As you may or may not have heard, Slacker Manager is no more. The content will all be archived at one of the b5 Media family of sites, but you’ll no longer hear from me, Phil Gerbyshak.

I want to make sure you can keep up with me, so I’m sharing my contact info with you:
Contact Phil Gerbyshak
Follow Phil on Twitter
The Management Expert – Help for New Managers (I’m moving all my old articles with me)
Social Media Maximizer – My personal site for those interested in social media and connecting with their audience more.
Phil Gerbyshak on Facebook
Phil Gerbyshak on LinkedIn
I’d also …read more

When I graduated high school, I went into the Navy and worked as a communications technician. I worked with a lot of people in military intelligence, including Navy guys who had the coolest patch for their flight jackets.

In God We Trust…All Others We Monitor
At the time, I thought it was the way things were. You trusted people, but you monitored them.
And now, as a manager, I guess that is the way things are.
I trust my team to do things…but I review their work to make sure it’s done right.
I attend meetings where people say they’ll do the right things…but then …read more

I thought I’d share links to a 3 part interview (and a wrap-up) that I did with Rick Cecil. Rick is a friend I met a few years back that’s working on a cool new productivity and life improvement product that I’ll sharing more with you once the product is a little further along. If you can’t wait to for me, you can sign up for his pre-launch newsletter here if you want.

Part 1 with Phil Gerbyshak and Rick Cecil
Part 2 with Phil Gerbyshak and Rick Cecil
Part 3 with Phil Gerbyshak and Rick Cecil
Rick’s reflections on the series

I share …read more

Today is Independence Day in the United States. It’s a day we celebrate our freedom from the tyranny of the British, dating all the way back to 1776.
I am thankful for those who came long before me, who paid a VERY high price for the freedoms I now take for granted every day.

Specifically, I am thankful for:

Freedom of religion, press and expression – I am thankful for this freedom more than any. It allows me to write this blog and not worry about being out of bounds. I am thankful for this because it allows me to explore my …read more

The past few weeks I’ve done a few things off this blog I thought you might be interested in knowing about, as they are all about management, leadership, and helping you be a better manager.

Little Things Make a Bigg Difference – I called in to the Bigg Success show last week about the Lone Wolf versus the Lead Wolf, and they included my comment on their show.
Re-charging Employee Morale – Some of my insights into how to re-energize yourself and your co-workers.
The Power of Helping Others Be Great – Lisa Haneberg started the conversation about encouraging your team, and …read more

June 3rd, 2009 at 6:30 PM Eastern/5:30 PM Central, I will be Joan Schramm’s guest on Career Momentum Radio. The topic of our talk is Network is Two Words: Winning the Networking Game. I’m going to discuss some of my favorite online and offline networking tips.
One of the most important things I’ve realized is without knowing the right folks, my job can be REALLY hard to do.
I need to get to know my team, for without them, my job is meaningless.
I need to know the teams around me, for without them, work is much harder to get done.

I …read more

Thought you might be interested in some of the other places you can find some of my insights:

Slacker Manager made the top 10 Leadership Blogs according to Mike Myatt of N2 Growth. Slacker Manager weighed in at #4.
Engage 5 over at Employee Engagement with former Slacker Manager co-editor David Zinger. I shared a few sentences about employee engagement. Curious what your thoughts might be about employee engagement.
Recession Proof Your Life – I was in Canada recently to share a presentation based on my first book 10 Ways to Make It Great! I shared the slides and information at my personal …read more

Friends and readers,
I am delighted to share I am headed to Chicago for SOBCon, one of the best blogger conferences in the world, put on by Terry Starbucker and Liz Strauss, and featuring folks like:

Christine Kane
Chris Cree
Chris Garrett
Stephen Smith
Stephen Hopson
Brad Shorr

And MANY more amazing folks from around the world. I’m going to learn how to be a better writer, a better blogger, and probably even a better manager, because I am going to soak it all in and have fun!

If you’re going to SOBCon, I hope you’ll find me there. I would LOVE to meet you in person.
If you’re not, …read more

I’ve been writing at Slacker Manager for almost 2 years, and I’d like to know what you think about this place.
Click Here to take my 3 question survey.
All I want is your honest feedback.

Thanks!
Phil

 
Happy 2009 Slacker Manager readers. May the next 12 months be as amazing as you want them to be.
Take some time and reflect over all that happened the last 12 months, and then realize that your best is yet to come.
Thank you for joining me on this management journey! It’s been an amazing year for me, and I can’t wait to see what comes next.
Melissa blows in the new year from Hurley Family.