Lists of management resources culled from the world wide web.
(Pee in Your Pool is an annoying business term and is just one of the 212 Most Annoying Business Phrases Managers Effuse, Confuse, and Overuse detailed in the hilarious must-have guide for every workplace: The 30,000-Pound Gorilla in the Room. Available right now on Amazon.) Pee in Your Pool The distasteful visual pee in your […]
(Firewalled is an annoying business term and is just one of the 212 Most Annoying Business Phrases Managers Effuse, Confuse, and Overuse detailed in the hilarious must-have guide for every workplace: The 30,000-Pound Gorilla in the Room. Available right now on Amazon.) Firewalled A (sometimes) business partner of Steve’s was too busy to join him […]
(Originally published in the Fall 2020 edition of Tennessee Dealer News.) The 5 Things Dealers Can Do Today to Stay on Top In 2021 While the forecasts change almost daily, vehicle sales in 2021 are not expected to be like 2019. What I can predict is that 2021, like 2020, will be a weird year […]
What’s the Best Gift for Your Annoying Boss or Coworker in 2020? To put mildly, 2020 has been a challenging year for everyone. For those who worked in offices prior to March and are now working remotely, you’ve surely been able to overcome the technology and nuisance challenges of Zoom meetings by now. You’ve become […]
Why Bosses are Proudly Serving Shit Sandwiches to Their Teams Recently, three different senior managers I respect asked me where they could buy extra copies of my book, Sh*t Sandwich: Quick & Practical Success Lessons for Practically Anyone. All three were looking for the same thing: a success book their respective teams would read, […]
Digital Dealer – Why It Pays to Shop Around the Perimeter Most of us know that the healthiest way to shop in the supermarket is to stay around the perimeter (where the food is generally the freshest and most natural) and avoid the “Frankenfood” in the center. Can the same be true for vendor expos […]
Cheat Sheet for Free Car Dealer Training Resources About once a week I get asked if there is a place where someone can go to see all of my free training resources cataloged in an easily digestible format. For car dealers looking for just video training, we created a Suggested Training Curriculum for Car […]
No gimmicks and no tricks. In this article I am going to give you the step-by-step instructions you need to start mystery shopping your dealership’s internet sales team (and your competitors’ teams) without spending a dime (or by spending very little). In the interest of full disclosure, my company completes a comprehensive mystery shop […]
More than a few years ago, we compiled a list of the Ten Best Decision-Making Books Ever. And while there have been plenty of other books written on the subject since then, none have been able to crack the list… until now. A few weeks ago, an author contacted us and asked that we […]
If you have more than a few connections on LinkedIn, then you’ve surely been exposed to the most asinine website dedicated to UGC since CompanyNameSucks.com: mixtent.com. (You’ll have to learn why CompanyNameSucks.com is asinine all on your own, I’m going to use the rest of this blog to tell you why I think you should […]
Boutique Technology Firm Secures Important Digital Marketing Rights Fairhope, AL, March 9, 2011 — ScreenCrafters, a top provider of First Party Leads for automotive dealers and many other industries, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) awarded the veteran, boutique technology firm a patent for their highly successful lead generation and […]
The Top 10 Resume Tips for Out-of-Work Leaders One of our loyal readers sent us an email this week that included their resume. As has likely happened to someone you know, this manager got caught up in the current economic turmoil and their position was eliminated. No notice. No severance. No clear prospects. Since it’s […]
New York Times – Hardcover Business Best Sellers – February 2009 Unlike January’s NY Times list, the February 2009 New York Times Hardcover Business Best Sellers list begins to reveal America’s concern over the economy. While the February list is still void of credible financial survival guides, there are two “the end is near” tomes […]
New York Times – Hardcover Business Best Sellers – January 2009 A quick review of the January 2009 New York Times Hardcover Business Best Sellers list and you wouldn’t know we were in a recession. Where are all the financial survival guides? Where are all the “end is near” and Nostradamus tomes? […]
Great Leadership Blog Worthy of Special Mention – CatchYourLimit.com As our regular readers know, we produce four semi-regular Blogwatch series covering Time Management, Sales Management, Management Training and Leadership Development. In these series we attempt to help you cut through the clutter and discover great writing and great advice. While we think we do […]
Freakonomics: The Movie During my extended time off between Thanksgiving and Christmas, I sat down with accomplished entrepreneur and filmmaker Chad Troutwine to discuss the most ambitious documentary ever to pique the interest of the editors of AskTheManager.com. For those of you unfamiliar with Chad’s work, he is a founder (along with Markus Moberg) of […]
Time Management – The Fruitless Effort of Trying to Manage Something that is Unmanageable The Time Management Blogosphere has not taken a break in advance of the holiday season; and they continue to deliver much of the same drivel that is common with Internet postings on managing time. As any marginal leader knows, you cannot […]
Vendors Give The Darnedest Things… Loyal reader Tye Mills sent us a question in response to our Leader’s Gift-Giving Guide article. What are the top 10 wacky gifts you have received from vendors? – Tye Mills Great question, Tye… Hmm, let’s see, the unfortunate result of most truly wacky or […]
Great Recruiting and Hiring Tool – and it’s Free! It’s not often we are swayed by someone’s idea of the latest, coolest website on the Internet, but we discovered a website recently that absolutely could cut time and dollars off the way managers and companies recruit and hire new employees today. Typically, companies must spend […]
Holiday Gifts for the Office Crowd ‘tis the season to think about all the people who helped you get where you are today. Whether you are a senior leader or an up-and-coming manager, it’s important for you to thank those who make an impact in your work life. And by “thank,” I mean give […]