--- title: What Are Some Tips and Hacks for Managing People? description: The way you act as a manager has a profound impact on your future career. canonical: https://time.com/2928389/what-are-some-tips-and-hacks-for-managing-people/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-26T18:58:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:55:33.919Z og:title: What Are Some Tips and Hacks for Managing People? og:description: Quora explains how to manage employees effectively. og:url: https://time.com/2928389/what-are-some-tips-and-hacks-for-managing-people/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d6f4456daffc4d3/69869980cd804d52f9ccbacd/456580651.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5760 og:image:height: 3240 og:image:alt: 456580651 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: What Are Some Tips and Hacks for Managing People? twitter:description: Quora explains how to manage employees effectively. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d6f4456daffc4d3/69869980cd804d52f9ccbacd/456580651.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # What Are Some Tips and Hacks for Managing People? > Sponsored content. 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In the Loop is free at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-loop-2026q3/newsletters?i=7897a17b-006d-43f2-907e-a3033409ee1c&cr=time-nl-loop-2026q3-v1) by [Quora](https://time.com/author/quora/) ## Quora Jun 26, 2014 6:58 PM UTC  Corporate business people having casual meeting Corporate business people having casual meeting Klaus Vedfelt—Getty Images by [Quora](https://time.com/author/quora/) ## Quora Jun 26, 2014 6:58 PM UTC [_Answer_](http://www.quora.com/Management/What-are-some-tips-and-hacks-for-managing-people) _by_ [_Mira Zaslove_](http://www.quora.com/Mira-Zaslove)_, manager, on_ [_Quora_](http://www.quora.com/) **One often overlooked tip for managing people**: **_Treat people who leave your company or team well, and speak highly of them after they are gone. Encourage your team to only speak positively about ex employees._** Last impressions are important. People who leave can have an important impact on your organization and your effectiveness as a manager. People talk. Especially after they leave a job. Get former team members to speak positively about working for you and your organization. You never know who your best recruiter will be. Make it an ex-employee. Smart employees know if you speak badly about someone who just left, eventually you are going to do the same to them. Trust quickly erodes. As, Sallie Krawcheck writes in A Simple Way to Get a Handle on a Company’s Culture:, “In some companies, as soon as an employee leaves, he or she quickly goes from being a “valued partner” to the one who “never really cut it.” Whom the company is “better off without” and “the guy we were about to fire anyway.” When you treat ex-employees well, not only do they look good, but YOU, the manager, look better. Zappos famously gave employees a $2,000 incentive to quit the company. You bet those ex-employees had some nice things to say about their time at Zappos, even if the job wasn’t a fit. A friend of mine was recently working for a start-up that got bought out by Apple. He lost his job. However, Apple vested his shares, gave him a generous severance package, and an awesome referral. Apple turned an ex-employee who could have been negative into a positive supporter. Many consulting firms, law firms, and Universities, employ an “up or out” culture, but help employees who don’t stick around. Former employees are treated as “alumni,” not “guys who failed.” As Krawcheck highlights, effective managers recognize the power of a strong network. Respect translates into referrals. As a manager you should be able to answer “Where have my people gone after leaving?” It looks great if your people have advanced in their careers while **and after** they were under your management. Champion your team for moving on and for their success. _This_ [_question_](http://www.quora.com/Management/What-are-some-tips-and-hacks-for-managing-people) _originally appeared on_ [_Quora: What are some tips and hacks for managing people?_](http://www.quora.com/Management/What-are-some-tips-and-hacks-for-managing-people) _More questions:_ * [What are some tips and hacks for getting along well with coworkers?](http://www.quora.com/Business/What-are-some-tips-and-hacks-for-getting-along-well-with-coworkers) * [What are your hacks, shortcuts, and tips for a first-time business owner?](http://www.quora.com/What-are-your-hacks-shortcuts-and-tips-for-a-first-time-business-owner) * [What are some tips and hacks for public speaking?](http://www.quora.com/Public-Speaking/What-are-some-tips-and-hacks-for-public-speaking) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2928389/what-are-some-tips-and-hacks-for-managing-people/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2928389/what-are-some-tips-and-hacks-for-managing-people/"},"headline":"What Are Some Tips and Hacks for Managing People?","datePublished":"2014-06-26T18:58:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:33.919Z","description":"The way you act as a manager has a profound impact on your future career.","url":"https://time.com/2928389/what-are-some-tips-and-hacks-for-managing-people/","keywords":["Living","Business topic","Management","advice","career"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d6f4456daffc4d3/69869980cd804d52f9ccbacd/456580651.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Quora","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/quora/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d6f4456daffc4d3/69869980cd804d52f9ccbacd/456580651.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"456580651","caption":"456580651","creditText":"Klaus Vedfelt—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2928389/what-are-some-tips-and-hacks-for-managing-people/","name":"What Are Some Tips and Hacks for Managing People?"}}]}] ```