Manage Yourself

Time management secrets can help you get more done. It reviews the three key elements of time management secrets, do the right things first, be efficient, and get it done.

Pareto's Principle or Pareto's Law as it is sometimes called, can be a very effective tool to help you manage effectively. Focus 80 percent of your time on the 20 percent of your work that really matters and you will be a better manager.

The things a Manager needs to do on his or her first day, if not before.

Scruples Are A Good Thing stresses the importance of a manager's internal compass in guiding his or her decisions

Your success often depends on your ability to take ownership of your job. Don't just do the job, but own it and really do it the best it can be done.

You owe it to your boss to not be a yes man. Disagree without being disagreeable and you can promote your career and help your comany.

Here are the four steps you need to take to get done all the things you need to get done during the business day.

Work can be a stressful place, whether in an office, a factory, a school or wherever you earn your living. There are specific things you can do that will help you reduce your stress at work and better cope with it.

Many people misunderstand what management is all about. This list of the top management myths explains why they are wrong. Doing the opposite will make you a better manager.

An interview with Ed Reilly, American Management Association CEO, discussing management learnings from 2010 and challenges facing managers in 2011

You want to give the same information to all your team so they work at peak efficiency. As you team gets bigger and is located in different places, this becomes harder. Here is how you can keep from wasting the talents of the team members who aren't kept in the loop

Clean desk or messy one. All that matters is that you maximize the efficiency of yours

What are the good and bad points to consider when hiring overqualified workers? Readers offer their own reasons to hire or not hire overqualified workers.

Layoffs are a time to celebrate because a layoff is a new beginning

Cookie Cutter Managers explains why you need a management style and how you can get promoted ahead of all those cookie cutter managers.

Multi-tasking has become a way of life for many people. It should be replaced by the more efficient use of chunking. Don't multi-task when you can use chunking to better manage your time.

Managing the Holiday Season provides tips for surviving the craziness of the year end holiday season, from John Reh, your About.com Guide to Management

Here's how to use your things to do list to actually get more things done and feel better about yourself too.

Multi-tasking is more popular,but chunking is more effective. Learn how you can use the human brain's memory utilization to be better at your job and everything you do. The problem is that multi-tasking doesn't work; chunking does.

Managers spend a lot of time every day motivating others, but what motivates managers? Add your thoughts and read what other managers say motivates them.

Glossary definition of the business management term boil the ocean

A vacation is intended to be time away from work. That means no cell phones, no checking in with the office. Get away and enjoy the break. You'll be a better employee when you return.