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Trumix.com listings available of ThePodcastNetwork :: The Cranky Middle Manager Show Podcasts Build your own playlists with this podcast. The Cranky Middle Manager Show #152 Ethics at Work with Clint Korver Today, Wayne Turmel talks to Clint Korver, one of the authors of Ethics for the Real World- Creating a Personal Code to Guide Decisions In Work and Life. We also look at a 2500 year old business book. Plus an offer to get one of the first free copies of my new book!!! Show Notes 0:00 Welcome [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #151 The State of Training 2008 with Josh Bersin Today Wayne Turmel speaks to Josh Bersin about the new best practices in training and what some companies know that others don’t. Plus we salute an Arab translator and why HR and OD are the worst possible names for their departments. Show Notes 0:00 Welcome to the show. One of the reasons training doesn’t work as well [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #150 Lighten the Heck Up- Adrian Gostick Today Wayne Turmel discusses the need to lighten up at work using humor and energy with author Adrian Gostick, co-author of The Levity Effect-Why It Pays To Lighten Up. Show Notes 0:00 Welcome to our 150th Episode. Yeah you heard it, 150… I think the reason we are still here is people want to lighten up while [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #149 Managing Human Performance- Paul Elliott Host Wayne Turmel talks to Dr. Paul Elliott, of Exemplary Performance. If you have to manage performance, you have to know what they are supposed to do, and why aren’t they doing it. If you’re not familiar with the system of Human Performance Improvement or Human Performance Technology, here’s your introduction. Oh and a Prussian [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #148 Conflict in Teams- Diana Mclain Smith Today, Cranky Middle Manager Wayne Turmel speaks to Diana McLain Smith about her book, “Divide or Conquer- How Great Teams Turn Conflict Into Strength”. Show Notes 0:00 Greetings and welcome to episode 148. Today we’re talking conflict and teams, so the show is dedicated to Agamemnon and Achilles. (This link is to Diana’s site and she did [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager #147 Ken Blanchard Is Here Cranky Middle Manager talks to one of the all-time greats, Ken Blanchard, about his new book “The One Minute Entrepeneur”. We know why Wayne wanted to talk to him, why’s he talking to Wayne? Gift horses and all. Plus we learn about the Korean King Sejong the Great. 0:00 Welcome to the show all ye who [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #146 The New World of Work- Melanie Holmes Cranky Middle Manager Wayne Turmel takes a look at what employers are really looking for in managers, and how we can prepare for a job search if we need one. We talk to Melanie Holmes from VP of World of Work Solutions at Manpower and writer of the Contemporary Working Blog. We also celebrate the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager #145 Responsibility Redefined with Christopher Avery Cranky Middle Manager Wayne Turmel talks to Christopher Avery, author of “Teamwork is an Individual Skill” and the “Responsibility Redefined” blog. What’s the difference between accountability and responsibility? Find out. A little responsibility could have changed the outcome of the American Revolution too….. Show Notes 0:00 Welcome to Episode 145. Today we’re talking responsibility with Dr. Christopher [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager #144 Big Ideas to Big Results- Michael Kanazawa Wayne Turmel talks to Michael Kanazawa, co-author of “Big Ideas to Big Results- Remake and Recharge Your Company Fast”. We also take a look at the Mongol general Subotai…. delegation is a critical skill gang even if you’re a “working manager” and I have a meltdown over the term “working manager”…. To Listen in Your Browser, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #143 Common Sense For Your Career- Bud Bilanich Wayne Turmel talks to Bud Bilanich, “The Common Sense Guy” about the factors necessary for career success, whatever that happens to mean to you. This is the show for everyone who answers to a higher authority but has someone looking up at them too while being a higher authority to someone else. Can you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #142 Becoming a Superstar- Dr Myra White Today Wayne Turmel talks to Dr Myra White about her book, “Follow The Yellow Brick Road- A Harvard Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming a Superstar”. What does it take to become a superstar? How the heck do you manage them? Napoleon struggled with Marshal Louis Davout so you’re not alone….. To Listen in Your Browser, Click the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #141 Managing in the UAE, Sarah Shaw Wayne Turmel interviews Sarah Shaw, about what it’s like to manage in the “Oasis Economies” of the Middle East, particularly the United Arab Emirates. Boom times make for interesting conversation. Plus we look at a Bedouin