Welcome to a special edition of Manator Tools and Career Tools.

I'm Mark Horsman, one of the co-founders of Manator Tools.

In September of this year, the Wall Street Journal did a feature article about manager

tools, our history, our company, and our customers.

Many of you, we know, listen to us only.

You don't come to the website. perhaps you don't see our emails, you perhaps haven't been to one of our conferences, and we thought because the way you know us is through audio that we would share with you by me reading the Wall Street Journal article.

Stay tuned as well at the end and I'll share some thoughts about comments that are made in the

article.

This is how to be a better manager in 30 minutes a week

from the September 13th 2016 edition of the Wall Street Journal.

When Mark Horsman and Mike Ozan began talking about management in their early 1980s,

while stationed at a Hawaii Army base, they never anticipated that their discussions would someday garner over a

million downloads a month. Since its 2005 launch their weekly

podcast, Manator Tools, has attracted notable listeners including Craig Glidden, General Counsel of General Motors.

The program has topped the business category of the People's Choice Podcast Awards several times,

and last month it received 1.4 million downloads on iTunes alone.

The show has expanded into a full-fledged consulting firm with clientele that includes

executives from Apple, AT&T and FedEx.

Mr. Horsman and Mr. Rose and both 56 years old have produced more than 900 episodes.

In each one, after an upbeat tune, Mr. Horseman lists a series of questions that the episode will answer.

The rest of the episode is a dialogue between Mr. Ozan, who often plays Devil's Advocate, and Mr. Horseman, who does about 80% of the talking on the show.

They tackle everything from staying on top of email and running efficient meetings to addressing

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