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 […]

The Cranky Middle Manager Show #076 (MP3 10.6MB 30:58Min)
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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 […]

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 […]

The Cranky Middle Manager Show #075 (MP3 12.6MB 36:35 Min)
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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 […]

Folks, I’ve just stopped screaming like a little girl long enough to book Marshall Goldsmith as a guest on the Cranky Middle Manager Show. His interview will appear in mid-January.
What’s cool is that his people approached me to be on the show, which I think says a lot about the power of blogs and podcasts, […]

I am not one to succumb to chain letters, pass on goofy emails or respond to Christmas brag letters. Just ain’t my style. Still I’ve been holding my breath because there’s a trend afoot in the blogosphere towards playing “Tag”. Someone posts about 5 things their audience probably didn’t know about them, then reaches out […]

The Cranky Middle Manager Show #074 (MP3 11.2MB 32:34 Min)
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Welcome to our end of the year book wrap up. We’re talking today with Jack Covert, the CEO of, well, 800 CEO Read. We’re gonna strip down and just roll around […]

The Cranky Middle Manager Show #73 (MP3 11.9MB 34:59Min)
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Today we celebrate two things:
1) The return of Adrian Savage, who was with us on show #54 . He’s back to talk about his new book, Slow Leadership.
2) Our […]