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It’s the Leadership, Stupid
These past few months have seen the greatest turmoil in the worldwide credit and stock markets most of us have ever experienced. With depression-like drops in equities and recession-like layoffs, foreclosures and bankruptcies, nearly everyone has been too busy bailing water to blame the Captain… until now.
While much of the culpability for [...]

Tags: Digression, Leadership Advice, leadership news and views, leadership observations

 
Proper Email Etiquette for Business Signatures
In response to numerous requests to a recent series of posts covering proper email etiquette, the editors of AskTheManager.com decided it was time to put to rest the question on what should be included in a business email signature.
For those of you not familiar enough with Outlook to create your [...]

Tags: Leadership Advice, Links to Leadership Resources, management 101, Management Advice

Leadership Lessons from Fantasy Football
Tonight kicks off another season of NFL Football. To many, this is the most anticipated day of the year – especially to the millions of fantasy football players.
The editors of AskTheManager are fantasy football fanatics and we spent most of our draft last week discussing how fantasy football intersects with management [...]

Tags: Digression, Leadership Advice, Lessons from Pro Sports, Management

Whatever Happened to Good Business Writing?
 
(To read the first article in this series, please follow this link.)
 
(To read the Twelve Worst Business Email Etiquette Mistakes of All Time, as determined by the editors of AskTheManager.com, follow this link.)
 
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As promised in yesterday’s post, here is the list of my favorite typos, grammatical errors and other business [...]

Tags: Links to Leadership Resources, management 101, Online Management Training

Whatever Happened to Good Business Writing?
 
I’m embarrassed (for the sender) to report that I received the following email from someone trying to sell my company their product:
 

Subject: revolusionarry new interent product
 
Dear prospective buyer,
 
Do you strive too ensure you’re team are always there most producive? Are you tired of not having axes to rapports on a [...]

Tags: Links to Leadership Resources, management 101, Online Management Training

(Please excuse TheManager these digressions, but sometimes things outside of Leadership Development just need to be said, or in this case, written.)
 
The Paparazzi Must Die!
 
John Mayer wants paparazzi photographers to be regulated.
Dennis Zine is seeking to create legal restrictions on the paparazzi.
Various A-listers from George Clooney to Tom Cruise have spoken out vehemently about the [...]

Tags: Discussion

TheManager asks that you forgive these occasional off-topic rants, but some things outside of Leadership Development and Management Training need to see the light of day…
 
I was reading an article on AOL today about how consumers are getting ripped off in the finance office (sometimes called the business office) at their local car dealer. I [...]

Tags: Discussion, Integrity