hero named Antarah who had it way rougher than you do……. To Listen In Your Browser, Double Click the Icon [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #140 Leadership and The Offsite- Robert Thompson Today we look at The Offsite, by Robert Thompson a book that teaches the lessons of The Leadership Challenge. Wayne Turmel talks to Robert about leadership, why Las Vegas is the last place you want to do training and we salute Pericles… To Listen In Your Browser, Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager #139 Creating a Connection Culture Michael Lee Stallard Join Wayne Turmel and guest Michael Lee Stallard, author of Fired Up or Burned Out talk about leadership and creating a culture of connection. We also salute the first in a long line of people to think they could rule Mesopotamia but our boy Sargon did a better job than the current folks… Why do [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #138 Waking Up In Corporate America- Eric Pennington Wayne Turmel talks to Eric Pennington about Waking Up in Corporate America and why corporate life gets so crazy and how to survive it if you must. Knowledge isn’t always power…sometimes it just lets you know how bad things really are. Oh, and we salute a brave gerbil named Humphrey. To Listen In Your Browser, Click [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #138 Waking Up In Corporate America- Eric Pennington Wayne Turmel talks to Eric Pennington about Waking Up in Corporate America and why corporate life gets so crazy and how to survive it if you must. Knowledge isn’t always power…sometimes it just lets you know how bad things really are. Oh, and we salute a brave gerbil named Humphrey. To Listen In Your Browser, Click [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #137 Brand Engagement with Ian Buckingham Today, Wayne Turmel talks to Ian Buckingham, author of Brand Engagement- How Employees Can Make Or Break Brands about how employees connect (or not) to their company’s brand and the impacts on business and morale. Also, we once again salute those crazy Mongols and squawk about the weather. To Listen In Your Browser, Click the Icon [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #136 When You Become the Boss- Bob Seldon Getting that first management job can be exciting- or really tough. Here are some great tips for survival. Wayne Turmel talks to Bob Selden, author of What To Do When You Become The Boss. We also salute two Australian explorers whose first management gig didn’t go so swell. It’s been that kind of week….. To Listen [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager 135 Just Enough Anxiety- Robert Rosen The Cranky Middle Manager Show #135 (MP3 12.0MB 26:31Min) To Listen in Your Browser, Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Greetings everyone, today we’re talking about creating the right amount of anxiety at work- enough to motivate, not enough to leave you weeping in a corner. Our guest is Robert Rosen, author [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager #134 Total Alignment with Riaz Khadem The Cranky Middle Manager Show #134 (MP3 14.3 MB 29:37Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Greetings one and all, today we’re going to get all practical on ya, with Dr. Riaz Khadem, who is the author of . Total Alignment, Integrating Vision, Strategy and Execution for [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #133 The Go Giver- Bob Burg The Cranky Middle Manager Show #133 (MP3 14.0MB 30:29 Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click and Save Hello one and all, welcome to a special edition of The Cranky Middle Manager Show. The idea for this show started with an interview at The Working Week, which [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager #132 Lessons From My Father- Anthony Rino The Cranky Middle Manager Show #132 (MP3 11.9MB 26:59Min) To Listen In Your Browser Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Welcome one and all to the 132nd edition of The Cranky Middle Manager. If you’re new to the show you can find out more about us at www.crankymiddlemanager.com. Check out the archives, lots [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show 131 Contented Cows with Bill Catlette The Cranky Middle Manager Show #131 (MP3 12.0MB 26.24 Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Have you met Herman the Ermine?Think he’d make a good T-shirt? Show Notes 0:00 Welcome to the show. Today we talk to Bill Catlette about his book “Contented Cows Moove Faster”. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Legal IT Podcast part 2 For those who’ve been following along, I did a 3-part conversation with Tony Hartsfield based on “The 4 Disciplines” of this show, and the e-book of that name. In part one, we talked about the importance of Business Acumen to a professional’s career. In Part 2 we discuss Leadership and Process and Project Management.  