The Cranky Middle Manager Show #40 (MP3 11.7 MB 33:37 Min)
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Welcome to our second show about managing in Asia, this time we talk to Rich Kuslan of the Asian Business Intelligence Blog. You also get to hear my first feeble attempts at speaking Mandarin. I can now order a beer […]

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Together the weasels will not get us […]

Hi folks, here’s a post to my latest article on Management Issues- it’s on being a better resource to your boss… to become an internal consultant.
By the way, if you haven’t checked out our show on the book “The Paradox of Excellence”, you should.
I had dinner with David Mosby last night- a very […]

The Cranky Middle Manager Show #039 (MP3 10MB 29:00 Min)
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Most Westerners have no real idea of what India’s all about- and let’s face it we’ll either be working with or FOR someone from there soon, if we’re not already. Besides time zones, what are some of the challenges to being a manager […]

I got this E-mail the other day from Luda Kopeikina, who was our charming guest on show #34- Making the Right Decision Every Time. Since hundreds of you listened to the show, I figured you might like a follow-up:
Dear Wayne,
Just wanted to share this fascinating new MIT research and how it confirms the techniques in […]

Floyd Kemske, a cool writer and a friend of mine, sent me this link to Guy Kawasaki’s blog. It outlines how to prevent a Bozo Explosion. After going through the list, I have to go change since I have pieces of Bozo all over me, the walls….it’s a mess around here.
Check this out. […]

The Cranky Middle Manager Show #038 (MP3 11 MB 31:56 Min)
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Today’s show is about Corporate Canaries- the signs of a business in trouble and how managers can help. Our guest is Gary Sutton: author, turnaround expert, serial CEO and very smart guy.
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0:00 First, today is officially Take the Darned Day […]

The Cranky Middle Manager Show #037 (MP3 10.8MB 31:05 Min)
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The Paradox of Excellence with David Mosby and Michael Weissman
Ever feel like the better you are at your job, the less you’re appreciated? It happens to companies and it happens to people. That’s what the Paradox of Excellence is all about. We […]

Yeah, I know we complain sometimes about being in the middle, but how many of us really WANT our boss’s job? This study that showed up on Management Issues shows that, at least in the UK, most of us really don’t want the top jobs…. of course if those who have them would step […]