Slacker Manager was originally started by Bren Connelly, to help him flesh out how to become a manager. He wrote a lot of articles, many of which still get good traffic today because they’re that good.

(image used, with permission, from Mark Brady of Alchemy Group)
Eventually, Bren got bored with writing, felt he’d “written out” everything there was for him to write about management, productivity and the like, so he sold the blog to b5 Media.
b5 Media held a little contest to see who would want to blog at this site, taking Slacker Manager in a whole new direction.
And …read more

In 5 Ways to Deal with Slacker Co-Workers, I got some very interesting and insightful comments. I encourage you to read the post and look for ways to deal with those slackers you work with.
But today, I got a new comment, with a question that I felt was worth answering, and seeing what all the smart people who read this blog have to say.

Slim shared: “Our recently new (about 1 year) boss brought 2 people over from his old department with him. There were already 4 of us in the department when he got here and we all 4 have …read more

I received 52 responses to the 6 word management request last week. You could take these and have a different management story every week for the next year. Read the statements below and then I will announce the winner of the coolest management story as judged by 3 teenagers who are just beginning to be managed by different people at various jobs.
Here they are:

Seek understanding, give support, find results
Look, listen, learn. Lift, laugh, lead.
Learned to GTD, teaching others how.
They tried harder but kept failing.”
Learned management wisdom, tried something else.
Eventually she understood what really mattered.”
Empower the team, hold them accountable.
Facilitate the …read more