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So this may push a few buttons, but it’s probably a good question to ask in these times IT downsizing and increasing responsibilities for everyone: are men or women better at juggling multiple tasks at the same time? Traditionally, everyone seems to think that women do a better job of this than men, but are … Read more
IT has long lusted after having a seat at the corporate strategy table – we want to be treated just like the other parts of the business. However, there is a good chance that you’ve forgotten one important task that will prevent this from happening – planning for a disaster. Before you can be considered … Read more
The workplace is a-changing. As more younger workers start to flood into IT departments (ok, “Millennials” if you must) a lot of what used to work from a management point-of-view has stopped working and this is leaving IT managers with more questions than solutions. There are roughly 80 million workers in this next wave and … Read more
As an IT Manager, how good are you at sending emails? I’m not talking about your typing skills, nor am I talking about how many of Microsoft Outlook’s 1,000,000 features you have mastered. Nope, what I’m talking about is how effective your emails are. Do they get the job done or do they just get … Read more
So we’ve talked just a bit about the dangers of having players in your department / on your team who get so caught up in something that winning becomes everything to them. It’s almost as though you were attending an auction and it got down to the last two bidders on something and they both … Read more
Well, sorta. How about if it turns out that the really smart folks who do brain surgery have found out a great deal about how the human brain works and we can use this knowledge to come up with new ways to motivate our IT staff? It turns out that everyone (that includes both you … Read more
Quick review, here’s how the generations and their cool marketing names break down: The Silent Generation (ages 63-81) Baby Boomers (ages 44-62) – 80 million strong Generation X (ages 27-43) – 59 million Millennials/Gen Y (age 26 and under) – 80 million! The Millennials have entered the IT workforce in large numbers and yet there … Read more
Thanks to a sluggish economy, we’ve been reading about more and more layoffs, firings, staff reductions, rightsizing, etc. Your firm may have done one of these, be doing one, or just have started to think about doing one. No matter – letting staff go is can be one of the hardest parts about being a … Read more
We all deal with problems that flare up at work, but some people do a better job than others. In fact, some people deal with workplace problems so often and do such a good job of dealing with them that they get awards, bonuses, and eventually promoted. Phred Dvorak over at the Wall Street Journal … Read more
The great thing about talent portability in today’s IT market is that whenever you have a need to fill a position that requires a specialized set of skills or experiences, you can generally go shopping and find exactly what you need. The downside to this is the simple fact that your competition can do the … Read more