Every one loves Top 10 lists.  Join Jed and Bob as they discuss the things that any employee can do to improve their work-life balance.  Also learn why they believe much of the discussion about this subject is flawed. Listen to the 'Top 10 Work-Life Ba

Join Jed and Bob as they discuss why and how progressive discipline should be undertaken in an organization. Listen to the 'Progressive Discipline' Podcast (15 mins 36 sec): Get the 'Progressive Discipline' Cheat Sheet

Join Jed and Bob as they discuss what a Straw Man is, and how it might best be used, and how to build one for use in your organization. Listen to the 'Strawman Proposals: Straw Man and Straw Dogs' Podcast (12 mins 50 sec): Get the 'Strawman Proposals'

Join Jed & Bob as they discuss what the Vroom Yetton model of decision making is, and how you can apply it in your workplace. Listen to the 'Contingent Decision Making: The Vroom Yetton Model' Podcast (14 mins 59 sec): Get 'The Vroom Yetton Model' Chea

Join Jed & Bob as they discuss the power of asking great questions for individual leaders.  They also talk about how managers can ask better questions, and use “empowering questions” to their advantage. Listen to 'The Art of Asking Questions' Podcas

Join Jed and Bob as they discuss how to deal with six different types of weasels commonly found in the workplace.  Learn how to handle The Backstabber, The Slacker, The Credit-Taker, and others. Listen to the 'Dealing With Workplace Weasels' Podcast (14

In 1974 Bill Oncken asked the question of “Who’s got the Monkey” to lament the fact that managers seem to buy more and more problems back from their people, when really they should challenge and develop their people to solve their own problems.  Jo

Join Jed and Bob as they discuss David Parmenter’s work on building good Key Performance Indicators, and how KPIs are different from other measures that are currently in use in many organizations. Listen to the 'Building Key Performance Measures' Podca

Learn the five critical things that all managers of their former peers need to learn to be successful in their new leadership role.  Also figure out how to strike the balance between being an overbearing micromanager, and being a pushover when managing f

Join Jed and Bob as they discuss how this generation has been shaped, the expectations of Gen X at work, and most importantly, how to effectively lead this group. Listen to the 'Generation Gap: Managing Gen X' Podcast (14 mins 41 sec): Download the