again and again. You have changed the definition of the word Aloha from something we only heard of in Hawaii to something we all should aspire to share with our direct reports.
We get …read more

Phil and I are determined to honor people who have made outstanding contributions to management.
Instead of a quick link and a list in a blogroll we have created: The Order of the Golden Slacker. We will send the inductee a certificate to acknowledge them and we will write a longer post here to honor them.
If you are not already following the contributor we induct, what are you waiting for?

David Zinger and Phil Gerbyshak (The Slacker Managers) are proud to honor our first inductee and the September inductee into the Order of The Golder Slacker.
Ms. Lisa Haneberg

The Order of the Golden Slacker is …read more