The Cranky Middle Manager Show # 26 (MP3 12.3MB 35:51 Min)

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Today we salute a Canadian hero…. well, two of them if you count our guest Ajay Pangarkar who’s going to talk about managing the performance of our employees.

0:00 Welcome to the show. I am making a solemn oath to try and get Tom Peters on the show. He is by far the most requested guest and (we’re shocked to discover) we can’t get within a million miles of him. Does anyone know him? What do we have to do to get Tom Peters on this show????? If you know him or have any ideas Email Me or leave me a voicemail on Skype at wayneturmel .

1:50 This show is dedicated to Sam Steele of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, or Northwest Mounted Police as it was then… okay it’s Canadian history, but don’t doze off. Here’s a great example of doing more with less and managing performance.

4:15 Our quote of the week is from Samuel Butler… a quiet guy which didn’t help HIS performance review any

5:15 Welcome Ajay Pangarkar from Central Knowledge . We start with a loaded question- why don’t we get the performance we expect?

10:00 Objectives aren’t always clear….. shocking isn’t it?

14:00 Ajay tells us a personal story of poor performance management…. I love a good war story, don’t you?

19:00 Sometimes we’re too worried about the daily tasks and checklists

25:00 A discussion about balanced feedback. Easy to say, we all know we should do it, but how are we doing????

You know the drill by now… here are some resources

American Society for Training and Development

International Society for Performance Improvement

Check out Judith Hale’s books

If you’re new to the show, check out our archives- there have been some great shows I think you’d like to revisit….check out the archive

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