Take a listen [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Legal IT Podcast part 2 For those who’ve been following along, I did a 3-part conversation with Tony Hartsfield based on “The 4 Disciplines” of this show, and the e-book of that name. In part one, we talked about the importance of Business Acumen to a professional’s career. In Part 2 we discuss Leadership and Process and Project Management.  Take a listen [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | A Little TPN Mutual Love… Listen to Wayne on G’Day World Cameron Reilly, the mad genius behind The Podcast Network is a fine host himself. His G’Day World is the top rated podcast in Australia, and he’s talking to yours truly. We discuss everything from Great Web Meetings (allegedly why we started to chat), to drugs in my daughter’s high school to my late lamented  stand up [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show 130 Boss School with Jay Goltz The Cranky Middle Manager Show #130 (MP3 13.8MB 30:14) To Listen In Your Browser, Click On The Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Before we go any further, I’d like to introduce you to someone: This is Herman the Ermine. He’s kind of our mascot. You’re going to be seeing a lot [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show 129- Remarkable Leadership with Kevin Eikenberry The Cranky Middle Manager #129 (MP3 14.2MB 31:30Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Don’t forget to check out our Webinar on January 29th (9 PM Central time in the US) or January 30 (If you live in Australia that’s 2:30 or so in Melbourne). “Managing Remote Employees-Using [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager 128 Slacker Manager David Zinger The Cranky Middle Manager #128 (MP3 12.8MB 26:35 Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here And Save 2 Quick Announcements: 1) The new Cranky Middle Manager website is up and functional. Take a look at www.crankymiddlemanager.com 2) We have plenty of room in our webinar: “Managing Remote Employees- [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager 127 Strategy and the Fat Smoker- David Maister The Cranky Middle Manager #127 (MP3 11.6MB 25:29Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Hey everyone. The big CMM Webinar was such a success we’re going to do it again. We’re going to have the same topic at a different time so more of you can join [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager #126 Time Management- Nick McCormick The Cranky Middle Manager Show #126 (MP3 11.5MB 28:30Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Welcome to the first show of 2008. Today we’re talking to Nick McCormick of Be Good Ventures . By the time you read this, we’ll have finished our first ever CMM Webinar. Technology [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #125 Best Biz Books of 2007 Jack Covert The Cranky Middle Manager Show #125 (MP3 15.3 MB 33.20Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Today we’ll look at the short list of books nominated for “Best Business Books of 2007 by 800 CEO Read” with it’s founder, Jack Covert. Several of these authors [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #123 Gorillas in the Corporate Culture Linda Ford The Cranky Middle Manager Show #124 (MP3 13MB 29.00Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Welcome to the Cranky Middle Manager Show. Today we’re talking Corporate Culture and how it’s the 800 pound gorilla inside your company. The book in question is The Fourth Factor, Managing Corporate [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager 123 The Dream Manager- Matthew Kelly The Cranky Middle Manager Show #123 (MP3 12.9MB 28:17 Min) To Listen in Your Browser, Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here and Save Today we’re talking to Matthew Kelly, author of The Dream Manager. Thanks to our listeners who suggested we get him on the show. Tech problems aside, it’s a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #122 Webmeetings and Startups DD Ganguly The Cranky Middle Manager Show 122 (MP3 13.6MB 29:38 Min) To Listen in Your Browser, Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later- Right Click Here Welcome to the show. Today we’re talking webmeetings. You can join the FREE WEBINAR FOR CMM LISTENERS. “Managing Remote Employees- Using Webmebmeetings to Keep Them Engaged” is the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager 121- Working Undercover with Alex Frankel The Cranky Middle Manager Show #121 (MP3 12.8MB 28:43 Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Double Click The Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Greetings everyone, welcome to the show. A really good interview and a sneak peek at a CMM WORLD-WIDE LIVE EVENT! The webinar is called Managing Remote Employees, Using Webmeetings To [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show 120- Handling Conflict with Gini Graham Scott The Cranky Middle Manager Show #120 (MP3 12.2 MB 26:31Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Hello and welcome to our 120th show! Today we’re talking conflict and resolving Disagreements, Disputes and All Out War; 3 Simple Steps For Dealing With Any Kind of Conflict, with [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manger 119- One Foot