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The Cranky Middle Manager Show #221 Peter Drucker for Individual Managers Bruce Rosenstein

Today Wayne Turmel becomes less cranky talking about what managers can learn for their personal lives and careers from Peter Drucker’s body of work. We talk to Bruce Rosenstein, author of Living in More Than One World, How Peter Drucker’s Wisdom Can Inspire and Transform Your Life.
The Cranky Middle Manager Show #220 Green Project Management Maltzman and Shirley

Today Wayne Turmel talks to Rich Maltzman and David Shirley of the EarthPM blog about green project management. What is it, why do we care and how do we do it? We also look at Noah’s project management prowess, a quote from an idealist and we shamelessly plug our “How to Create and Manage Remote Teams” workshops. Just another day in the salt mines for us Cranky Middle Managers.
Want to Take Part in John Blackwell’s Survey?

If you enjoyed the last show (which supposes you heard the last show- go hear it and I’ll wait….. okay) you might be interested in some of John Blackwell’s work. Well, he’s doing a survey in conjunction with Durham University on the “Way We Work”. If you’d like to participate, here are the details:

“Towards a New Mindset” - researching the often-inexplicable resistance to new work practices
The Cranky Middle Manager Show #219 Your Senior Mgmt Doesn’t Get Remote Working John Blackwell

Today Wayne Turmel has one of the most important interviews in the show’s history: Do Senior Leaders in companies really understand how much has changed for managers? Do they understand remote working and technology? Our guest and fellow Management Issues contributor John Blackwell talks heresy as well as some amazing new research to back it up. Also, french philosophy meets IT and training for your managers to cope with the changes.
The Cranky Middle Manager Show #218 Firing People- Phil Gerbyshak

Wayne Turmel talks to his buddy, The Management Expert, Phil Gerbyshak about the ugliest job a manager has: firing people. How to do it, how not to do it, how they did it back in the day (sending people on Crusade) and a quote to get you thinking. All in a day’s weasel whacking.
Kevin Eikenberry and Me on YouTube

For those who missed Kevin Eikenberry’s online anniversary soiree, it was a blast and a cool example of ways you can use online presentations in new ways. i was honored to be asked to pay a visit and talk about virtual teams.
A couple of new articles posted

Hi folks, thought I’d drop you a line to keep you amused and distracted from the fact the latest show is a cojple of days late.

First, my latest Management Issues article on managers using their Reptilian Brains. This was inspired by my recent conversation with Judith Glaser.