Wayne Turmel interviews Sarah Shaw, about what it’s like to manage in the “Oasis Economies” of the Middle East, particularly the United Arab Emirates. Boom times make for interesting conversation. Plus we look at a Bedouin hero named Antarah who had it way rougher than you do…….
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Today we look at The Offsite, by Robert Thompson a book that teaches the lessons of The Leadership Challenge. Wayne Turmel talks to Robert about leadership, why Las Vegas is the last place you want to do training and we salute Pericles…
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I have a bad case of mental poison ivy… an idea stuck in my head that I need to scratch and know I shouldn’t. If I give in and scratch it, i’m going to be on the mailing list for every glorified chainletter going (under the fancy name of memes) and if I don’t scratch […]

Bud Bilanich, The Common Sense Guy is someone I’ve been meaning to have on the show for a long time, and it will happen soon (probably mid-May). His new book is out, “Straight Talk For Success- Common Sense Ideas That Won’t Let You Down” and he obviously wants you to buy it. But here’s the […]

I’ve gotten several emails over the last few days telling me that the RSS feed they use to subscribe to the Cranky Middle Manager is down. I know…and I’m writing this to let you know there’s been a problem with theTPN servers…. only problem is that you probably won’t know this post is up with […]

Join Wayne Turmel and guest Michael Lee Stallard, author of Fired Up or Burned Out talk about leadership and creating a culture of connection. We also salute the first in a long line of people to think they could rule Mesopotamia but our boy Sargon did a better job than the current folks… Why do […]

I will be speaking at the College of Dupage’s “Dupage Executive’s Network” meeting on April 29th on the topic of “While You Were Out- Blogs, podcasts, and other ways the world has changed……”.
The full details can be found here, but basically it’s
April 29th
College of Dupage  425 Fawell Blvd.
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137  and the link […]

Folks, just a quick note to let you know that there has been a weasel attack on the Cranky Middle Manager blog site. Hackers have tried to hijack The Podcast Network’s servers, taking all the shows along for the ride. This means the RSS feed, some of the links and other features have been in […]

I just posted a 7-minute tutorial on YouTube called Why Web Demos Suck- And What You Can Do About It. Yes it’s a shameless plug for www.greatwebmeetings.com but that doesn’t mean we had to be all serious and stuff.

Wayne Turmel talks to Eric Pennington about Waking Up in Corporate America and why corporate life gets so crazy and how to survive it if you must. Knowledge isn’t always power…sometimes it just lets you know how bad things really are. Oh, and we salute a brave gerbil named Humphrey.
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