Out the Door- Judith Bardwick The Cranky Middle Manager Show #119 (MP3 11.9MB 28:30Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Hi everyone. Welcome to a truly unique episode of the Cranky Middle Manager Show. It’s unique in that I demonstrate what a real middle manager I am… I’ve been RIFfed from my [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show 118 We Are Smarter Than Me Barry Libert The Cranky Middle Manager Show #118 (MP3 13.8 MB 30:19Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Howdy, today we follow up on Episode 95, when Rich Maltzman talked about Wearesmarter.org, and how they were writing a whole book based on a wiki. Well, the book is [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #117 Managing With Maslow- Chip Conley The Cranky Middle Manager Show #117 (MP3 12.9MB 28:09 Min) To Listen In Your Browser Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Welcome everyone, to the podcast that cares for your needs- survival needs, comfort needs and even the transformational needs. That’s right, listening to this show makes you cooler than everyone [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show 116- The Personal MBA with Josh Kaufman The Cranky Middle Manager Show #116 (MP3 16.1MB 35:21 Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Welcome to a very cool episode of the show. If, like me, you don’t have a college degree the world can seem pretty limited, but it ain’t. There are lots [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show 115- First Time Managers with Gary Topchik The Cranky Middle Manager show #115 (MP3 12.9MB 28:31 Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Double Click The Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Welcome to the show, especially you first time managers or wannabes. It’s not too late to turn back…. okay now it is. You had your chance. Today we’re speaking to one [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager #114 Preparing Our Kids for Work- Tim Irwin The Cranky Middle Manager Show #114 (MP3 12.9MB 28:42 Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here. Welcome to the show everyone. Today we’re talking to Tim Irwin about his book “Run With the Bulls Without Getting Trampled”. I know I did the unforgiveable and called it [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #113- Special Productivity Tools Edition The Cranky Middle Manager Show #113 (MP3 20.00MB 43:20Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Special Edition- Productivity Tools and Great Discounts for CMM Listeners Okay, you know how magazines do special theme issues? That’s what we’re doing here. Today we’re talking to four different people about the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager 112 Leadership Around the World- Jim Kouzes The Cranky Middle Manager Show #112 (MP3 14.2MB 31:09 Min) To Listen in Your Browser, Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Welcome to the Cranky Middle Manager. In preparation for my first trip to Asia in October (Anyone in Singapore?) we are having a second conversation with Jim Kouzes, co-author of The [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show 111 3 Signs of a Miserable Job- Patrick Lencioni The Cranky Middle Manager #111 (MP3 13.4MB 29:16Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Double Click the Icon To Download For Later, Right Click Here Welcome to episode 111- another big shot guest on our little shot show. Don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter, just email me wayne@crankymiddlemanger.com and put Subscribe in the subject line. Don’t forget to vote [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #110 Growing People with Erika Andersen The Cranky Middle Manager Show #110 (MP3 14.5MB 31:30) To Listen In Your Browser, Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Welcome to the show. Forgive the Old School cover art- I was feeling nostalgic for the early days of the show. Today we’re visiting with the author of Growing Great Employees , [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager #109 Kiss Theory Goodbye- Bob Prosen The Cranky Middle Manager Show #109 (MP3 12.5MB 27:24Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Greetings everyone. By the time you hear this, I’ll be winging my way to Prague, visiting Continental Europe for the first time. There are a lot of firsts for me since [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show 108 Obvious Management- Jim Dale The Cranky Middle Manager Show #108 (MP3 14.3MB 30:34Min) To Listen in Your Browser Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Hello all. Welcome to another edition of the show. Management is tough, that’s obvious, but there are very few secrets- the things you have to do are obvious… doing them is tough. