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Freelancers Tend to Have Their Head In The Sand (and Nine Free Course places available!)

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The majority of freelancers in IT have their head in the sand, as far as their personal performance goes.IT leaders from across several industries have commented to me that freelancers tend to move from appointments without seeking feedback on their performance. It’s estimated that over 60% of freelancers do not receive regular feedback on their […]

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Technical Professionals acting on Social Responsibility

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Example: With a worldwide energy crisis in full effect, IT is coming under pressure to be more socially responsible: what is your response ?The $64,000 question is how responsible you feel towards the social implications of energy consumption? Do you care if data centers are burning more energy in a day than a town does?

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15 Blunders to Avoid when Implementing BPM

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BPM (Business Process Management) projects have been initiated in many of the organizations I talk to – it’s a hot topic. Vendors and consultants will be making all sorts of promises and bold claims – so I thought I’d document some of the things NOT TO DO. Jeepers I wish I had this info only

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What’s this Software as a Service (SaaS) all about? A layman’s view and implications for Technical Professionals

Are there Lightworkers in your department?

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This is a continuation of the topic of Lightworkers and Darkworkers currently buzzing around on a few blogs; I wrote about Darkworkers here.Lightworkers, as defined by Steve Pavlina here, believe their primary role is to serve the greater good of humanity, and act in general terms selflessly. This doesn’t mean Lightworkers will starve to put

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How to Articulate Better

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Developing and improving your public speaking skills is a sure fire way of improving your personal confidence. On a similar vein, research and experience tells me that people who can demonstrate a grasp of language succeed better in the workplace. It’s similar to the psychological phenomenon that overweight people are perceived as less intelligent (with

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The impact of Unplanned Work

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This might resonate with you if you’re a technical professional: how many times have you been asked to do a piece of work (often portrayed as a ‘small’ job) which disrupts planned activities and means one of both slip or are done with compromise? A study in 2002 found that IT departments can be spending

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How to Use The Five Types of Power as a Leader

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Where does a leader get power from? A leader can use 5 types of power: here’s advice on when these powers should be used, and perhaps when not

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Creating Positive Energy in Yourself (2)

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This is my second installment on this subject as I get reminded of it constantly! Positive energy is such a…. positive thing! Its what urges us to succeed, we should absorb and create as much of it as we can.This time I’m considering the personal aspects of this subject1) Boredom can generate negative energy; avoid

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