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Archive for July, 2008

Exemplary Performance Webinar- check it out

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

I know a lot of you were impressed with Dr. Paul Elliott when he was with us on episode 149. Well his organization, Exemplary Performance, is holding a webinar on Wednesday, July 30th.
The topic will be “A Fresh Approach to the Manager As Coach”.  Nancy Smith and Elena Galbraith will be presenting and it will [...]

The Cranky Middle Manager #153 Measuring Teamwork with Kathleen Caldwell

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
 
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Today Wayne Turmel talks to Kathleen Caldwell, one of the authors of Blueprint for Success about teams, why it’s so hard to get them all on the same page and how do you measure success? We also give some love to John Paul Jones… the one that helped start the American Navy, not the one [...]

World Peace Through Better Middle Management

Monday, July 21st, 2008

If our guests sometimes treat Middle Management like it could save the world, maybe they’re right? What if better management practices actually made our planet a better place to live?
That’s the idea behind my latest Management Issues Article- World Peace Through Middle Management. Sometimes i write something that even makes me laugh….
If you have the [...]

The Cranky Middle Manager Show #152 Ethics at Work with Clint Korver

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
 
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Today, Wayne Turmel talks to Clint Korver, one of the authors of Ethics for the Real World- Creating a Personal Code to Guide Decisions In Work and Life. We also look at a 2500 year old business book. Plus an offer to get one of the first free copies of my new book!!!

Show Notes
0:00 Welcome [...]

Interview on Life Beyond Code

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

In the first year of the show I met a truly smart and generous guy, Rajesh Setty. He is a serial CEO in Silicon Valley, and we have stayed in touch over the years. The other day he interviewed me for his blog, Life Beyond Code. Yes, this is a shameless plug for Greatwebmeetings.com but [...]

The Cranky Middle Manager Show #151 The State of Training 2008 with Josh Bersin

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
 
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Today Wayne Turmel speaks to Josh Bersin about the new best practices in training and what some companies know that others don’t. Plus we salute an Arab translator and why HR and OD are the worst possible names for their departments.

Show Notes
0:00 Welcome to the show. One of the reasons training doesn’t work as well [...]

The Cranky Middle Manager Show #150 Lighten the Heck Up- Adrian Gostick

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
 
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Today Wayne Turmel discusses the need to lighten up at work using humor and energy with author Adrian Gostick, co-author of The Levity Effect-Why It Pays To Lighten Up.

Show Notes

0:00 Welcome to our 150th Episode. Yeah you heard it, 150… I think the reason we are still here is people want to lighten up while [...]