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager 107- All Bosses Are Dictators Chetan Dhruve The Cranky Middle Manager Show #107 (MP3 16.4MB 35:49Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Double Click the Icon To Download For Later, Right Click Here This is the reason I do this show; conversations like this one. Seriously, this week’s show is designed to cause trouble, stir arguments and make you think. Sorry, I know thinking isn’t what [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager #106 7 Leadership Lessons with Jack Stahl The Cranky Middle Manager Show #106 (MP3 12.7MB 27:21Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Double-Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Welcome to the Cranky Middle Manager Show. Today we talk to Jack Stahl, author of Lessons in Leadership: 7 Fundamental Management Skills for Leaders at All Levels . He’s the former president [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager #105 Nuclear Leadership- Rod Adams The Cranky Middle Manager Show #105 (MP3 14.5MB 31:33 Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Hello everyone. Today we take a small step into controversy with our guest, Rod Adams. Rod hosts The Atomic Show on the Podcast Network. That’s right, he’s promoting nuclear power and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #104 Executive Intelligence with Justin Menkes The Cranky Middle Manager Show #104  (MP3 12.5MB 29:34 Min) To Listen in Your Browser, Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Welcome to our show, gang. 104 conversations wtih people way smarter than me about the things that matter most to managers. If you like what you hear, subscribe to the newsletter. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #103 Women in a Multicultural Workplace Deepika Bajaj The Cranky Middle Manager Show #103 (MP3 13.4MB 29:27 Min) To Listen in Your Browser, Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here and Save Welcome everyone. Yes, Karma is an interesting thing. A while back we had Rajesh Setty on the show (way back on Episode 44…check it out) and I’ve stayed in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #102 Framework for Team Success- Ed Oakley The Cranky Middle Manager Show #102 (MP3 17.2MB 37:32Min) To Listen in Your Browser, Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here and Save Greetings fellow toilers. Today we talk to Ed Oakley, Author of Leadership Made Simple,Practical Solutions to your Greatest Management Challenges Don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter… just drop me [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #101 You Drive Your Boss Crazy- Anita Bruzzese The Cranky Middle Manager Show #101 (MP3 13.1MB 32:34 Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Double-Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Welcome to our next 100 shows. Today we speak to Anita Bruzzese, the workplace columnist for Gannett newspapers and USA Today.com about her book “45 Things You Do That Drive Your Boss [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager #100 Influencing Upwards Marshall Goldsmith The Cranky Middle Manager Show #100 (MP3 13.1MB 28:37Min) To Listen in Your Browser, Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Welcome to our 100th Episode! 2 years and 100 conversations later, we’re still at it. When I tried to figure out how to commemorate this occasion, I decided that with [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #99 Accelerate with Dan Coughlin The Cranky Middle Manager Show #099 (MP3 9.89 MB 28:46Min) To Listen In Your Browser Now, Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here 99 Episodes, who knew? Welcome to the show. As this show launches I am on vacation so you’re listening, or not…what do I know. Time with the family is as [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager #98 All Things Workplace- Steve Roesler The Cranky Middle Manager Show #098 (MP3 9.85MB 28:45Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Greetings everyone. I just want to say thank you for listening and being part of the fun. Whether it’s our Newsletter, our Frappr Map or just dropping me an email, it’s [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager #97 Real Life Manager Andy Pawlowski The Cranky Middle Manager Show #097 (MP3 9.82MB 28:36Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here One of the big lessons that came out of my listener survey a few months ago was that you enjoy hearing about what other managers do and how they get it [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #96 Surrounded by Geniuses Alan Gregerman The Cranky Middle Manager Show #096 (MP3 12MB 34:31Min) To Listen in Your Browser, Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Okay, so are you surrounded by geniuses? Don’t laugh, our guest Alan Gregerman says we all are if we look around and try to see them. Some days it’s hard [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #95 Wikis and Project Management-Rich Maltzman The Cranky Middle Manager Show #095 (MP3 9.85MB 28:39Min ) To Listen in Your Browser, Click the Icon Below To Download for Later, Right Click Here Welcome to the show everyone. Want to help write a book? We’ll talk about a cool project involving you, wikis and project management. Don’t forget you can [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #94- 4 Generations In the