When in need, ask for help. Most people are inherently good people and will offer help when asked. Chances are that someone in your circle of family, friends or co-workers has a solution or knows someone else who can help you. Ask for help and be amazed at what happens next.
Don’t be afraid, explore new opportunities
Don’t be afraid to explore new opportunities. Say yes to cross-functional teams, projects and challenges which will help you gain new perspectives, grow and learn from others. During these opportunities others will hopefully learn from you as well and all those involved will benefit from this mutual exchange of ideas, knowledge and experience. Finally, once you return to your primary …
Create experiences that matter
As you embark on new projects and consider introducing new services or products make sure to include your end clients and ideally start with them. Whether it is an internal or an external project it is important to understand the needs of your clients, partners, the business as a whole prior to proceeding. As you meet with people who are …
Under promise, over deliver
Be honest and set realistic expectations considering the scope, resources, budget and time frame of the project. It’s is always better to exceed your clients’ expectations than to not have met them at all.
Experience trumps education
As someone who has attended his fair share of academic programs and has definitely found value in each of them I have to say that education is important and should never truly end. It is a process, not a finite event and can come in many forms and shapes. However, first-hand experience with particular products, services or technologies beats anything …
Get to the point
Have something intelligent and valuable to say? Please get to it by all means and do it today if possible. 😉 Many people have a ton of valuable ideas, yet they either don’t share them (for whatever reason) or end up taking way too long to get their point across. If are part of a team it is important to …
Based on your resume, would you hire yourself?
Keeping one’s resume up to date is generally not at the top of “to do” lists since most of us don’t change our jobs frequently and as such our resumes quickly become outdated, inaccurate and forgotten. However, considering that we got our current jobs in part due to that old, outdated paper representation of ourselves we should definitely keep them …
Please talk to your IT staff
When purchasing new hardware, software of have questions about a particular technology please consult your IT staff (if available to you of course) prior to making the purchase. Having someone with a bit more technical experience and knowledge take a look at your specifications and technology needs can be of great help in the long run. If nothing else, it’s …
Don’t forget to say thank you
Don’t forget to say thank you every once in a while to people that do stuff for you. It’s a simple statement to make, but showing your sincere appreciation for their hard work goes a long way in their eyes. This should apply to everyone you interact with from people that you work with on a project, your own team, …
Know what you manage
I’m a strong believer that you must know the area you are managing. You should have either moved up in that industry or took some time to actually get yourself up to speed on current practices and common knowledge. Being only a manager of people without having the necessary (even if only fundamental) knowledge directly related to the area you …