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Smart Lemming Diary: Resistance to the Organization Changes
July 24, 2010 – 11:13 pm | No Comment
Smart Lemming Diary: Resistance to the Organization Changes

May 24, 2006
Sales Organizational Changes
I now have the Sales operations role, in addition to my marketing and channel management responsibilities. The CEO, Controller and I have been working on the new Sales Compensation Plan most …

The Smart Lemming’s Daily Twitter Digest: November 5, 2009
November 5, 2009 – 10:21 pm | No Comment
The Smart Lemming’s Daily Twitter Digest: November 5, 2009

The Smart Lemming sent out the following tweets, recommending these additional resources from news, articles, and posts on business life, career management, management and leadership, and women in business:

Your coworkers are having an affair - …

The Smart Lemming’s Daily Twitter Digest: October 27, 2009
October 28, 2009 – 1:34 am | No Comment
The Smart Lemming’s Daily Twitter Digest: October 27, 2009

The Smart Lemming sent out the following tweets, recommending these additional resources from news, articles, and posts on business life, career management, management and leadership, and women in business:

Don’t let your strengths turn into weaknesses, …

The Smart Lemming’s Daily Twitter Digest: October 22, 2009
October 23, 2009 – 12:40 am | No Comment
The Smart Lemming’s Daily Twitter Digest: October 22, 2009

The Smart Lemming sent out the following tweets, recommending these additional resources from news, articles, and posts on business life, career management, management and leadership, and women in business:

Moving down the career ladder? How to …

Smart Lemming Diary: Don’t Avoid Performance Measurement with Your Boss
October 22, 2009 – 11:13 am | No Comment
Smart Lemming Diary: Don’t Avoid Performance Measurement with Your Boss

January 24, 2006
What happens when you don’t want to conform to your boss’s job requirements? Your boss starts monitoring  performance.
Here’s the challenge facing my CEO: our Sales team needs to close their projected sales …

Smart Lemming Diary: First Month as Director of Marketing
July 9, 2009 – 8:11 am | 3 Comments
Smart Lemming Diary: First Month as Director of Marketing

September 1, 2005
August was a fun month. I can’t remember a time when I enjoyed working this much. I’ve loved hitting the ground running, knowing that I could quickly provide sales tools for our direct …

23 Ways to be Happy at Work: #5 - Know the Big Picture
July 8, 2009 – 5:30 pm | One Comment
23 Ways to be Happy at Work: #5 - Know the Big Picture

What are your company’s mission and goals?
Similar to being compatible with your company’s values in #1 Work by Your Values, are you aligned to your employer’s mission and goals? Do you support that mission …

What Your Leader Expects of You
June 10, 2009 – 11:01 am | No Comment
What Your Leader Expects of You

As a worker, do know how you need to be managed? As a manager, do you direct reports know what to do with or without you? Are you a new manager, wondering how to manage …

Choosing Work Allies: How to Avoid Aligning Yourself with the Wrong Lot
June 9, 2009 – 9:02 am | No Comment
Choosing Work Allies: How to Avoid Aligning Yourself with the Wrong Lot

Picture this: you are fairly new in a company. Performance is being scrutinized. You start looking for allies. You want work buddies; however you also want to understand the lay of the land of the …

What’s Your Personal Brand’s Tagline?
May 21, 2009 – 9:15 am | One Comment
What’s Your Personal Brand’s Tagline?

Do you have a personal tagline? If I were a worker again, my tagline would be “A Problem-solving, solution-finding, and results-oriented worker.”
How do you summarize your personal brand? By identifying your attributes, strengths, and consistent …

Scotty on Setting Realistic Targets for Yourself
April 29, 2009 – 10:04 am | 4 Comments
Scotty on Setting Realistic Targets for Yourself

Do you set yourself up for failure at work by signing up for too much to do in too little time? Do unforeseeable events derail your ability to meet your deadlines?  When I estimate deliverables …

The 12 Simple Self-Management Strategies: Simple Self-Management Strategy #12 – Measure yourself to promote yourself
May 27, 2007 – 1:35 pm | One Comment
The 12 Simple Self-Management Strategies: Simple Self-Management Strategy #12 – Measure yourself to promote yourself

Are You Aligned? Are You Measured?
The 12th and final self-management strategy is to measure your performance to promote yourself. In an ideal work situation, your boss has “aligned” you to department and company goals. Hopefully, …