Great Project Management Stuff From a Listener

Posted on 18. Jul, 2006 by Wayne in General

Bruce Nicholls has sent me a white paper he contributed to on the human side of project management ( one of our 4 disciplines of management). It’s great stuff-”Our Plan For Your Plan” Check It Out Here

 Bruce is obviously a man of great discernment- not only does he have a great job in London… he listens to the show and even bought my e-book. He’s going to heaven with his shoes on.

Folks, this is what’s great about this medium- it’s a conversation designed to be two ways. If you have guest ideas,web stuff, white papers or other resources we should all know about, send up a flare. Blog it, email me, let me know about it.

This show is developing quite a little support circle for each other…. let’s keep the conversation going. You can post to the blog here, email me, skype me or even join our Frappr map- 40 of you have done so thus far. It’s cool to look at the map and see all the countries that are represented.

By the way, The Cranky Middle Manager was a podcast recommendation on the about.com podcasting site. For those of you interested in the behind the scenes world of podcasting (you know, the glamour, the money, the shameless Caligulan life style) it’s a good site and moves up a notch ’cause it likes me. I don’t spend a lot of time talking about the nuts and bolts of podcasting (do you really care which mic or software I use? Heck I do the show and I don’t care….) but a lot of you have expressed interest in doing a podcast of your own, it’s a nice resource- if only to find other resources.

 

 

The Cranky Middle Manager Show #55 Peer Mentoring with Steve Trautman

Posted on 17. Jul, 2006 by Wayne in Podcast

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The Cranky Middle Manager Show #055

Welcome everyone. Today we follow up on the show we did with Matt Manuel at Electronic Arts by speaking to someone he recommended, Steve Trautman. Steve’s a former MicroSoftie with a practical approach to bringing new employees on board quickly using Peer Mentoring.  Often discussed, seldom done right, peer mentoring should be part of everything we do with our teams……

SPECIAL OFFER- IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE FIRST 5 PEOPLE TO EMAIL mailto:stevetr@peermentoring.com you’ll receive a free copy of his book. This isn’t mentioned in the show because Steve offered if after we edited the show… don’t delay… Darn we’re good to you.

Show Notes

0:00  Welcome to the show… a little workplace Thorazine. This episode is dedicated to Leonardo Da Vinci. Since we’re talking about mentoring I thought we’d look at someone who was once someone’s apprentice.

2:39 The quote of the week is from Goethe. You can’t know yourself just by thinking about it…you have to actually do your thing day in and day out and it will reveal your character. Lord help us……

3:07 Two commercials this week. One for a TPN show, The Digital Photo Show as well as a plug for my new e-book, “Meet Like You Mean It”… it’s only 8 bucks and you’ve been listening how long for free?

5:00 Welcome Steve Trautman. The fact he’s talking to us the same week his book, “Teach What You Know” comes out is purely coincidental I’m sure. How did he come to his approach on peer mentoring? It all started at MicroSoft.

8:00 How is good peer mentoring different that strapping the new guy to an old guy and letting them go at it?

15:40 This is something individual managers can do. If you wait for the company to get on board you’ll be old and grey…. here’s how to do it.

26:44 This is not just a good practice to get into … it’s a business issue. We talk about how it relates to the upcoming workforce crisis which we talked about back in Show #48 with Bob Morison. We all have to get better at this, fast.

30:00 Check out Teach What you Know as well as the workshops.

Don’t forget to check out our Frappr map- join the 40 other members of our listening community. Drop me an email, skype me, or send a voicemail…check out all the ways to contact us under the “Connect with Other Listeners” or “Other Links for Wayne” sections on the right side of the page.

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More International News…From Brazil This Time

Posted on 12. Jul, 2006 by Wayne in General

Remember how I told you a couple of months back, I was mentioned in the Brazilian magazine Voce S/A? Well the July 7 edition has a full blown interview and profile. I won’t bore you with it, because it’s all in Portuguese and I’m not even sure they really like it, but look at the cool  caricature they did with me, Admiral Nelson and some other Renaissance guy. I’m thinking it’s my boy Montaigne…

In the last couple of months we’ve been noticed in Australia, Britain and Brazil. Now if I can just get some of the press in the US to pay attention to the show….

 Gracias to Jaime Leilo and Fabiana Correa for this.

The Cranky Middle Manager in Israel

Posted on 12. Jul, 2006 by Wayne in General

Folks, I’m going to be visiting clients in the Tel Aviv, Israel area the 29 July to  4 August. I know we have listeners in that area- any chance you’d like to meet up some evening for dinner or a frosty beverage?

 I’ve used my work travelers to meet listeners all over the US… this is my first chance to hook up with people internationally. So what do you say? If you’re interested, mailto:wayne@achismarketing.com Who knows, your picture could windup on the blog!