Workplace- Diane Thielfoldt The Cranky Middle Manager Show #094 (MP3 10.8MB 31:30Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right click Here Welcome to a new age for The Cranky Middle Manager Show. In addition to a great show, this is the first you’re hearing about our Forum Pages and all the cool Downloads on [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager #93 HR in India Gautam Ghosh The Cranky Middle Manager Show #093 (MP3 10.8MB 31:34Min) To Listen in Your Browser, Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Welcome to the show gang. Listeners to this show know that I- like a lot of managers have a love/hate relationship with HR. I also have a long-time fascination with India so today [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager #92 Productivity with Tor Dahl The Cranky Middle Manager Show #092 (MP3 12.6MB 36:32Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Click The Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Back in Episode 87, we spoke to Joel Barker, and he talked about someone we needed to speak to- Dr. Tor Dahl. He put him up there with Demming and Drucker. Who [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #91 Breakthroughs with Lisa Haneberg The Cranky Middle Manager Show #091 (MP3 12.4MB 36:31Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Click The Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Welcome to Episode 91. We welcome Lisa Haneberg back to the show, announce some cool new stuff for the show and generally have a ball Show Notes 0:00 Welcome to the show. Today we [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #90 The UNCRANKY Phil Gerbyshak The Cranky Middle Manager Show #090 (mp3 10.9MB 31:30Min) To Listen in Your Browser, Click on the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Hey everyone, welcome to Episode 90! I’m less cranky than usual for several reasons, not the least of which is I’m thrilled to announce that starting May 1 there will be a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #89 Get Ignited with Vince Thompson The Cranky Middle Manager Show #089 (MP3 10.5MB 30:30Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here and Save Welcome gang. Today we speak to long-time listener and first time author Vince Thompson about his terrific new book, Ignited-Managers Light up Your Company and Career Show Notes 0:00 We dedicate [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #88 Mergers and Reorgs Don’t Work - Corey Sherman The Cranky Middle Manager Show #088 (MP3 11.5MB 33:38Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Click the Icon Below To Download, Right Click Here Welcome to the show, a really cranky chat with HR strategist Corey Sherman of the www.hrstrategyblog.com about why mergers, acquisitions and re-orgs so often crash and burn. A little venting this week- have fun. Don’t [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #87 Innovation with Joel Barker The Cranky Middle Manager Show #087 (MP3 12.1MB 35:32Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here A bit of a longer show today, gang, but worth every minute of it. Our guest is futurist Joel Barker. Joel first hit the limelight back in the late 80s with “The Business [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show 86- What Good Leadership Training Looks Like- Steve Farber The Cranky Middle Manager Show #086 (MP3 11.1MB 32:33Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Click The Icon Below Right Click Here To Download For Later Before we get into the show, please don’t forget to take the First Ever CMM Listener Survey. We plan to keep doing this show until we get it right. What do you want [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #85 One on One Leadership- Wally Bock The Cranky Middle Manager Show #085 (MP3 MB 31:23Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Double Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Welcome to the 85th edition of the Cranky Middle Manager. Today we take a look at the “how-tos” of some of the high-falutin’ leadership talk we’ve been doing lately. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #84 Work Life Fit With Cali Yost The Cranky Middle Manager Show #084 (MP3 ) To Listen In Your Browser, Click The Icon Below Right Click Here To Download For Later Welcome to The Cranky Middle Manager Show. If you’re cranky, it’s probably at least in part because your life is not balanced-not quite sure where work starts and the rest of your life begins. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show 83 Knowledge Management with Harvey Singh The Cranky Middle Manager Show #083 (MP3 11.0MB 34 Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Click the Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Today we’re going to geek right out on the subject of E-learning and knowledge management. Where is learning headed, what is knowledge management and why should you care, with guest Harvey Singh. By [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager #82- The Leadership Challenge- Jim Kouzes The Cranky Middle Manager Show #082 (MP3 11.5MB 34:40 Min) To Listen in Your Browser, Click On the Icon Below To Download for Later, Right Click Here If you go through the archives for this show, (and if you haven’t you really ought to) you know that we always ask our guests for other resources we can explore. