For those of you who are fans of good writing- and much more unlikely, fans of HR- the latest edition of the Carnival of HR is up. I love these carnivals…they’re a collection of some of the best business and HR-related blogs from some very cool people.
I happen to really like my contribution this month, [...]

 

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Host Wayne Turmel talks to Dr. Paul Elliott, of Exemplary Performance. If you have to manage performance, you have to know what they are supposed to do, and why aren’t they doing it. If you’re not familiar with the system of Human Performance Improvement or Human Performance Technology, here’s your introduction. Oh and a Prussian [...]

 

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Today, Cranky Middle Manager Wayne Turmel speaks to Diana McLain Smith about her book, “Divide or Conquer- How Great Teams Turn Conflict Into Strength”.

Show Notes
0:00 Greetings and welcome to episode 148. Today we’re talking conflict and teams, so the show is dedicated to Agamemnon and Achilles. (This link is to Diana’s site and she did [...]

I read this fascinating/provoking/infuriating article the other day about how Middle Managers (that’s you and me, brethren and sistren) are blocking the implementation of Enterprise Wide, Web 2.0 innovations in companies.  Read the article here
Now, since this is a pretty enlighted group of people, I guess my question is- are you blocking these implementations and [...]

Twice in this week I have ( or will be) interviewed by other people.
First, Nan Russell at Work Matters has an internet talk show, and your humble servant is this week’s guest.
Take a listen to it here.
Then Eric Pennington, who was our guest on Episode 138 turns the tables. On Friday at 12:30 Eastern Time [...]

 

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Cranky Middle Manager talks to one of the all-time greats, Ken Blanchard, about his new book “The One Minute Entrepeneur”. We know why Wayne wanted to talk to him, why’s he talking to Wayne? Gift horses and all. Plus we learn about the Korean King Sejong the Great.
0:00 Welcome to the show all ye who [...]

Folks, I’ve been asked to host a webinar in association with Dimdim entitled: The Freedom to Manage: Guerilla Managing Remote Teams.
When: June 26th, 11am Eastern time (US) 4PM (GMT)
How to register: visit www.dimdim.com and look for “Featured Meetings”
No dial-in necessary, just headphones or speakers for your computer
Oh yeah… it’s FREE to keep the budget weasels [...]

 

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Cranky Middle Manager Wayne Turmel takes a look at what employers are really looking for in managers, and how we can prepare for a job search if we need one. We talk to Melanie Holmes from VP of World of Work Solutions at Manpower and writer of the Contemporary Working Blog. We also celebrate the [...]