The Cranky Middle Manager Show #19 The Passive Aggressive Organization
The Cranky Middle Manager Show #19 (MP3 10.4MB 30:18 Min)
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Hello everyone. I’m very excited about this show for a few very good reasons:
- a great guest. Gary Neilson has a new book, “Results”, that talks about 7 types of organizations, including the one that got my attention- The Passive Aggressive Organization. Listen to it…or don’t….really, it’s fine.
-This is the first show done under the new Motorola-TPN sponsorship. If you know of any companies that might want to sponsor THIS show individually, we’d love to hear about it ….
-We launch the Worst Manager on the Planet contest. Lots of cool prizes and some fun to be had while purging yourself of past traumas. Look at the last post for details.
I hope you all participate….
Show Notes
0:00 We start the show with the first of several 2-part ads from Motorola… pretty clever stuff actually. Listen to the ending of the show to get the punchline…
1:30 This show is dedicated to Baron De Grimm, the first man to use the word “Bureaucracy” in print. He complained loud and long back in 1817… sure glad he got rid of that pesky bureaucracy so none of US have to deal with it….
2:15 The quote of the week is from Euripides…yeah I know… my mother used to tell me everything blows over in time, but it lacked a certain cachet… maybe it was the Canadian accent.
3:30 Welcome Gary Neilson. If you want to read a copy of the article that inspired this conversation you can read it here for free.
5:00 What’s a Passive Aggressive Organization? 27% of us work for one…
8:30 What do these organizations do to good people?
10:40 Other bad types….Outgrown, Overmanaged, Fits and Starts
14:00 Resilient, Military Precision and Just in Time… the good 3 types of organizations
21:20 Most organizations are made up of more than one trait. ..
22:00 …And there’s something you can do. How do you light a candle in the dark.
25:00 So what can you do?
- Make decisions and make them stick
- Make honest appraisals that really matter
27:00 Take the on-line organizational assessment at www.orgdna.com
Don’t forget to participate in The Worst Manager on the Planet Contest! Details are below in the last post but the short version is, drop me an email or leave me a voicemail via Skype at wayneturmel. Let’s share the misery!
Don’t let the weasels get you down.