Our thought leadership in blogs and podcasts

The Cranky Middle Manager Show #225 Turning Millennials into Leaders Lisa Orrell

Today Wayne Turmel talks to the Generations Relations expert, Lisa Orrell about the Millennials- not the usual stuff about how hard they are to work with and they won’t pull their noses out of Facebook long enough to do real work. No, we’re talking about turning them into the leaders and managers of tomorrow. Be afraid, be very afraid Also we talk about Henry the 6th, and get child rearing advice from Nietzsche.
The Cranky Middle Manager Show #224 Surviving Layoffs with David Noer

Today Wayne Turmel talks to David Noer, author of “Healing the Wounds-Overcoming the Trauma of Layoffs and Revitalizing Downsized Organizations”. We also talk about the guy who had to handle a reduction in force during the Crusades and a quote from Rudyard Kipling. Join us…. it ain’t boring.
The Cranky Middle Manager Show #223 The Leadership Test- Timothy Clark

Wayne Turmel talks to Dr Timothy Clark about his book, The Leadership Test- do you have what it takes to be a leader? How do you know? We also discuss Spartacus, Chaucer and Virtual Teams. Let Google make sense of that sentence, I dare’em.
2 New YouTube Videos From Greatwebmeetings

Here are 2 new YouTube videos I put together for the new Greatwebmeetings site (we’re shocked to discover some delays but working diligently on THAT). Don’t forget there’s still time to register for January’s online Training Workshops
How to Create and Manage Remote Teams
The Cranky Middle Manager Show #222 Communication is a Process Nannette Rundle Carroll

Today Wayne Turmel welcomes someone he’s worked with in the past, Nannette Rundle Carroll, whose book The Communication Problem Solver looks at the messy business of management communication.We also look at a guy who looked at the pieces of rhetoric and a quote from the inventor of Soda Water. The word you’re looking for is eclectic.