Just as I completed my latest article for Management Issues, on how I am going back to wearing a tie at work, I hear from this guy Greg at Mad Gringo in one of his posts.
Seriously anti-necktie is our boy. In fact, he’s making a living out of helping us all “go tropo” as they […]

The servers at TPN have been under a DOS attack (I have no idea what that is but it’s not good) for the last couple of days. First it wouldn’t let iTunes know about the new show, now it won’t let you download it but the good folks at The Podcast Network on at least […]

The Cranky Middle Manager Show #112 (MP3 14.2MB 31:09 Min)
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Welcome to the Cranky Middle Manager. In preparation for my first trip to Asia in October (Anyone in Singapore?) we are having a second conversation with Jim Kouzes, co-author of The […]

I’ve been looking over  the stats for this show, and it turns out we have vistors from over 30 countries each  month. So why do we always hear from the same folks. This is an official call out for guests- bloggers, management experts and just plain managers who are getting it done day in and […]

Hey folks, Prague was a blast, and now I make my first business trip to Singapore! I’ll be there from October 13- 20th. Any listeners there who might want to get together some night for dinner?
Drop me a line wayne@crankymiddlemanager.com and let me know if you’re around. My Skype address is wayneturmel if you’d rather […]

The Cranky Middle Manager #111 (MP3 13.4MB 29:16Min)
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Welcome to episode 111- another big shot guest on our little shot show. Don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter, just email me wayne@crankymiddlemanger.com and put Subscribe in the subject line.
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There’s  a hilarious video series out called Man IN the Box, about life in a cubicle farm.
Check it out http://www.runawaybox.com/index.htm and let me know what you think.
Thanks to Vince Thompson for finding it and posting in his blog about it…..

The Cranky Middle Manager Show #110 (MP3 14.5MB 31:30)
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Welcome to the show. Forgive the Old School cover art- I was feeling nostalgic for the early days of the show. Today we’re visiting with the author of Growing Great Employees , […]

Listener Greg Martin sent me this link to BNET ( a good site for cool stuff) about the most overrated business books. Here’s the list… but you can check out the link and see for yourself. Notice that two of our favorite targets, “Who Moved My Cheese” and “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” are […]

Well, I”m off to Prague for my first ever trip to mainland Europe. I’m really excited. Do we have any listeners there? Anyone want to hook up for a frosty Czech beverage?
You can drop me an email (wayne@crankymiddlemanager.com) or Skype me (wayneturmel).
This also means I may not be responding to emails or posting while I’m […]