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The Cranky Middle Manager Show #093

Welcome to the show gang. Listeners to this show know that I- like a lot of managers have a love/hate relationship with HR. I also have a long-time fascination with India so today we combine both in a self-indulgent conversation with Gautam Ghosh.

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SHOW NOTES

0:00 Welcome to the show. This episode is dedicated to Devi Leilama. if you’re wondering why there’s no link, it’s because I couldn’t find anything in English beyond a cryptic line or two. Still, establishing guilds and HR processes while my people were digging with sticks is worthy of a shout out.

2:51 The quote of the week is from George Bernard Shaw, and it’s not about experience it’s about being open to experience…tell that to the interviewer at HR.

3:10 Announcement- I’ve been asked to host the new podcast for Management Issues, The Working Week with Wayne Turmel. It’s a different kind of show from this one, but I think you’ll like it. Check us out.

3:45 Welcome Gautam Ghosh, author of A Management Consultant’s Blog.
I found him through The Evil HR Lady Blog. You can check her out in Episode 80. The big challenge in India seems to be managing hypergrowth.

8:12 The big challenge in India is you’ve got lots of people coming into the workforce, but there aren’t enough experienced managers. Sounds like a job for the Cranky Middle Manager Show… I wonder how many of them subscribe to this show?

One cool thing some companies are doing: they’re taking the move to management and breaking it into two parts: one is the technical leadership, the other is the people management. More experienced managers get the people part. Just our luck.

12:45 The unique Indian culture makes an interesting challenge, because there is no family legacy of management in the corporate world. One of the big assimilation training opportunities for companies is a kind of “welcome to the corporate world” training. Another cultural problem is the lack of transparency, which is a nice way of saying it was corrupt. In the end, things are changing, get with the program.

19:37 The biggest development opportunities are in managing people. Not surprisingly, training opportunities abound and many companies are winning awards for their training. Training is becoming a huge tool to keep people in companies because they won’t progress without those skills. Train and keep them loyal..what a concept.

23:54 We love case studies! Here’s one that Gautam’s working with.

29:00 I’m a little bummed to know that most of the resources Gautam’s reading are international… and he gets a little help from his youngest acquisition….some of the sites and books are:

Bob Sutton

Business Pundit

The Jobster Blog

Tom Peters (him again…still hunting)

Generations at Work

Michael Specht.. a big shout out to Michael, he’s been a long time supporter of the show, God love’im.

That’s it for this week gang, tell your friends, especially in India… think of all those RSS subscribers….surely then I’d get a steady sponsor……damn i said that out loud didn’t I???

Don’t let the weasels get you down.

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