business skills

Throw Out the Old Script

October 8, 2011

As early as my middle school years I’ve wondered when my generation would face its great challenge. We’re in the middle of it right now. This is more than an economic downturn. It’s more than a banking crisis. It’s more than an ill-defined war on terror. The ground under our feet has changed and we’re [...]

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The Most Important Skill for Technology Professionals

December 17, 2010

“The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.” – Theodore Roosevelt Look around your workplace. Lots of people have good to excellent technical skills, education, certifications, but how effective are they? How many of them do you want to work with? How many can get [...]

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Reading List for Week Ending 8/1/09

August 1, 2009

This week’s topics include leadership and information assurance. I hope you enjoy the best of what I read this week. Leadership 10 Things Business Schools Won’t Teach You Do you folks holding a MBA agree? The Value Every Business Needs to Create Now. Very interesting discussion about profits – not all profit is the same. [...]

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Do Your People Know the Score?

July 31, 2009

How does your business keep score? Do you know you had a great year by revenue, stock price, EBITDA, dividends, Operating Free Cash Flow? If you don’ t know what metric  your CEO or GM or VP is scored by, go find out. When you find out, make sure that your people know what the [...]

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Is There a Tougher Job?

April 24, 2009

Is there a tougher job than that of a technology leader? Sure there is, but how many jobs require an individual to have such a wide variety of skills? Translate between technical and business groups at an expert level Technical knowledge in an area of specialty: networking, security, software design etc. Technical certifications and re-certifications [...]

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