Course Description

This course will periodically feature helpful guidelines and tools for managers and supervisors.

The first entry - Note From the Boss - gained a lot of attention shortly after it was written by Michael Wade and posted on his Execupundit.com blog several years ago. It has been widely circulated on the Internet, particularly after being cited by Rowan Manahan and Seth Godin. It resonates with both "bosses" and employees.

The second entry is a form to assist in developing your Personal Action Plan; a document that can help to identify areas in need of improvement.

The third entry gives guidance on "Managing amid Chaos." It was developed after extensive contact with managers and supervisors who start their days with a plan and then find that they and their teams are swamped with changing priorities and pressing needs. The guidelines show how to "work in the rain."

I wrote The Career Manifesto several years ago and it was first published on Hugh MacLeod's Gaping Void blog. It has some hard-nosed bits of advice that all of us need to review.

The 17 "Don'ts" for managers and supervisors can greatly simplify your work life.

"7 Supervisory Myths" addresses some dangerous assumptions that can cloud supervisory judgment.

"7 Daily Goals" are simple but important reminders of what we should strive for every day.

"The Case of the Person Who Resigned or Was Fired" illustrates the challenge of communication in a sensitive moment.

I hope you enjoy these. Be sure to check back frequently. More additions are in the pipeline.

Michael Wade

A Highly Experienced Instructor

Michael Wade

Michael Wade, a partner with Sanders Wade Rodarte Consulting Inc., knows the challenges faced by individuals at all levels of the workplace. He has been helping organizations with sensitive management issues for over 30 years and continues to coach executives, managers, and employees on how they can get from "very good" to "extraordinary." He has advised corporate executives, police and fire chiefs, city managers, Army generals, professional basketball players, and entry-level employees. Michael is an insightful, often humorous, and lively instructor who has conducted management workshops in 48 states and Puerto Rico. He holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of Arizona College of Law and is the author of five books: The Bitter Issue: The Right to Work Law in Arizona; Leadership's Adversary: Winning the War between Leadership and Management; How to Make Presentations to Councils and Boards; All I Said Was: What Every Supervisor, Employee, and Team Should Know to Avoid Insults, Lawsuits, and the Six O'Clock News; and EEO Management: How to Advance Equal Opportunity without Using Quotas or Singing Kumbaya.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Tools for Managers and Supervisors

    • Note From Boss to Employees
  • 2

    Supervisor's Action Plan

    • Craft Your Personal Supervisory Action Plan
  • 3

    Managing amid Chaos

    • We Have to Work in the Rain
  • 4

    The Career Manifesto

    • Points to Consider Throughout Your Career
  • 5

    Some Simple Don'ts for Managers and Supervisors

    • Avoid These and Simplify Your Work Life
  • 6

    7 Supervisory Myths

    • Beware of These Assumptions
  • 7

    7 Daily Goals

    • You Won't Go Wrong with These
  • 8

    The Case of the Person Who Resigned or Was Fired

    • Sometimes It Pays to Slow Down with Sensitive Subjects