Worried About Being Laid Off? 10 Ways To Avoid The Pink Slip
Are you one of many IT professionals who is worried about being laid off? Many IT professionals are looking over their shoulder for the pink slip. As companies are pressed to cut costs many have looked to cutting heads as a way to save money. It does not matter if you have been with the company 20 years or 20 months you could be laid off. Many highly skilled IT professionals have gotten the pink … [Read More...]
How To Develop Your Rising Stars
Development of your rising stars is an important role for managers and for your company. Future managers and leadership need to be developed to fill the needs due to the upcoming retirement boom. IT is graying and it is starting to show. Succession planning need to be part of your corporate strategy. As a manager you probably already know who your rising stars are. Those who have a passion for … [Read More...]
Quality Management System Principles For IT
For IT quality of service is not just for networks anymore. IT is now a service based organization. IT should follow quality management system practices and principles for the products and services it provides since they are vital to the performance of the business. Most best practices used in IT today define a quality management system (QMS). A QMS defines the standards of quality used within the … [Read More...]
5 Ways to Stay Positive in Negative Situations
We all face negative situations in our life. Someone may say something bad about you, or something you’ve worked hard on is rejected. During these situations it is difficult to keep a positive attitude, but we are judged by our communications so staying positive is the professional way to react to an adverse situations. Your natural inclination is to release your inner Hulk and bash. This type … [Read More...]
Whiteboard Monday – To-Do List of Tasks, Objectives and Goals
As a manager one of the best tools you can use is a to-do list. A list of any task, objectives and goals you need to prioritize and complete. They help keep your management tasks organized and on track. Humans are visual creatures so it is not surprising that we use so many visual tools to communicate with. One of the best visual tools in your office is a dry erase whiteboard. Since it is large … [Read More...]
How To Prevent Social Loafing In The Workplace
Do you have social loafers? People who come into work each day and hook up with their friends to chat about what they did last night or over the weekend? Social loafing in the workplace is a problem that can spread and will eat away at the morale of your productive employees. The concept of social loafing in the psychological world is when a couple of team members do all the work while others do … [Read More...]
13 Sites to Download Free eBooks
eBooks have become very popular with devices such as the Kindle and the new iPad. You can get applications for your smart phone to read PDF files and eBooks from most popular book sites. There are a large selection of eBooks and many are free. Amazon has a collection of free eBooks for their Kindle reader so be sure and check their site. You don’t have to buy a Kindle to read them. They have applications … [Read More...]
Salary Calculator For IT Professionals
Have you ever wondered how your salary ranks among fellow professionals in your area? Robert Half Technology has added a salary calculator for information technology professionals. Knowing the average starting salary and salary range for a specific position is useful information. Enter your zip code, select your area of IT, then select professionals to find salary data for you or employers to … [Read More...]
How To Manage Topic Specific Paperwork
As managers we must deal with a lot of paperwork and information from a variety of sources. Without a good information management system you can have a hard time finding something when you need it. The system detailed here will take all of the data on a specific subject and put it in one easy to access and portable place. Project meetings, staff meetings, vendor meetings. Think of all of the meetings … [Read More...]
Do You Manage Like an Out of Control Bus Driver?
To reach your goals or your vision of success you need to get people onboard your bus, not run them over on the way. Don’t be so hard-charging that you actually run over your employees and colleagues on the way to your destination. In the movie “Speed” they could not slow down or the bus would blow up. If you are a motivated and driven manager or leader you may feel this way about your goals … [Read More...]