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #81 The Future of Learning- Elliott Masie The Cranky Middle Manager Show #081 (MP3 11.9MB 34:30Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Click The Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Yet another high-profile guest to the Cranky Middle Manager. We’ll talk to Elliott Masie , one of the world’s leading experts on electronic learning (e-learning for those of us in the biz). My [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #80 The Evil HR Lady The Cranky Middle Manager Show #080 (MP3 10.1MB 31:34 Min) To Listen in Your Browser, Click The Icon To Download For Later, Right Click Here Do you ever get the feeling that people in HR are not only in your way, but downright evil? Are you in HR hiding your more evil tendencies behind a Cheshire [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager #79 Getting There with Marshall Goldsmith The Cranky Middle Manager Show #079 (MP3 10.9MB 31:34Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Click the Icon To Download For Later, Right Click Here I am very proud of this show, but particularly proud of this episode. Why? First, I think it’s a great example of what we do best here (check out the Cranky Middle Manager Show Manifesto). Secondly, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #78 Divine Wisdom and Spirituality At Work with Tricia Molloy The Cranky Middle Manager Show #078 (MP3 11.4MB 34:56 Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Click Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Welcome to the Cranky Middle Manager Show, episode 78. Today we talk about using your own Divine Wisdom and spirituality to help you be a more effective manager. DON’T LEAVE YET…. you’ll find [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager #77 Managing in Pro Sports- Kevin Loughery Jr The Cranky Middle Manager Show #077 (mp3 11.2MB 32:51Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Click the Icon To Download For Later, Right Click Here and Save This show will be a little different, but I think you’ll enjoy it as much as I did. It combines two themes: The idea of owning and managing a professional sports team (feel [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager #76 Beyond ROI- Bob Thompson The Cranky Middle Manager Show #076 (MP3 10.6MB 30:58Min) To Listen in Your Browser, Click On the Icon To Download For Later, Right Click Here Welcome to our last show of 2006. Today we talk about measuring success beyond just the hard numbers. How do you measure success? This show has more than tripled its listenership since this [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager #75 Brains and Business Dr Ellen Weber The Cranky Middle Manager Show #075 (MP3 12.6MB 36:35 Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Click On The Icon Right Click Here To Download For Later Welcome to the show. Today we’re talking brains with Dr Ellen Weber of the Brain Based Business Blog as well as Brainboomer.She’s also author of the MITA Leadership program, which [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager #74 Best Business Books 2006- Jack Covert The Cranky Middle Manager Show #074 (MP3 11.2MB 32:34 Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Double Click the Icon To Download For Later, Right Click Here Welcome to our end of the year book wrap up. We’re talking today with Jack Covert, the CEO of, well, 800 CEO Read. We’re gonna strip down and just roll around [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #73 More “Slow Leadership”- Adrian Savage The Cranky Middle Manager Show #73 (MP3 11.9MB 34:59Min) To Listen in Your Browser, Double Click This Icon To Download For Later, Right Click Here Today we celebrate two things: 1) The return of Adrian Savage, who was with us on show #54 . He’s back to talk about his new book, Slow Leadership. 2) Our [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #72 Your Company’s Purpose- Nikos Mourkogiannis The Cranky Middle Manager Show #072 (MP3 10.3MB 30:05 Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Double Click the Icon Right Click Here to Download For Later This show was 4 months in the making. I got an advance copy of Nikos Mourkogiannis’ book, “Purpose, the Starting Point of Great Companies” . Maybe it’s because of the internal [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager #71 Creating a Creative Climate- Scott Isaksen The Cranky Middle Manager Show #071 (MP3 10.3MB 30:05 Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Click Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here Thank you listeners, for helping us crack the 10,000 download mark in October. If you like a given episode, share the link with a friend. If you hate it, share it with an enemy [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager #70 Intentional Disruption with Michael