The Cranky Middle Manager Show #155 Rock and Roll Attitude- Joe Heuer

Posted on 10. Aug, 2008 by Wayne in Podcast

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Today Wayne Turmel talks to Joe Heuer, the Rock and Roll Guru. No high-minded stuff today, just lightening up and having some fun. What can managers learn from rock and roll lyrics? How do we develop a rock and roll attitude without alarming the nice lady from HR? Listen and party on…..

Joe Heuer

Show Notes

0:00 Today will be a non-stop parade of rock and roll references because sometimes you just have to lighten up. Managing can suck the fun out of you otherwise. Case in point? Antonio Salieri... Mozart had all the fun and got all the chicks…..take a lesson

3:05 The quote of the week is from Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., not exactly a party animal, but he encourages us to take a music bath… i just saw Mamma Mia and had to take a shower but I suppose that’s more of an editorial comment.

4:53 Welcome Joe Heuer, the Rock and Roll Guru. Hey, it’s the dog days of summer here in Chicago and I couldn’t take one more serious conversation so we’re going to have some fun. Let’s face it, any business conversation that starts with the Who has to be more fun than going over the financials…..

7:30 How the heck does someone start thinking about rock and roll and middle management, or worse, customer service?

11:52 How does rock and roll fit with our 4 Disciplines of Management? Joe pulls some good ones out of his hat.

14:52 How does rock and roll fit the corporate environment? Motivational speakers are apparently the professional wrestlers of the corporate world. Joe vents here…. you may agree or not but heck that’s rock and roll, right? And what is a rock and roll attitude?

22:05 What do Supertramp and Jesus Christ have in common- besides Roger Hodgson’s beard?

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