EB
Jul 1, 2008
Presenting at the 2nd Annual Project Management Symposium at UTD

I've been holding off on this announcement until I finished the paper (mainly to make sure I actually finished it!). I'll be speaking at University of

EB
Jun 30, 2008
The job hunt

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

EB
Jun 28, 2008
Silos & Empires

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

EB
Jun 26, 2008
Information Technology Challenges

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

EB
Jun 22, 2008
Improving Employee Engagement

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

EB
Jun 16, 2008
Groundswell

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

EB
Jun 16, 2008
Meetings & Trust: Do they go together?

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

EB
Jun 11, 2008
From Project Manager to IT Leader

One thing that I've heard often is that a project manager role is a good thing for your career and will help your ascent up the ladder to more

EB
Jun 10, 2008
Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It

I had some time this weekend and used it to catch up on some reading.  One of the books I read was Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson's "Why Work Sucks and

EB
Jun 8, 2008
Information Technology Strategy

The topic of Information Technology Strategy is one that is near and dear to my heart.  In fact, I've harped on this subject a few times (a few posts for

EB
Jun 5, 2008
Carpe Factum: Botox and the Organization

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

EB
Jun 4, 2008
Why does Work Suck?

If you'd like to know the answer that question, I have a new book for you to read: "Why Work Sucks" by Cali and Jody. This book (which I haven't started

EB
Jun 2, 2008
Information Technology Leadership & Alignment

Discusses the need to lead information technology

EB
May 31, 2008
Dreaming in Code

If you are interested in software development...read this book. If you aren't interested in software development...read this book. If you've always

EB
May 29, 2008
The Strategic Project Leader

I just finished reading The Strategic Project Leader: Mastering Service-Based Project Leadership by Jack Ferraro....not a bad book. In section two of his

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