Way back in the mists of time (okay it was November of 2005) I wrote a post called The Whiney Department Head Game. Well, a sequel of sorts is up on Management-Issues this month. It’s called The Whiney Middle Manager Quiz- take a look and let me know what you think.
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The Cranky Middle Manager Show #072 (MP3 10.3MB 30:05 Min)
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This show was 4 months in the making. I got an advance copy of Nikos Mourkogiannis’ book, “Purpose, the Starting Point of Great Companies” . Maybe it’s because of the internal […]

Woke up this morning and found out I”m a B.A.D blogger- no it’s not a value judgment, it’s an honor. Liz Strauss writes the Successful Blog, uhhhh blog. You can check it out at www.successful-blog.com . She also has something called the Perfect Virtual Manager which you’ll be hearing more about I’m sure.
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The Cranky Middle Manager Show #071 (MP3 10.3MB 30:05 Min)
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Thank you listeners, for helping us crack the 10,000 download mark in October. If you like a given episode, share the link with a friend. If you hate it, share it with an enemy […]

Not long ago, my boy Quiller posted about the internet supposedly isolating people- just as he and I met for the first time in London for dinner which blew that theory all to heck. Well, Racine, Wi is not London ( by any acknowledged standard) but I met a fellow blogger for dinner last night, […]

The Cranky Middle Manger Show #070 (MP3 10.6MB 30:58Min)
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First, a big old thank you to all of you, my colleagues, who listen to this show. In October the Cranky Middle Manager Show went over 10,000 downloads in a month for […]

A friend of mine called the other day in a panic. She’s been “reorged”.
Well, that word’s so 1993. The term they used was “change in reporting structure” but it’s the same thing. Now she has to break in another new boss and shepherd her people through yet more change management.
Time to buy more copies of “Who Moved […]

No it’s not a description of this blog- well at least not one that’s been used to my face. My latest article is up on Management Issues. You can read it here. In it I talk about why our brains haven’t caught up with technology which is why we use email and other tools so badly. Okay […]

The Cranky Middle Manager Show #069 (MP3 10.5MB 30:48Min)
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Welcome to the show. I don’t know what it says about the world we live in that being nice is a business attribute. It should be automatic, but as we all know, it […]