Archive for July, 2007

The Cranky Middle Manager

Wayne Turmel hosts a podcast called The Cranky Middle Manager. He recently interviewed Ed Oakley about “Leadership Made Simple: Practical Solution to Your Greatest Management Challenges.”

Please listen to the podcast here.

The interview starts at about 5 minutes into Waynes discussion, and you can move the slider over to get to it faster.

Enjoy!

The Enlightened Leadership Team

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Special Leadership Situation for Associates Quick to Anger

Gary owns a courier service in Denver, Colorado. We met in Starbucks, and when he discovered what I do, he asked for some advice. His situation was that he had a delivery contractor who had a bad attitude along with some behavioral issues. On top of that difficult situation, Gary needed to lower the contractor’s compensation as a percentage of revenue, as the current situation was not profitable for the company.

My coaching to him was basically to use the essence of the Framework for Leadership. I’ll bet you’re thinking, “what a surprise!” The idea was to first set the context (Read the article)

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