This week’s Sunday Management Six Pack is the last one ever on Slacker Manager, at least by this writer (Phil Gerbyshak). I’ll explain why in a soon to be written article.
This week brings some thoughts on sandhill cranes, Al Jarreau, and much more!
Keep reading for this week’s Sunday Management Six Pack…

Leadership and Sandhill Cranes is this week’s first article, written by Steve Roesler:
Sandhill cranes are large birds who fly great distances across continents. They also have some remarkable qualitites…
Lisa Haneberg wrote the insightful Al Jarreau and Metaphors for Success:
I attended an Al Jarreau concert this week and it got me …read more

Hope this week was another great one for you. As it draws to a close, I find myself looking inside my heart for lessons I need to learn. I hope the six articles I’ve chosen touch your heart too!
Miki Saxon has my favorite article of the week, Ducks in a Row: Cut Them Some Slack, offering a powerful lesson we all can learn from:
But the older I got the more successful I was and I never regretted it. If the behavior continued I look for reasons and more often than not I found them.
Sure, there were times nothing was wrong …read more

This week I am on the road, so I actually wrote this early in the week. If you wrote anything after Thursday that I missed, I apologize. I may include you in next week’s round-up.
LOTS of great stuff to choose from in my short week. I think you’ll enjoy all six of these wonderful articles. On second thought, of course I do. I wouldn’t share them if they were terrible. :)

Miki Saxon leads us off with 7 = 2 = Engagement:
Here are 7 words that describe 2 management actions.
Embrace the words; let them guide your actions and watch your team’s …read more

This week we’ve got some celebrations, some feedback, and more! So much to share and read this week, it was REALLY hard to just pick 6 of the best.
I hope you enjoy them, and that you’ll share YOUR favorites in the comments!

Kevin Eikenberry is celebrating 16 years of running his own consulting practice with 16 things he’s learned in 16 years. One of his recent learnings is a leadership primer on celebrations.
In talking with leaders over the years, I’ve noticed that most seem to struggle with celebrations.
Some struggle with when to celebrate. Some struggle with why they should. And …read more

Happy almost October! I can’t believe we’re into fall and looking at another year winding down. How’s your year going?
This week Sunday Six Pack brings us tips on getting work done with H1N1, a podcast with 2 really smart guys, stopping harassment in the workplace, a frustrating sign for managers, and what to do when you hate your boss.
Cali and Jody bring us: ROWE and H1N1:
If your definition of work is in a building during core hours, then you’re going to be in trouble.
If your definition of work is a series of actions executed by individuals and a group who …read more

This week brings you 6 great articles from all around the blogosphere. I’m sharing an article about reconnection, women and leadership, some employee engagement statistics, the wrong questions, and last but not least, all about how managers add value.
Take 5 minutes now to sit back and enjoy a can or two from the Sunday Six Pack!

Leading off is 10 Ways to Reconnect Your People from Watson Wyatt (put together by Brian Amble) over at Management Issues:
Job cuts, endemic uncertainty, too much change too quickly – it’s little wonder that so many people feel pretty alienated from their organisations at …read more

I reviewed all the great articles I read this week on leadership and management to these six, and offer them to you in another Sunday Management Six Pack. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I did!

Wally Bock shared an Elevator Speech for Bosses:
Boil your expectations down to a short, supervisory elevator speech. Then use it to tell some people and remind others what you think is most important.
Ed Brenegar explains how to Create a Culture of Conversation. Why is this important?
…fostering a culture of Conversational Communication creates an environment where everyone has a better sense of what …read more

Some of the best advice and questions comes from folks other than Slacker Manager. As much as I’d love to believe I am the only source of management inspiration and assistance, that’s not even close to true. I love the fact there are other smart folks out there, so it’s my pleasure to share my Sunday Six Pack of management greatness.

Miki Saxon asks us Are women or men the best managers? I’m not sure…but Miki asks some great questions!
The folks at Leadership Challenge discuss Leveraging leadership across generations
David Silverman talks about something I would LOVE: 50 minute meetings.
Frode Heiman …read more

Looking back at my week, I’ve learned a lot this week from other blogs, and today I’m sharing a few of those learnings with you.

10 Ways to Fail as a Leader – All 10 ways made me think about how I lead my team. The one that struck the deepest chord with me was
7: Do as I say, not what I do If you want your employees to be on time, you need to be on time. If you want your employees to work hard, you need to work hard, if you …read more

I don’t do this nearly enough to call it anything more than a periodic series, but I do read some 1000 blogs a week, and I can always find at least 6 articles that may be interesting for you. You’ll see more of these on Sundays, as Sundays are good days to grab a hot cup of coffee, plunk down in front of your computer, and surf around for a few minutes.
For your attention, I share with you, my
Sunday Six Pack of Management Goodness
 
Why you should NEVER allow employees to work out their full 2 weeks (or even …read more