The Cranky Middle Manager #145 Responsibility Redefined with Christopher Avery

I love Wayne’s own crankiness, a perfect persona to stand for and attract legions of followers (his podcast gets 25,000 downloads a month). Wait until you hear how our interview starts when he asks me how I am.

The good news is that the crankiness stands for dissatisfaction with status quo and wanting to pursue greater things, so Wayne comes around and shows that he is an ardent supporter of Responsibility Redefined

Enjoy, and let me know where else you would like to see me show up talking about Responsibility Redefined.

A few minutes later when Wayne Turmel and I reconnected, yes on Skype, which is how Wayne Turmel records his Cranky Middle Manager podcast interviews with authors and other experts, Wayne Turmel told me that the more technological glitches suffered during an interview the better the interview and the greater the number of downloads (The Cranky Middle Manager podcast is averaging 25,000 downloads a month for The Podcast Network). So this ought to be a good one.

If you know Wayne Turmel’s Cranky Middle Manager podcast, you know that Wayne Turmel is witty, fast on the draw, frequently irreverent (wait until you hear what he said after I responded “Free, powerful, and at choice” to his opening “How are you today Christopher?”), and though he jokes about weasels (“Don’t let the weasels get you down” is his trademark close), Wayne Turmel has high regard for his audience and knows they seek real answers about how they can be great in their role at work and in their lives.

Wayne Turmel asked me insightful questions about the connection between my book, Teamwork Is An Individual Skill: Getting Your Work Done When Sharing Responsibility, and Responsibility Redefined™. The primary focus on the 30 minute interview was the common complaint about having all the responsibility and none of the authority. As you can imagine, I had much to say about that.

Wayne Turmel told me to look for his Cranky Middle Manager podcast interview with me to air before the end of May. I’ll let you know when it posts.

Read my first post on this topic.

That interview will happen sometime in May 2008, so stay tuned. I’ll certainly link to the Cranky Middle Manager Show from here when the Responsibility Redefined interview is available.

Here’s one more link for you, the Cranky Middle Manager Show is part of The Podcast Network