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How To Get 1 Of 10 Gift Copies Of The IT Career Engineers Special Video Report

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Over at Simon Stapleton’s blog he’s chasing a $1000 donation target for his cancer research appeal…. just $474.50 to reach that milestone.
If you’re one of the first 10 people to respond here’s how you can help out and also get a gift copy of my IT Career Engineer Special Video Report on CD - [...]

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So You Want To Be An IT Leader?

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

If you’re an experienced IT ‘Subject-Matter-Expert’ now interested in adding a management/leadership role to your professional skillset, CIO Simon Stapleton has written a useful 24 page e-book on “The Essence Of IT Leadership Vol 1“.

I downloaded and read it in about 30 minutes and here are some comments on what I’ve learned, written from a [...]

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Will Your Technical Excellence Lead To The Career Recognition You Want?

Friday, October 31, 2008

Bit of a leading question in today’s post title, eh?!
But before we go there let me remind you of this post all about Joe Manzini, the fictitious plumber.
Technically excellent but puzzled that his “plumbing proficiency” marketing message was falling on (mostly) deaf customer ears, he got a “lucky” break one evening by fixing a little [...]

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A Tech Career Marketing Lesson From Joe The (Fictitious) Plumber

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Some years ago my parents finally gave up trying to understand my rather techie explanations of what I did for a living as a “computer guy in a bank” - it was a challenge to uncouple their belief that I was apparently as much responsible for the ebb and flow of stocks as those harassed [...]

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I Forbid You To Read This Post

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

But you’re reading it anyway, aren’t you?! Now what if word came down on high from layer 8 land (”the senior management”) that you were to stop reading this post immediately and get on with your allocated work.
Ah Ha! Now there’s a risk - reward decision to make and most likely your choice will depend [...]

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Adding Performance Coaching Skills To Your Technical Expertise

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Today’s post’s addressed to anyone who’s firmly in the ‘tech’ or ‘geek’ career camp and wants to add some useful and transferable ’soft’ skills to their repertoire.
For starters, here are two benefits that can come from applying a coaching mindset to your work:
1- Coaching skills will help you enjoy your tech job even more than [...]

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The Global Credit Crunch and Your Information Technology Career

Thursday, September 18, 2008

With the ongoing upheavals in Global Financial Markets, it’s a given that large numbers of Information Technology (IT) folks are in the firing line (literally), such is that sector’s dependency on advanced computer systems and networks.
For some (I’m thinking particularly of those at Lehman Brothers) there is the likelihood of redundancy and dilemmas about whether [...]

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Book Review: Life Beyond IT

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

I mentioned career coach Joanne Dustin’s site, Career Lost and Found, in a previous post and today I’d like to review her book, “Life Beyond IT”. (Also available on Amazon.com)
Two important points:
First of all, this book is aimed directly at Information Technology professionals who are considering a career change, although the coaching themes running through [...]

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