BI #35 Richard Thaler on the Architecture of Choice: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Duration: 11 minutes 53 seconds

Show Notes:

Canadian Management Centre this week presents the American Management
Association’s podcast “Architecture of Choice” with guest Richard Thaler.

During this podcast economist Richard Thaler will discuss how to use choice
architecture to establish environments that are designed to assist people in
making good decisions for themselves and those they interact with.

Mr. Thaler will give real life examples on how to establish effective choice environments
and will review the average persons thought and decision making patterns. Mr. Thaler
will also address the controversial views on establishing these choice environments that
entice a person to make the choices that are laid out before them.

The podcast will outline the business acumen of using choice architecture to support not
only employees but consumers while meeting overall business objectives.

 

 BI #34 Len Sandler on Becoming an Extraordinary Manager: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Duration: 10 minutes 32 seconds

Show Notes:

Canadian Management Centre is pleased to present the “Becoming an Extraordinary Manager” podcast from the American Management Association, introducing guest Len Sandler.

Mr. Sandler will discuss how an average manager becomes an extraordinary manager. During this podcast Mr. Sandler will review the top 5 reasons and challenges that face the average manager and how to rise above these pitfalls to be truly successful as a leader.

Mr. Sandler will also give step-by-step guidance on how to conquer the myth of the manager that “people are born managers” and will give you the tools on how to not only become a manager but an extraordinary leader.

Len Sandler is the President of Sandler Assoc. and is the author of the best selling book Becoming an Extraordinary Manager, which focuses not just on “understanding” principles of good management, but on taking action. Mr. Sandler has successfully developed and delivered more than 2,500 seminars for such clients as EMC, General Motors, Disney, AT&T, Johnson & Johnson.

 

 BI #33 Dick Grote on Disciplining without Punishment: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Duration: 13 minutes 26 seconds

Show Notes:
Canadian Management Centre is proud to present the Disciplining without Punishment podcast from the American Management Association. Introducing special guest Dick Grote. During this podcast Dick Grote and CMC will discuss how a manager maintains discipline without punishment. Mr. Grote will give real life examples of how to humanize the approach of disciplining employees with out punishing and or demeaning and still achieving desired results.

Mr. Grote is the Chairman and CEO of Grote Consulting Corp., and the author of Discipline without Punishment , The Complete Guide to Performance Appraisal, The Performance Appraisal Question and Answer Book, and Forced Ranking: Making Performance Management Work. His articles have appeared in Harvard Business Review and The Wall Street Journal.

Download here: BI #32 “Carrot” Style Motivation

Duration: 11 minutes 41 seconds

Show Notes:

Canadian Management Centre is pleased to host another podcast from the American Management Association’s collection. In this episode Chester Elton talks about his book, The Carrot Principle (co-written with Adrian Gostick), which explains the best methods to recognize employees for long-term results.

Long-term organizational success is almost impossible without effective recognition of employees. Chester Elton explains the remarkably simple but powerful methods great managers use to provide their employees with effective recognition, which all managers can easily learn and begin practicing for immediate results.

Chester Elton is vice president of performance recognition with the O.C. Tanner Recognition Company, the world’s leading employee recognition firm. His book, The Carrot Principle, reveals the most central characteristic of the most successful managers is that they provide their employees with frequent and effective recognition.