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 [...]
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!!!
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0:00 Welcome [...]
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.
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0:00 Welcome to the show. One of the reasons training doesn’t work as well [...]
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.
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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 [...]
Today, Cranky Middle Manager Wayne Turmel speaks to Diana McLain Smith about her book, “Divide or Conquer- How Great Teams Turn Conflict Into Strength”.
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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 [...]
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 [...]
The Cranky Middle Manager Show 146 The New World of Work- Melanie Holmes: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadCranky 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 [...]
Cranky Middle Manager Wayne Turmel talks to Christopher Avery, author of “Teamwork is an Individual Skill” and the “Responsibility Redefined” blog. What’s the difference between accountability and responsibility? Find out. A little responsibility could have changed the outcome of the American Revolution too…..
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0:00 Welcome to Episode 145. Today we’re talking responsibility with Dr. Christopher [...]
Wayne Turmel talks to Michael Kanazawa, co-author of “Big Ideas to Big Results- Remake and Recharge Your Company Fast”. We also take a look at the Mongol general Subotai…. delegation is a critical skill gang even if you’re a “working manager” and I have a meltdown over the term “working manager”….
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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 [...]
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