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Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
How to you self-diagnose and ultimately overcome Imposter Syndrome? Join Jed & Bob as they discuss this common management ailment. Listen to the 'Overcoming Imposter Syndrome' Podcast (15 mins 01 sec): Get the 'Overcoming Imposter Syndrome' Cheat She
Building Trust in Teams
This week the Wily Manager guys talk about building trust on teams. If you’ve every been on a team that was a bit dysfunctional, then this week’s discussion will resonate with you. Listen to the 'Building Trust in Teams' Podcast (15 mins 32 sec):
Metrics 101: Introduction to Business KPI’s
Join Jed and Bob as they define many of the terms related to measurement in business, and explain how to get started on measurement in your business. They also describe the difference between a good performance indicator and a bad one, and as always, th
Describing Your Business - The Elevator Speech
If you’ve got 30 seconds to win someone over to an idea, a product, or your organization, are you ready to do so? Thinking what you should have said after the fact won’t do you a lot of good. Join the Wily Manager guys this week, as they discuss h
The Mid Year Performance Review
Join Jed and Bob as they discuss why you’d bother with a Mid-Year review, and how it’s different than a regular Performance Review. Also learn how to manage the mid-year performance review discussion to ensure it’s effective. Listen to 'The Mid Y
How To Do a Cost Benefit Analysis
You don’t need a Masters Degree in Finance to do a Cost Benefit Analysis. Join Jed and Bob as they talk about how to use this simple and effective tool. Listen to the 'How to do a Cost Benefit Analysis' Podcast (14 mins 25 sec): Get the 'How to d
Performance Management - How To Set Goals & Objectives
Join Jed and Bob as they talk about the Performance Management process, and more specifically about Setting Goals and Objectives. How do you cascade them up and down the hierarchy? Find out this week. Listen to the 'How to Set Goals and Objectives' P
Writing a Business Case
Join Jed & Bob as they discuss the Seven Steps to writing a good business case. Listen to the 'How to Write a Business Case' Podcast (14 mins 47 sec): >> Get the 'Writing a Business Case' Cheat Sheet
Capturing Discretionary Effort
Organizations with highly engaged people outperform merely ordinary organizations on every axis: production, cost, & safety. So how can individual managers who may not have the authority to hire a concierge for every employee capture their people’s di
Service KPIs: Measuring the Unmeasureables
How do you got about measuring those things that are more elusive than counting the output of your Widget Factory?  Join Jed and Bob as they discuss how to tackle this common problem. Listen to the 'Service KPIs' Podcast (16 mins 06 sec): Get the 'Ser