Wayne Turmel talks to Bud Bilanich, “The Common Sense Guy” about the factors necessary for career success, whatever that happens to mean to you. This is the show for everyone who answers to a higher authority but has someone looking up at them too while being a higher authority to someone else. Can you […]

Today Wayne Turmel talks to Dr Myra White about her book, “Follow The Yellow Brick Road- A Harvard Psychologist’s Guide to Becoming a Superstar”. What does it take to become a superstar? How the heck do you manage them? Napoleon struggled with Marshal Louis Davout so you’re not alone…..
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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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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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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 […]

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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Today, Wayne Turmel talks to Ian Buckingham, author of Brand Engagement- How Employees Can Make Or Break Brands about how employees connect (or not) to their company’s brand and the impacts on business and morale. Also, we once again salute those crazy Mongols and squawk about the weather.
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Getting that first management job can be exciting- or really tough. Here are some great tips for survival. Wayne Turmel talks to Bob Selden, author of What To Do When You Become The Boss. We also salute two Australian explorers whose first management gig didn’t go so swell. It’s been that kind of week…..
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The Cranky Middle Manager Show #135 (MP3 12.0MB 26:31Min)
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Greetings everyone, today we’re talking about creating the right amount of anxiety at work- enough to motivate, not enough to leave you weeping in a corner. Our guest is Robert Rosen, author […]

The Cranky Middle Manager Show #134 (MP3 14.3 MB 29:37Min)
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Greetings one and all, today we’re going to get all practical on ya, with Dr. Riaz Khadem, who is the author of . Total Alignment, Integrating Vision, Strategy and Execution for […]