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Can a CEO's terrible people skills affect company success?

What do these people have in common? Julie Roehm Robert Nardelli Steve Heyer Harry Stonecipher They were all C-level executives at high-profile companies who lost their jobs due to interpersonal incompetence (aka "no people skills"). (Julie Roehm was...

Tags: Job, People Skill, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Toni Bowers

Blog posts 2008-04-01

IT isn't enough!!

As strange as this may seem, sometimes IT knowledge is not enough. I am sure that we have all at one time or another run across a person who knows everything that there is to know about the problem you are having, however they are unable to help you. U

Tags: career, information technology, it management, people skill, people skills, sean@..., service desk, team, team building, team managing

Discussion threads 2006-11-01

Moving into IT management

Moving into IT managementI've been in IT for several years and would like to move to the management side of the house. My problem is that my spouse is on active duty in the USAF and we move every few years. Just about the time I start to stand out...

Tags: MBA, information technology, career, management, career progression, DHinIT, management position, people skill, IT administration

Discussion threads 2006-02-11

Process skills most important to successful project managers

Process skills most important to successful project managersarticle roottheory vs practice ? recruitmentObviously the ideal Project Manager would be wonderfully qualified in all aspects. But if other people agree with your ranking or prioritisation of the skill areas, putting project management skills first, how come so many job specifications start...

Tags: Project management, cb0503, people skill

Discussion threads 2005-12-07

Getting leadership and management in your organization

There is a difference.This article rings true as most of Corporate America see no difference between leading and managing -- to lead people involves vision, strength and people skills, above and beyond what a manager might have or need to do his job. A manager need only have organization, communication...

Tags: people skill

Discussion threads 2005-08-15

Delivering the customers expectations, and then exceeding them.

People skills these days are a major prerequisite to good software. You can create the most streamlined, efficient, time saving solution, but if it doesn't do the single task the end user required, it's just a waste of time and effort. One of the reasons our software is so successful...

Tags: customer relations, delivery, interdepartmental communication, Melar, people skill, planning, programming, software

Discussion threads 2005-07-08

Is IT unfriendly to women?

Is IT unfriendly to women?article rootMore men are non-people peopleIT has always had an attraction for the misfits, the geeks, the kids who somehow made it all the way to adulthood without developing good people skills. People who are simply more comfortable working with technology than with other people.Sure that's...

Tags: gene.fellner@..., information technology, it management, people skill, women

Discussion threads 2005-06-21

IT manager Training

I am currently a support engineer based at a client's site, for a company that provides software solutions for water companies. I would like to step up my career by breaking into IT management. What technical and soft skills would I require to succesfu

Tags: career, job, people skill, tawandahojane@..., training

Discussion threads 2005-02-07

Effective People Skills for the Project Manager: A Requirement for Project Success and Career Advancement

Projects are always technical problems with significant human dimensions. As projects increase in complexity (virtual teams, involving cross cultural variables and the need to achieve more with less), increasing emphasis is being placed upon the need for the technical professional to develop competencies in specific, tangible "People skills." Importantly, people...

Tags: Career Advancement, People Skill, Projects, Professional Development, Communication Skills, Training And Certification, Career

White papers 2004-04-14

Additional Resources

Can a CEO's terrible people skills affect company success?

CEOs who lack interpersonal skillsThis blog mentions several CEOs who have lost their jobs due to bad interpersonal skills. http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/career/?p=286Have you had any first-person experience with something like this?Dow Jones.I was there when it was collapsing, the upper management earned the white-hot hatred of it's people, by the time Rupert...

Discussion threads 2008-04-01

IT skill shortage: Where's the hard evidence?

HR is wrong, as alwaysThey don't understand the issues or skill sets needed. They just put out a laundry list of skills needed then claim the industry doesn't have enough skilled applicants. I love the listings of jobs that are seeking a sys admin that require Windows, Linux,...

Tags: Strategy, PRODUCTIVITY, Key-Word, information technology, IT skill shortage, skill shortage, computer

Discussion threads 2008-03-10

Use a needs analysis to close the skill gap

Do you have a good idea of what your users know and what they don't know? Have you ever considered how training affects the overall productivity of the company? Conducting a needs analysis can provide the answers to these, and other, questions.Have you ever noticed that training runs in cycles?...

Tags: Workforce management, Wendy Finger, needs analysis, training, skill level

Technical articles 2000-08-23

Change Management - a critical IT skill

RE: Change Management - a critical IT skill"Are soft skills like change management just as important as knowing how to subnet properly?"moreif customer service has any role in your job, then you know, or you should know, how important it is. it can mean the difference between phasing out your...

Tags: Leadership, Printers, training and certification, change management, critical IT skill, IT skill, printer, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-01-30

How to fix IT skill shortages and misalignments

By Mark Lefcowitz,PMP, CBBTheory of Constraints states that a system is only as fastas its slowest component. The concept has been applied to resources andprocesses for both manufacturing systems and service systems, but never--to myknowledge--has the concept been applied to skill-set resources.That's rather strange. Our personal and business lives arefilled...

Tags: distance learning, information technology, training, Workplace

Technical articles 2006-12-06

What stops you from upgrading your programming skill set?

Is it time? Is it a lack of money? No desire? Wish you could do it at work, but the boss has you tied up all week long and doesn't support your efforts? Or maybe you are able to do it!Let us know!J.JaToo much to doThat's why my skillset sometimes...

Tags: Linux, Recruitment & Selection, programming, J.Ja, job

Discussion threads 2008-11-14

Hire talent and passion over skill and experience

As a hiring manager, knowledge and training are traditionally the most important areas you look at when evaluating a candidate. Maybe it's time to shift your focus.By Joe SantanaFor more than 17 years, I’ve made it a practice to hire talent and passion over skill and experience. I’ve never been...

Tags: Workforce management, Recruitment & Selection, Guest Contributor, talent, hiring, job

Technical articles 2002-11-11

People are so funny...

My company is offering a CPR certification course on-site tonight, and I just overheard the Owner's AA asking the instructor if we're "Like gonna have to pair up and do mouth to mouth on each other, because that'd make me really uncomfortable, ya know?" She was, apparently afraid she'd get...

Tags: instructor, CPR Practice, CPR, tongue

Discussion threads 2005-03-31

Hiring new people: Choosing between skills and attitude

Hiring New PeopleWould this same latitude in hiring apply in a strictly commercial enterprise? That is, the general work environment in the academy is heavily biased to those who "fit" and "won't rock the boat." Considering that academia still fails to come to grips with the concept that they are...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, hiring, Candidate 1, academia

Discussion threads 2008-07-01

I admire people who get the jobs in IT!

Me again.I've been looking for a new job - and the more I look, the more I admire you guru's out there.Most jobs I've seen want MCSE2003, Linux/Web experience, SQL, routers, switches, and everything else even phones.I honestly don't know how you do it. I work about 50 hours/week -...

Tags: career, career job certification, information technology, job, silvioandpauly@...

Discussion threads 2005-12-13

Job Hunting for IT people

I'm a senior IT person with 10+years experience. I have about 30 days before I'm laid off. I've been actively looking for work and the problem I'm running into is the opportunities that are available are either entry level or asking for very specific skill sets. Of course I'm applying...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Vertical industries, Benefits, Personal finance, information technology, skill set, job, job hunting

Discussion threads 2009-06-05