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Career Tools

Career Tools is a weekly podcast focused on specific actions you can take to grow and enhance your career, whether you are a manager or not. Career Tools won the Podcast Awards Best Business podcast in 2010 and was nominated every other year it has been eligible. Whether you are interested in jump-starting a stalled career, or sharpening your edge, Career Tools is the podcast for you. Go to http://www.manager-tools.com/testimonials to read what others are saying about the impact Career Tools has had on their careers and lives.

Jul 09 2026

This podcast recommends keeping an ongoing Delta File, a private journal where you record organizational practices you find objectionable so that when you eventually reach a position of greater influence, you'll remember how those decisions felt from below and avoid making the same mistakes yourself.

Jul 02 2026

This is our guidance that gives examples of cover letters for particular roles.

May 14 2026

This cast tells you how to create and use a Career Management Document, the ideal tool for managing your career and making it easy to update your resume.

May 07 2026

This cast tells you how to create and use a Career Management Document, the ideal tool for managing your career and making it easy to update your resume.

Apr 16 2026

While not all bosses do, smart and effective bosses usually name someone on their team as their "Number Two." Being a good Number Two is good for your career. Here's how to do it.

Apr 09 2026

While not all bosses do, smart and effective bosses usually name someone on their team as their "Number Two." Being a good Number Two is good for your career. Here's how to do it.

Apr 02 2026

This cast explains our guidance on what to do instead of multitasking.

Feb 26 2026

This guidance on ethical behavior serves as the foundation for all Career Tools, Manager Tools, and Executive Tools content. The principles outlined here are the underlying assumptions that inform every recommendation we make.

Feb 12 2026

This cast describes how to effectively answer the "What's your current situation?" question from a recruiter.

Dec 18 2025

This cast describes a simple verbal tool for addressing tension, conflict or other ineffective emotions in the workplace.