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Archive for April, 2008

The Cranky Middle Manager Show #141 Managing in the UAE, Sarah Shaw

Monday, April 28th, 2008

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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The Cranky Middle Manager Show #140 Leadership and The Offsite- Robert Thompson

Monday, April 21st, 2008

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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A Long Rambling Post About Memes and Books

Friday, April 18th, 2008

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 […]

Get “Straight Talk for Success” And Cool Stuff

Friday, April 18th, 2008

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 […]

Our RSS Feed is down…but then how will you get this?

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

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 […]

The Cranky Middle Manager #139 Creating a Connection Culture Michael Lee Stallard

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

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 […]

If You’re in Chicago April 29th…..

Friday, April 11th, 2008

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……”.
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April 29th
College of Dupage  425 Fawell Blvd.
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137  and the link […]

A few challenges but life is good (or at least beats the alternative)

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

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 […]

Greatwebmeetings Tutorial on YouTube

Friday, April 4th, 2008

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.

The Cranky Middle Manager Show #138 Waking Up In Corporate America- Eric Pennington

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

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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