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“… the firmest and most general ideas I have are those which have been born with me. They are naturally and wholly mine…since then I have established and fortified them by the authority of others and the sound arguments of the ancients with whom I found my judgment in agreement. These men have given me […]

The Cranky Middle Manager Show #028 (MP3 10.7MB 31:08 Min)
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Greetings everyone. Welcome to another Cranky Middle Manager Show. Today we talk technology, specifically what’s barrelling down on us in the next year or two and what it means to our jobs. For you techies, you’ll do just fine…for those of us […]

The Cranky Middle Manager Show #027 (MP3 10.9MB 31:34Min)
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Okay, so we’ve been talking for a long time on this show about the various departments in your company not playing well together. Well there’s a term for that… Disciplinary Xenophobia. I have worked that term into my work lately, tugging on it […]

I want you to check out this offering from Rosa Say, who graced our podcast a couple of months ago. She kindly asked me to participate but the dreaded day job got in the way. While I couldn’t contribute, I would love you to read what folks who’ve been our guests had to say. […]

This appeared in The Guardian Newspaper, written by Ian Wylie. It’s worth reading and thinking about. Personally, I hope work is NOT the new religion, only because I can’t imagine who’d play God… besides me, of course, and I’m working on that. Balance, people!
Research by consultancy Penna suggests a quarter of British workers […]

The Cranky Middle Manager Show # 26 (MP3 12.3MB 35:51 Min)
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Today we salute a Canadian hero…. well, two of them if you count our guest Ajay Pangarkar who’s going to talk about managing the performance of our employees.
0:00 Welcome to the show. I am making a solemn oath to try and get Tom […]

I’m WAAAY Overdue….
Philadelphia, PA, September 12, 2005—By the sixth year in the middle-management level, most companies in the United States have already decided whether a middle manager has senior-level potential or has become a “career” middle manager, according to a new study from Management Recruiters International, Inc. (MRI), the world’s largest search and recruitment organization. […]

The Cranky Middle Manager Show #025 (MP3 13.5 MB 39.34 Min)
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On this show we announce two winners of our Worst Manager on the Planet Contest as well as interview James Manktelow of Mind Tools.com…. it’s a long show this week but I think you’ll have some fun with it.
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Folks, our Third Prize Winner in the Worst Manager on the Planet Contest is Chris M____ of New Jersey in the US of A. Why was this guy the worst manager? Well, doing hard time is a sign you’ve done something wrong.
Here it is in his own words….
So here’s the deal. In […]