Archive for December, 2007
Using your technical skills in charity work
No don’t look away! I have here a potential valuable opportunity for you to use your core technical skills in order to gain more experience in the commercial space, and probably feel good about it in the process.
Charities are non-profit organizations, but they are organizations and they are commercial. Actually many are profit-oriented organizations, but [...]
10 Childhood Favorites of Technical Professionals
315 technical professionals were surveyed in November 07 (from IT, Insurance Actuaries, Architects and Civil Engineers) and I discovered the following favorites from their childhood’s (aged 5 – 15).
Favourite Film: Star Wars: A New Hope
Favourite Music: The Muppet Show Album (What? - Simon)
Favourite Book: The BFG by Roald Dahl
Favourite Toy: Lego
Favourite Bicycle: BMX
Favourite Home Computer: [...]
The Five Sources of a Leader’s Power, and how (and how not) to use them
Introduction
Power is a force of influence and authority. Where does a leader get power from? Or do a leader’s followers give it to them? Well it’s both. In this paper we’ll be looking at the five different sources of power a leader can use, with some advice on when these powers should be used, [...]
Average salary rates against skills
I’m posting this to add context on the pursuit of career progression, and the perceived benefits such as salary. Jobstats.co.uk have published figures showing average salaries against skillsets. It’s interesting to see that management rates are not that much greater than specialist skills, with SAP being the highest paid skill overall. It goes to show [...]
If your job isn’t working for you, get the hell out…
All posts I have made have been positively biased, i.e. I’ve offered advice to constructively deal with issues and challenges that one typically faces when climbing the greasy pole of an organization. I’ve had a number of conversation recently with folks who feel they are stuck in a groove and can’t get out, but not [...]
You should experience AA – Assuming Authority, that is
One of the first mistakes I made when promoted to a department head for an IT consultancy firm was asking my boss what authority I had. I was rebuffed with the response that told me “You have as much authority as you think you have.” It was if I was asking for authority to be [...]
Creating positive energy in yourself (3)
In the previous installment of this series I discussed the impact of boredom on motivation, setting yourself aggressive targets and selecting some short term goals. I’ve received some good feedback on the series so far, and I welcome further comments.
In this post I would like to offer a practical and implementable tip to create the [...]
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