This is a critical topic for IT professionals. The unfortunate truth is, documentation is often the last priority for IT groups and organizations in general. The ability to create documentation and provide knowledge-transfer is critical to a more agile and successful organization. It means, fewer calls to the help-desk, better training, more rapid adoption of […]
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Do Job Titles and Descriptions Kill Innovation?
From my most recent blog at CIO Magazine. I discuss: The best CIO I ever worked for Why job titles might be killing innovation The most important sentence in your job description And 3 lessons about where innovation lives Would love your input here or at CIO Magazine. Link: Why Job Titles Kill Innovation
Continue readingThose Paying Your Dues Blues
“I’m paying my dues.” It is a phrase that makes me shudder with fear. Implying that you must grind your way through unhappy, unsatisfying roles, until some theoretical point where you have paid an undetermined debt against career or business doldrums and future advancement. And then, upon paying your dues, you have now, “paid your […]
Continue readingNew Year/New Focus: You rather than them
At the end of this post, be ready to share at least one goal you wish to pursue more diligently this year. I had two rather interesting impromptu coaching sessions today. One is with a friend and business acquaintance interested in launching a new endeavor. The 2nd is with someone going through the fallout from […]
Continue readingHow to get past unrealistic job postings
I speak with a lot of careerist who ask what to do about unrealistic job postings. The easy answer, Networking – and not networking computers – networking with people. The graphic below represents how employers look for talent versus how job seekers look for opportunities. The challenge most job seekers face is that they start […]
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