Manager Tools - Project Management

About Manager Tools - Project Management

This feed contains project management guidance from Manager Tools. Whether you're a new project manager or one with years of experience, this guidance will help you bring your projects in on time, on budget and in scope. Manager Tools is a weekly business podcast focused on helping professionals become more effective managers and leaders. Each week, we discuss specific actions for professionals to take to achieve their desired management and career objectives. Manager Tools won Best Business Podcast Award in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2012 as well as the People's Choice Award in 2008. The Business Podcast Award is now named after Manager Tools. Go to http://www.manager-tools.com/testimonials to read what others are saying about the impact Manager Tools has had on their careers and lives. Our goal: Every Manager Effective (TM).

Publisher

Manager Tools

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

1 Feb 2019

Latest episode

1 Feb 2019

Latest episodes

19 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Feb 2019

   The Hot Wash

   In this show, we're going to talk about the simplest, most elegant tool we know of to make something you do at work more efficient and more effective.

2. 

   1 Feb 2019

   Influence Through Verbal Commitments - Part 2

   The conclusion of our recommendations on how to influence others by asking for verbal commitments.

3. 

   1 Feb 2019

   Influence Through Verbal Commitments - Part 1

   In this recommendation, Manager Tools describes how to influence others by asking for verbal commitments.

4. 

   1 Feb 2019

   Project Manager Feedback

   This cast describes how give feedback to a project team member if you are a project manager.

5. 

   1 Feb 2019

   Project Manager One on Ones - Part 2

   The conclusion of our discussion on Project Manager One on Ones.

6. 

   1 Feb 2019

   Project Manager One on Ones - Part 1

   This cast explains the basics of how to have One on Ones with project team members who do not report to you.

7. 

   1 Feb 2019

   Project Status is Never "Fine"

   Never ask how a project is going. You'll get information that isn't helpful...and it's your fault. Ask for status, and define what status is.

8. 

   1 Feb 2019

   Assign Work AND Reporting

   This guidance recommends assigning both the reporting of work and the work itself when delegating.

9. 

   1 Feb 2019

   Project Meeting Reporting - Part 2

   This cast concludes our guidance on how to have project statuses reported and discussed.

10. 

    1 Feb 2019

    Project Meeting Reporting - Part 1

    This guidance describes how to have project statuses reported and discussed.

11. 

    1 Feb 2019

    Project Management Basics - Now And Later Tasks

    This guidance describes how to quickly assign tasks in a project without getting bogged down in details.

12. 

    1 Feb 2019

    Project Management Ch 1 - Breaking Down Projects

    Our guidance on the first stage of managing your own projects: breaking them down into something manageable.

13. 

    1 Feb 2019

    How To Use A RACI Matrix

    This guidance describes how to use a RACI [Responsible, Accountable, Consult, Inform] Matrix when determining project responsibilities.

14. 

    1 Feb 2019

    How To Run A SPOT Project Kickoff Meeting

    This guidance describes how to run the first meeting you have with your team about a new project your team will be doing.

15. 

    1 Feb 2019

    Horstman's Law of Project Management - Part 4 (Hall Of Fame Guidance)

    Part 4 of our series on Horstman's Law of Project Management.

16. 

    1 Feb 2019

    Horstman's Law of Project Management - Part 3 (Hall Of Fame Guidance)

    Part 3 of our series on Horstman's Law of Project Management.

17. 

    1 Feb 2019

    Horstman's Law of Project Management - Part 2 (Hall Of Fame Guidance)

    Part 2 of our series on Horstman's Law of Project Management.

18. 

    1 Feb 2019

    Horstman's Law of Project Management - Part 1 (Hall Of Fame Guidance)

    In this cast we describe Horstman's Law of Project Management: Who Does What By When.

19. 

    1 Feb 2019

    Introduction - Project Management Feed

    Introduction to the Manager Tools Project Management feed.

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

304,967

Score snapshot 3 Jul 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

19 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 27 / 100

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Quality

0

Social presence

90

YouTube

63

Engagement

27

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