Technology, Strategy, People and Projects
A friend of mine was applying for an IT position posted on a staffing/recruiting company website. The position was for Director of IT for a Dallas energy company and it seemed like a good fit for her. She went to the staffing agency website, entered in the basic info and uploaded her resume. She was [...]
Where I come from (small town Oklahoma), silos are part of life for dairy farmers. A silo is a good thing…it stores grains (we called it sileage) to feed cattle and can be found on most farms across the state. Imagine my surprise when I first started working in large organizations. I started hearing about [...]
I asked the following question on LinkedIn earlier this week and received some very insightful responses: What are the top challenges in IT organization’s today? In reading the various magazines, blogs and websites out there (CIO.com, etc) on the subject, I’ve come to the conclusion that there are many many issues facing IT groups today. [...]
In a recent posts, I’ve mentioned employee engagement (more on the topic here, here and here)…I’ve had a few emails from readers asking me to give some examples of how they could go about engaging the people on their teams. There are no ‘right’ answers for this because every person is different, but as a [...]
This book, with the full title of “Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies” is a must read for anyone trying to figure out how to benefit from the social networking phenomenon. This book is perfect for anyone who doesn’t understand ‘social media‘…and for those that think they do! It provides case-based examples [...]
Carmine Coyote had a great post over on Slow Leadership today titled “The More Meetings, The Less Trust“. The introductory paragraph sums it up nicely (emphasis mine): In the list of activities that waste time and cause worthless frustration at work, meetings rank very near the top. Not only do many meetings fail to result [...]
Short post today…but powerful (at least I think so). Great post over at Carpe Factum today titled “Are You Botox-ing Your Organization?“. Not much I can add to what Timothy has already said other than to ask you the following question: Do you allow your employees/teams to fail? Do they know they have the right [...]
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