I don’t like New Years- but as a symbol it’s hard to beat as a reason for reflection. This has been a great year for the show:

We’ve tripled listenership since January of 06
We got our first real sponsor ( a thousand blessings on the house and camels of Mindtools.com)
We are getting amazing guests and your [...]

 

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The Cranky Middle Manager Show #076
Welcome to our last show of 2006. Today we talk about measuring success beyond just the hard numbers. How do you measure success? This show has more than tripled its listenership since this time last year- I consider that a success. Thanks to all of you.
Our guest is Dr. Bob [...]

We all hate doing performance reviews- but when I got to thinking about the hardest one to write, well…….. enjoy.
Annual Performance Review

Employee: Claus, Santa

Title: General Manager, Global Distribution

Reports To: CEO, Universe

Communication Skills:

Exceeds Expectations. Employee continues to excel at interpreting vague orders and communicating changing needs to his direct reports. This has become particularly challenging [...]

 

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The Cranky Middle Manager Show #075
Welcome to the show. Today we’re talking brains with Dr Ellen Weber of the Brain Based Business Blog as well as Brainboomer.She’s also author of the MITA Leadership program, which we’ll get into on anohter show- we plain ran out of time.
Don’t forget to check out the 25% discount [...]