Long time CMM listeners will know Lisa Haneberg from her excellent Management Craft blog and other writings. she also does occasional interviews with very important people in the field. She must have been having a slow day, because she interviewed me. We talked about all things Cranky Middle Manager, and then spent a long time […]

Folks, regular CMM listener Tony Hartsfield (visit legallearning.net here) interviewed me for a 3-part podcast series centered on this show’s “4 Disciplines of Highly Effective, Leadership Exhibiting, Project Nailing, Cheese Moving Managers”. It was a lot of fun. The first episode is up now, and links will be posted as they see the light of […]

The Cranky Middle Manager #129 (MP3 14.2MB 31:30Min)
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Don’t forget to check out our Webinar on January 29th (9 PM Central time in the US) or January 30 (If you live in Australia that’s 2:30 or so in Melbourne). “Managing Remote Employees-Using […]

For those of you unashamed of your prurient interest in all things HR, the latest Carnival of HR is up and running over at Deb Owen’s blog- 8 Hours and a Lunch. Check it out.
Guests include The Evil HR Lady and old “Dinosaur Eggs” himself, Wally Bock. Good stuff.

If you heard my conversation with David Zinger, you know that I’m already smelling the trend for 2008 is Engagement. We know it’s important- and heck I’m as guilty as anyone else about using the word.
I think you might like this article I just posted over at Management Issues about engagement between employers and employees […]

The Cranky Middle Manager #128 (MP3 12.8MB 26:35 Min)
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2 Quick Announcements:
1) The new Cranky Middle Manager website is up and functional. Take a look at www.crankymiddlemanager.com
2) We have plenty of room in our webinar: “Managing Remote Employees- […]

Folks, at long last the new Cranky Middle Manager Site is up and live. Check it out at www.crankymiddlemanager.com.
You’ll find links, downloads, information about having me speak to your group or organization and other cool stuff and this is only the beginning.
Stop by, take a look, sign up for the newsletter and thanks for […]

The Cranky Middle Manager #127 (MP3 11.6MB 25:29Min)
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Hey everyone. The big CMM Webinar was such a success we’re going to do it again. We’re going to have the same topic at a different time so more of you can join […]

On January 3rd, a monumental event was held- the first ever Cranky Middle Manager Webinar. We met with 10 CMM listeners from around the world. The topic was “Managing Remote Employees- Using Webmeetings to Keep Them Engaged”
The good news- it was a big hit and we had listeners join in by chat and voice from […]

The Cranky Middle Manager Show #126 (MP3 11.5MB 28:30Min)
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Welcome to the first show of 2008. Today we’re talking to Nick McCormick of Be Good Ventures .
By the time you read this, we’ll have finished our first ever CMM Webinar. Technology […]