One of the cool things in the blogosphere is the “Carnival of HR” which happens twice a month or so. The best HR-focused bloggers get together and submit their best articles of the last few weeks. It’s a great way to catch up on a lot of reading wtihout tracking upwards of 20 bloggers.
Well, the […]

Hey folks, I’m sure you remember Nick McCormick (If you don’t here’s the link to his show). Well he just celebrated his 100th blog post, and to celebrate the milestone, he’s giving away a free copy of “Lead Well and Prosper” (the book that put Joe and Wanda on the map) to 5 random guests […]

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 […]

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.

Hey everyone. My latest article is up on Management Issues. If your’e familiar with Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences (yeah I’m a geek, so sue me) then this will make you laugh…. hopefully it will have that effect even if you’re not.
Fact is, there are people who are so good at what they do- […]

Folks, I’m honored to be hosting the first ever Management Issues webinar: Why Women Mean Business: Understanding the Upcoming Economic Revolution. The speakers will be Avivah Wittenberg-Cox and Alison Maitland. I interviewed them on the Working Week,(listen here) and their book is full of interesting research that talks about what has changed- and what […]