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When Mentors Find You: Learning Meeting Management
I admit it. I was green coming out of my master’s program. I was fortunate that one of my professors, who was also the president of a major healthcare organization, took an interest or pity on me, by giving me a one-year project. This job was one of the best things to happen to me, [...]
Read more →Smart Lemming Diary: First Conference Call
July 25, 2005 New Boss Checks In I have my first work call this morning with Tom. He called me on Friday to check in, since we hadn’t talked in a week. I was at Home Depot buying a 4-in-1 ladder, as I was talking him. “I’ve thought about you all, kind of like how [...]
Read more →Smart Lemming Rundown: Leadership Agility
Background Leadership Agility is a classic read for knowledge workers, managing their careers up the corporate ladder. Leadership Agility: Five Levels of Mastery for Anticipating and Initiating Change (J-B US non-Franchise Leadership) by Bill Joiner and Stephen Josephs is a classic. It is destined to be a pre-requisite read for KWs who want to develop [...]
Read more →Speedlinking: 10 Posts You Should Read Today, June 5, 2009
Have a God-like complex? Will it help you during an interview? Check out this post on interviewing skills, and my nine other recommended posts for today, covering self-awareness, conquering your fear, how to increase your success in life and work, interview with the Blue Ocean Strategy authors, 100 best business blogs, keys to successful entrepreneurs, [...]
Read more →8 Tips to Avoid Being Thrown Under the Bus for Hubris
Why would anyone display excessive pride? I’m always amazed when knowledge workers display hubris. It doesn’t matter if the worker is on the front line, in middle management, or at the C-level. I’m always appalled. Displaying hubris will eventually be a job killer. Aren’t arrogant people self-aware enough to realize that hubris eventually leads to [...]
Read more →Mind Mapping: The Knowledge Worker’s Tool
Mind mapping is a simple tool that all knowledge workers should try out, using it to organize thoughts, projects, or brainstorms. I use it mostly for visual thinking. What is mind mapping? According to Wikipedia, ” A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged [...]
Read more →Smart Lemming Diary: Action Items for VAR and 45-Day Plan
July 12, 2005 My call with Tom wasn’t as productive, as I would have liked it. I can’t start working for him until next Monday, since I have two deliverables this week for the new Web site. He’s been more than understanding, which is refreshing. I’m considering flying my Mother down from Alaska rather than [...]
Read more →5 Signals That You May Be a Workaholic
Who loves a Workaholic? Another Workaholic. Career Journal’s “Five Signals That You May Be a Workaholic†by Dana Mattioli discusses a serious matter of â€the best dressed addiction,†causing unhealthy side effects such as fatigue, sleep disorders; and stress-related ailments, such as heart attack and stroke. While the possible health effects are serious. Some of [...]
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