Manager Tools Effective Managers Conference, San Antonio September 13, 2007
Subtitle: "What I Did Last Week"
So, last Tuesday I traveled to San Antonio, for the Manager Tools Conference. If you’re not listening to the (free!) weekly podcasts from Mark Horstman and Mike Auzenne - you don’t know what you’re missing. In fact, if you’re not - go check out their "Basics" post here to get ready access to their core casts. Did I mention they were free?
Two days doesn’t sound like much, does it? And yet, that was quite possibly the most useful, focused and well-presented training - in anything, let alone management - that I have ever been to. And I’ve attended a lot of presentations, seminars and training over the years. Here’s the rundown of the conference content:
- Introductions (2 hours, 100+ attendees, outstanding process & technique)
- One on One’s
- Feedback
- Coaching
- Delegation
- Effective Performance Management
- Time Management
- "The Effective Manager’s Week"
… and Q&A. Lots and Lots of Q&A, to the extent that poor Mark had almost lost his voice by the end of Thursday! Seriously - the benefits that those sessions brought to the conference cannot be understated, and the availability of Mark & Mike (not to mention the able assistance of Mike S, Steve and Kate) until late in the day was very much appreciated.
Mark & Mike have six of these conferences planned for next year - across the US, in Europe, and in Australia. I cannot encourage you strongly enough to check out their (award-winning) podcast, their website, and their discussion forums for more information.
(I got to play tourist as well…):
