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The CrankyMiddle Manager Show #214 Inner Productivity with Chris EdgarToday Wayne Turmel talks to Christopher Edgar, author of “Inner Productivity: A Mindful Approach to Efficiency
and Enjoyment in Your Work”. I also try to spit out a couple of words of Mandarin, we salute a prolific writer who couldn’t pass a simple test, and quote Robert Browning. Not a bad day’s work.
Chris Edgar looking mindful.
Show [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show # 213 The Lazy Project Manager- Peter TaylorToday the Cranky Middle Manager talks to the Lazy Project Manager and between them actually get something done! Peter Taylor joins us to talk project management efficiency, we look at a Roman Caesar who talked a good game and a Greek engineer. Such a classy show…….
Peter Taylor, the Lazy Project Manager.
This was the first picture [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #212 Awesomely Simple with John SpenceToday Wayne Turmel talks to author John Spence about his book “Awesomely Simple- Essential Business Strategies for tiurning Ideas Into Action”. We also look at austrian philosophers and cavalry generals with a fear of horses. All just another day at the virtual office…..
John Spence joins us to talk about his new book, how to tell [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #211 Don’t be THAT boss- Mark WiskupToday Wayne Turmel talks to Mark Wiskup about his new book-“Don’t Be That Boss- How Great Communicators Get the Most Out of Their Employees and Their Careers”. We also look at someone who shouldn’t have been THAT king, and quote Turks about listening skills. Not just another training workshop today boys and girls…..
The incredibly energetic [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #210 Just Ask with Gary CohenToday we talk to Gary Cohen about his book “Just Ask Leadership- Why Great Managers Always Ask the Right Questions”. Well we have some questions for HIM. Also, we look at Sir Percival who didn’t ask enough questions, Voltaire (who asked a lot of them, usually in annoying fashion) and a webinar workshop for sales [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show # 209 Leap with Rick SmithToday Wayne Turmel talks to Rick Smith, Author of The Leap- How 3 Simple Changes Can Propel Your Career From Good to Great”. We also shamelessly plug some upcoming webinars, salute King David’s career plan and take a new assessment tool. Just another typical Cranky Middle Manager Show.
Rick Smith, author of The Leap joins us.
Don’t [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #208 Just Listen- Marc GoulstonToday Wayne Turmel gets a return visit from Dr Marc Goulston about the importance of listening skills and how to develop them. Also, a shameless plug for a webinar workshop and a quote from Igor Stravinski. Why do Americans always giggle when they hear the name Igor?
Marc Goulston makes a return visit to the show
Don’t [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #207 Project Management Across Distances- Deasun O ConchuirToday we talk about Managing Projects across the miles with author and expert Deasun O Conchuir. Continuing the Gaelic state of mind we salute the beleaguered project manager of Hadrian’s Wall and you can avoid some of those problems by taking our How to Create and Manage Remote Teams webinar workshop.
Deasun O Conchuir talks to [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #206 Common Management Mistakes Aubrey DanielsToday Wayne Turmel talks about the most common mistakes managers make, mostly because they’re company policy, and why they often backfire. We talk to Aubrey C Daniels. We also look at where the center of the universe is (it’s not Sales) and lucid words from a crazy person. Just another typical day in Crankyland.
Today’s guest, [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #188 Undress for Success- Kate ListerToday Wayne Turmel talks about how telecommuting and telework has changed the role of the middle manager with Kate Lister, co-author of Undress for Success- The Naked Truth About Making Money At Home. Oh and Marcel Proust and Ethiopian Falashas get a mention too. The usual eclectic mess that is this podcast.
Author Kate Lister emerges [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #189 The Trouble With Leadership Training- Kevin EikenberryToday Wayne Turmel and Kevin Eikenberry talk about why perfectly good leadership training often doesn’t work… and how managers can help make it stick. We also look at Babylonian documentation, a new Cranky Middle Manager Webinar and a free offer for listeners.
Kevin Eikenberry. You can get a month of his teleseminars FREE by using this [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #190 Being Strategic with Erika AndersenThe Cranky Middle Manager, Wayne Turmel, talks to returning guest Erika Andersen about her new book, Being Strategic, the difference between strategy and tactics, and how a Welsh king figured this out a long time ago. Also, if you manage remote teams you will not want to miss our next webinar!
Don’t forget to join us [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #191 Social and Practical Intelligence Karl AlbrechtCranky Middle Manager Wayne Turmel talks to author Karl Albrecht about social and practical intelligence can make or break your career. Also, we take a look at Demosthenes and how you can look smarter without actually getting smarter.
A very relaxed Karl Albrecht
Don’t forget our webinar workshop: “How to Create and Manage Remote Teams” . Register [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #192 Management Rewired with Charles JacobsWayne Turmel talks to Charles Jacobs about why the way most of us manage goes against the way our brain really works. In Management Rewired we learn that feedback doesn’t work and we’re better off not getting raises. Oh and we look at a Roman emperor who understood empowerment even as he downsized the Senate.
Is [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #193 Hit the Ground Running- Jason JenningsToday Wayne Turmel looks at something that makes managers cranky, taking over a new team. Jason Jennings is the author of Hit the Ground Running among other books and has some words of advice. Probably don’t want to follow the advice of the Ottoman Emperors though…. bad succession planning there.
Jason Jennings talks about hitting the [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #194 Become a Catalyst- Bob RosenCranky Middle Manager Wayne Turmel welcomes Bob Rosen back to discuss how middle managers can be catalysts for long-lasting growth in their companies. Also, torturing your children and not torturing your remote team mates… just another day here in Cranky land.
Bob Rosen comes back for more. Nice to have’im
Don’t forget our “How to Create and [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #195 Rock and Roll Team Building with Jeff CarlisiThis week, Wayne Turmel indulges his rock and roll geek side with Jeff Carlisi, founding member of the band 38 Special and author of a new book on teamwork, Jam- Amp Your Team and Rock your Business. Would you rather have another MBA author from Harvard press? Didn’t think so. Oh and Renaissance knowledge capture [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #196 Collaboration with Morten HansenToday, Cranky Middle Manager Wayne Turmel talks to Morten Hansen about his book Collaboration- when should we collaborate, how do we collaborate and when should we not bother? Also we look at the Underground Railroad as a model to aspire to and there’s still time to sign up for our webinar course.
Morten Hansen looking like [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #197 Passion-Driven Teams Dan BobinskiToday the Cranky Middle Manager, Wayne Turmel, welcomes colleague Dan Bobinski back to the show. We’ll talk about passion driven teams, motivation and the war of 1812. Just another day here on the show….
Dan Bobinski makes another visit to the show. Read his column on Management Issues if you haven’t yet.
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0:00 Welcome to the [...]Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #198 Hip and Sage with Lisa HanebergToday Wayne Turmel talks with Management Craft’s Lisa Haneberg about her new book, Hip and Sage. We also give a little love to Ning and King George the III. Let’s see how many Google/Bing searches have those two words in the same sentence. Always breaking new ground here…..
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