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Video: Three big communication tips for CIOs
One of the top priorities of a CIO is to articulate a vision for how technology can support and transform the company. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives provides three communication tips to help CIOs achieve that goal. by Jason Hiner
Tags: CIO, Information Technology, Communication, Video, Corporate Governance, Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2008-06-18
Three big communication tips for CIOs
One of the top priorities of a CIO is to articulate a vision for how technology can support and transform the company. There's no way to achieve that without effective communication. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives provides three useful tips for CIOs...
Tags: CIO, Communication, Episode, Corporate Governance, Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, sanity savers
Videos 2008-06-18
Instant communication encourages less autonomous workers
I had an interesting discussion with some colleagues yesterday regarding the effects of instant communication on management, leadership and employee capabilities. It was so lively that I thought I would share it with you the best I can and let you join in. Here is the...
Tags: Communication, Autonomy, Worker, Manager, Instant Communication, PDAs, Handhelds, Hardware, Ramon Padilla
Blog posts 2008-04-20
Communication, Communication, Communication.
I am in dire peril of acquiring a hobby-horse about this. Most of the problems with corporate life can be resolved by the liberal application of at least one of the words used in the title of this posting. Communication consists of several components. ...
Tags: Communication, Printers, Corporate Governance, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Peripherals, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Jeff Dray
Blog posts 2008-01-21
Five tips for subcontracting out work
So you find that you have too much work to do, or maybe you're lacking in expertise on some facet of your project, and you need to subcontract part of it out. What steps do you need to take? Find a good subcontractor. This can...
Tags: Project, Subcontracting, Communication, Outsourcing, Workforce Management, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Human Resources, Management, Chip Camden
Blog posts 2007-12-21
War of the phones
Well, the topic spells it out. There's a war going on out there. It's a war for the de-facto mobile communication start-point to end-point for all users. First, we had the momentous debut of the iPhone, another feather in Apple's cap. Now, we have pretty strong rumors of a GPhone...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Phone, Communication, GPhone, Telecom & Utilities, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2007-08-29
Leave the drama to actors
I have a relative looks over shoulder whose everyday life experience is a drama. Nothing is just ordinary or boring -- EVERYTHING is a production, every problem a crisis. I bet you know someone just like this. Needless to say, this behavior carries over to her work world. I know...
Tags: Management Skills, Listening, Leadership, IT Management, crisis, Communication, Career
Blog posts 2007-07-01
The most irritating Internet words
If you use common words Internet words in the course of carrying out your job, let it be known that you could be driving some people crazy. At least those who were polled in a recent survey by British pollsters YouGov. The group questioned 2,091 adults about what Internet words...
Tags: toni bowers, Humor, Communication
Blog posts 2007-06-25
How to be the new employee
 When I first came to work at TechRepublic, I had a lot of years of IT publishing experience under my belt. The woman who hired me was excited by that and thought I could bring a great deal of insight into the operations at TechRepublic.For the first four or five...
Tags: toni bowers, Company Culture, Communication, Career Development, Workplace Strategy
Blog posts 2007-06-12
Career blog now View from the Cubicle
Do clueless end-users and cutthroat co-workers make your work life a walking festival of hell? Or maybe you've acheived a Zen state and could help your fellow TechRepublic members with your advice. Either way, this is the place to be. The View from the Cubicle blog, formerly the Career blog,...
Tags: toni bowers, Success, publishing gal, Communication, Career Development, Career
Blog posts 2007-06-08
Shyness hurting your career? Here's some help
If youre an introverted person, IT is not a bad field to be in. But sometimes if, for example, youd like to move into management, you might wish you were more comfortable with social interaction. You can always bone up on your technology skills, but is it possible to overcome...
Tags: Personal Development, Communication, Co-workers, Career Development, Career
Blog posts 2007-05-11
What really counts - good customer service or the lowest price?
Recently, more than 400 companies were examined by MSN Money for their customer service efforts - and six out of the worst 10 were communications providers. Among the nations bottom 10 - cable providers, wireless carriers and one satellite company dominated the studys results. Here are some of the...
Tags: Workplace Strategy, Success, Reputation, Performance, Mentoring, Leadership, Job Satisfaction, General, Company Culture, Communication
Blog posts 2007-05-09
Team Building exercises -- Are they too contrived to work?
verywhere you look, you see articles and books that claim to have the secret of effective corporate team building. In fact, consultants have carved out an entire industry deveoted to the subject. Ive been on both sides of this issue -- Ive been on a team and Ive managed a...
Tags: Co-workers, Teams, Job Satisfaction, Communication, Coaching, Career Development
Blog posts 2007-05-07
4 outdated ideas. Or maybe not.
Here are a few things to "noodle" today:1. Does it really matter if a leader has a strong sense of integrity?In a study done by Fast Company magazine last year, 1665 respondents were asked about the importance of ethics in company leaders in todays business climate.The good news: 95% of...
Tags: Office Politics, Morale, Mentoring, Leadership, Job Satisfaction, General, Company Culture, Communication, Coaching, Co-workers, Career Development, Career, Boss
Blog posts 2007-04-26
Got 180 seconds?
In my last posting I discussed a couple of ways that any meeting participant - at any level - can make that meeting more effective for themself and for the organization. Not surprisingly, I heard from some people that they are "meetingd out". They told me that with...
Tags: Performance, Meetings, Leadership, Job Satisfaction, General, Employees, Coworkers, Company Culture, Communication, Coaching, Boss
Blog posts 2007-04-19
Does anyone take notes in your meetings?
Last week I led a management development program for a large TV broadcasting network. During the course of the discussion, we landed on the issue of meetings. Of course this is a subject that is discussed all the time. And most people have opinions about them in every...
Tags: Workplace Strategies, Teams, Success, Project Management, Power, Performance, Meetings, Management, Company Culture, Communication, Coaching, Co-workers, Career, Boss
Blog posts 2007-04-12
The best managers? They're not afraid of looking dumb.
Ever noticed that some managers believe they are supposed to know everything about their area of responsibility? They dont usually last very long. Often their organizations dont either.Great managers and leaders realize that they can never know everything. And theyre comfortable with that. Poor managers...
Tags: leader
Blog posts 2007-03-23
No means no... and who needs that?
I was talking to an animal communicator one time, and she claimed that when you speak to your dogs (or cats or horses or who knows, gerbils even), you should never use negative terms. She said that they dont know what "no" means, or "don’t." Not being linguists (good dog,...
Tags: Calvin Sun
Blog posts 2007-03-21
Answering the strengths/weaknesses question in interviews
How do you respond to the dreaded interview question: What are some of your strengths and weaknesses?First, its important to keep your answer fairly brief and within context of your work environment. Its best to list about two strengths. (As opposed to saying, "I thought you might ask that question....
Tags: Career Development, Communication, Interviews, publishing gal, toni bowers
Blog posts 2007-03-12
Flip your writing on its head to communicate more effectively
What are some of the biggest complaints that IT personnel have with their end users? When you get past the ones that have to do with intelligence, you will almost always get “if people would only READ!” In a workshop I participated in the other day, that exact topic was...
Tags: Communication, writing, inverted pyramid
Blog posts 2007-03-11


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