Continue reading »]]> This week, we talk about the “Peter Principle” and the tendency for people to obtain promotions until they reach their own level of incompetence.  With that in mind, we discuss some very simple time management techniques that brand-new managers can use to help get their feet underneath them in that first or second management job.  Even if you aren’t a brand new manager, it is never too late for all of us to learn some new techniques.  I’m not going to spoil the podcast for you…instead, I will let you listen to the show and decide how valuable the content is on your own.

Mentioned during the show today is the blog Time Management Ninja by fellow blogger Craig Jarrow.  You know my feelings about the importance of life-long learning. Regardless of how long you have been a manager or leader, there is always something new to learn that has the potential to make you even more effective at your job.  Craig’s site is full of excellent time management tips presented in a very concise format.  I encourage you all to visit.

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Continue reading »]]> In today’s show, we are going to talk about how to take one of many time management tools and modify it slightly to use it as a management tool for your team.  Attached to this post is a Microsoft Word document of Covey’s Quadrants.  This isn’t just a table with four squares, but has some notes about concepts that I discovered useful with my team while I was a CIO at a regional medical center.  I hope that you will find this as helpful in managing your team and their expectations as I do still to this day.  If you have any questions about how I have been able to effectively use this tool to engage my staff in a different way, and get a higher level of understanding from the entire team, please do not hesitate to contact me at spencer@itpodcast.org.

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During our “In the News” segment on today’s podcast, here are the links to the articles I referenced.

Merge Healthcare’s Reorganization and Executive Resignations

Walter Reed Army Medical Center data breech

U.S. Commerce Department Laptop possibly hacked by China

Philadelphia Wi-Fi Shutting Down

Comcast Traffic Management Move

Akamai “State of the Internet” Report

I hope that you find this tool helpful.  There are other tools that I have created or modified over the years available on the Resources page of the blog.  If you have some tool that you have found is useful to create engagement with your staff or other members of the workforce, please email me at spencer@itpodcast and let me know about it.  I would love to include the tool on the resources page and give you credit for what you have been able to do.

The opening and closing music on the podcast this week is Crazy by the group Kapena.

Our next show will be on June 21, 2008.  Thank you for listening.