Best management podcast and material ever

For the past several years I have been on a real self improvement kick. Not that I haven’t been trying to get better long before that.
But several years ago I received an iPod and other than downloading music I didn’t really know what to do with it until a friend turned me onto Podcasts. So as I exercise every morning which has been going on much longer than the iPod I have been listening to Podcasts.

These have ranged from learning Japanese and Chinese (still very bad at both) to business, management, marketing, social media, book reviews, news, economics, leadership and many more topics. It is hard to believe there is that much great information available for free.

My all time favorite Podcast has to be Manager-Tools (http://www.manager-tools.com/) Mark Horstman and Mike Auzenne have over 250 podcasts just on how to be a more effective manager. They also have casts on general career development and how to interview to both get hired and how to hire better people.

However, don’t let the massive volume of material scare you away, they have links to get to started with the management basics http://www.manager-tools.com/podcasts/basics-rss.xml and you can go from there.

Although I will be commenting on the other material which has made me more effective and there is plenty of great material out there, if you are a manager you need to listen and implement what is shared on these podcasts. The steps are very simple and actionable. I was able to implement their entire 4 step trilogy (you have to listen to understand that) and everyone on my teams improved tremendously. We all became much more productive and professional.

Do yourself a favor and check out this site and all the material they continue to make available.