Urlocker The Cranky Middle Manger Show #070 (MP3 10.6MB 30:58Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Double Click On the Icon To Download For Later, Right Click Here First, a big old thank you to all of you, my colleagues, who listen to this show. In October the Cranky Middle Manager Show went over 10,000 downloads in a month for [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #69 The Power of Nice- Robin Koval The Cranky Middle Manager Show #069 (MP3 10.5MB 30:48Min) To Listen in Your Browser, Click the Icon Below To Download for Later, Right Click Here Welcome to the show. I don’t know what it says about the world we live in that being nice is a business attribute. It should be automatic, but as we all know, it [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Show 68 is saved! Please reload to listen…. Folks, the problem with show 68 has been resolved (although it took a team from 3 continents to pull it off- gotta love the internet).  If you’d like to hear the rest of Bob Parkinson’s interview (and you darned well should) Please right click here to download. Thanks to Cam Reilly  and Ewan Spence…. I’m still [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #67 Management Issues Columnist Charles Helliwell The Cranky Middle Manager Show #067 (MP3 10.3MB 30:02 Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Click Here To Download For Later, Right Click Here Today we talk to Charles Helliwell, who is a fellow Management Issues columnist. He recently wrote an article called Turning Silver Into Gold- which was a fairly cranky rant on how older workers are [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #66 The Management Skills Blog with Tom Foster The Cranky Middle Manager Show #066  (MP3 11.6MB 32:33Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Click Here Right Click Here To Download For Later   Welcome to the 66th Episode of the show. Today we talk to Tom Foster, who writes the Management Skills Blog. I found it when Lisa Haneberg posted a list of 50 good blogs for Coaches and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #65 How To Become CEO with Jeffrey Fox The Cranky Middle Manager Show #065 (MP3, 9.67MB, 28:09Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Click The Icon Below Right Click Here To Listen Later…. So you think you have what it takes to be CEO huh? Well you can listen to Jeffrey Fox talk about his book “How to Become CEO”… or you can take part in our [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #64- Unlocking Strategic Gridlock with Pam Harper The Cranky Middle Manager Show #064 (MP3 10.1MB 29:34Min) To Listen To The Show In Your Browser, Click Here To Download For Later, Right Click Here Show Notes 0:00 Welcome to Episode 64 of The Cranky Middle Manager. Today we talk Unlocking Strategic Gridlock with Pamela Harper. The show is dedicated to all Middle Managers just muddling through. The show [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #63 Project Risk Management With Dan Ward The Cranky Middle Manager Show #063  (MP3 9.8 MB 28:35 Min) To Listen in Your Browser, Click Here Right Click Here to Download For Later Welcome to episode 63. Today we talk project management with Dan Ward, brains bhind the Rogue Project Leader blog. He does IT projects for the US Air Force as well as writes a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #62 American Innovation with Harold Evans The Cranky Middle Manager Show #062 (MP3 9.96MB 28:59 Min) To Play in Your Browser, Click The Icon Below To Download For Later, Right Click Here This week’s show is a little different than most. It’s not exactly about management, but it’s something every cranky middle manager dreams about- being an innovator and changing the world. Sir Harold Evans [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #62- “UnManagement” With Charlie Ehin The Cranky Middle Manager Show #061  (MP3 11.3MB 33:20 Min) To Listen In Your Browser, Click The Icon Below Or Right Click Here To Download For Later Welcome to this episode all about “Unmanagement” with our guest Dr Charlie Ehin. Show Notes 0:00  This show is dedicated to Robin Hood- not because I want my taxes to go up but [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager #60 Present Like a Pro- Cyndi Maxey The Cranky Middle Manager Show #60 (MP3 12.0MB 35:04Min) Double Click Here to Listen Now Right Click Here To Download For Later Okay, kids. You know it was going to happen at some point. We’re going to talk about presenting and presentation skills. Yeah, I know a lot of you hate it but it’s one of the most [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | The Cranky Middle Manager Show #59- Emotional Intelligence with Dr. Ben Palmer The Cranky Middle Manager Show #059 (MP3 10.8MB 31:37Min) Click Here To Listen In Your Browser Right Click Here To Download For Later Welcome to the show. Today we’re talking Emotional Intelligence which is not an oxymoron. The ability to read and understand other people is as important as any of our “4 Disciplines of Management”: Project [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache |