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 […]

Folks, as I write this I’ve just landed in Israel for 5 days of work after spending 3 days in London. While I’m on duty for the Dreaded Day Job (actually a fine job with Communispond) I also managed to meet up with some CMM listeners and had a great time with each:
Katy Whitton was kind […]

Folks, I just found out there may be a problem with Show 68- it stops suddenly. I don’t know what the problem is, but it should be an easy fix- the problem is that I’m in London en route to Tel Aviv and won’t be able to do that fix for about a week. I […]

The Cranky Middle Manager Show #068 (MP3 11.0MB 32:36Min)
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0:00 Today we talk with Bob Parkinson, author of the new book Mottoes for Managers and the classic Becoming a Successful Manager. Before we get started though, someone said something […]

The Cranky Middle Manager Show #067 (MP3 10.3MB 30:02 Min)
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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 […]

Dan Ward (You remember him from show # 63 ) had this to say:
When I’m CEO I’m going to hire a No Guy. His entire job will be to disagree with me about everything; tell me I’m an idiot, point out flaws in every idea, plan or project, and generally keep me honest. I’ll pay him […]

The Cranky Middle Manager Show #066  (MP3 11.6MB 32:33Min)
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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 […]

Hi folks. Long time readers will know I was all set to go to Israel on a business trip in late July….you remember late July…..seems there was a little trouble there and the trip got cancelled. Well, the trip is back on. i’m going to be in the Tel Aviv/ Herzelia area from October 28-November […]

Listener Greg Martin sent me this link and it made me laugh… not that being an Evil Overlord a la Darth Vader has any part in our rational, grown-up CEO discussions of late or anything…..
For a grin, check out the list of 100 Ways To Be a Successful Evil Overlord. Any correlation to your workplace […]

Okay, so we had a flurry of last-minute  entrants. Too many in fact, so here’s what we’re gonna do. Two of our finalists will receive “How To Become CEO”. The rest will receive a copy of my e-book, Meet Like You Mean It- The Cranky Middle Manager’s Guide to Painless and Productive Meetings.
Jeffrey Fox’s book […]