Have you ever worked for, with, or in the proximity of a micromanager? These energy vampires spend so much time worrying about what everyone else is doing that they don’t “have time” to do their own job. I’ve been fascinated with the micromanager my entire professional career. Early on, I thought these people were trying … Continue reading Micromanagers Don’t Belong in Big Business
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It’s a New Year! Do Better or Move Along.
If you’re like many employees, you may have taken some time off at the end of 2019, and you may just be returning to work. You may have spent your time with loved ones, doing things you missed out on doing because of your work schedule, or simply spending time contemplating what kind of person … Continue reading It’s a New Year! Do Better or Move Along.
Businesses Need New Year’s Resolutions
As we approach 2020, many businesses are preparing their annual reports, suffering through staffing shortages due to archaic PTO policies, working through next year’s budgets, and keeping on with business as usual. The routine for businesses is just as comfortable as routine is for individuals. It’s also not helping anyone. Of course you need to … Continue reading Businesses Need New Year’s Resolutions
Product Marketing: The Greatest Gray Area of Business
One of the biggest, and best, gray areas of business is Product Marketing. It’s an (undervalued) role that combines business strategy with marketing with products, and produces materials for a wide range of audiences. Product marketers serve as the ultimate translator of features, benefits, and product strategy to sales-speak, marketing-speak, business-speak, and operations-speak. The person, … Continue reading Product Marketing: The Greatest Gray Area of Business
STEAM/STEM Whatever
Caution: What you are about to read is an extremely unpopular opinion and may have cost me a friend or two over the years. We have been so focused on technology, technologists, specific coding or dev skills, STEAM/STEM, that we have lost sight of the larger picture. Without strategic, business minded, cross functional team players … Continue reading STEAM/STEM Whatever
Gray Areas are Everywhere
They are so pervasive that there are many articles about it online. I came across this simple blog post about Navigating Gray Areas at Work. The author is amazingly on point when she says: And remember, a job description is never just black and white. A workplace is full of gray areas. Even though it … Continue reading Gray Areas are Everywhere
Buzz-off 2019 Buzzwords
TrustRadius published a list of “The 27 Most Annoying Business Buzzwords of 2019”. The author took a deep dive, reached out and touched base with industry disruptors using best practices to determine the synergies of buzzwords across industries. At the end of the day, she was able to use big data to determine the bottom … Continue reading Buzz-off 2019 Buzzwords
Industry Agnostic
I’ve discussed what’s next in my career with different friends and colleagues, and the one question I am always asked is: “Do you want to stay in gaming?” It makes sense for people to ask this because I’ve spent the last seven years in the gaming industry, specifically financial services in gaming. But this question … Continue reading Industry Agnostic
Necessary but nobody’s job
Necessary but nobody’s job (NBNJ) projects are gray area projects Every business has those projects that are absolutely necessary but also, apparently, nobody’s job. I like to refer to these as gray area projects, and they usually fall under “other duties as assigned” in job descriptions. Businesses prefer to give these important projects to internal … Continue reading Necessary but nobody’s job
Expert Ego
We All Have An Experience with Expert Ego I have absolutely no doubt that you have encountered this at least once in your life, either professionally or personally. These “experts” know EVERYTHING. They will talk your FACE OFF, puff their chest, and tell you all about how great they are. They won’t let you get … Continue reading Expert Ego
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