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I love sites that cut through all the clutter and just give the real essence of what they are talking about.

It’s like: “Do this and then this will happen!” It’s awesome!

So, I’ll attempt to add a management hack each day, chime in with comments and then add your own. What is the simplest thing you’ve done as a people manager that just works - every time!

Management Hack 1: Get feedback - every day.

People talk about climate surveys and interviewing people and “staying in touch” and creating rather elaborate systems to get into the head of staff. So here’s a new idea:

Talk to them. Actually, get them to talk to you.

Head over to Creative Suit to find out about a really cool idea called 5@5.

And you know what, this isn’t so new. Tom Peters brought this up in 1984. Remember his 4 word rule for managers?

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