Category: Misc
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When you have a bad experience…write it down
We all have bad experiences, whether they come out of the blue or you’ve watched them brewing for a while, they’re not nice to go through. For me at least, I play back different scenarios in my mind which, in truth, doesn’t really help. One thing I found helps is writing it down. I found…
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Be creative with recognition
Getting recognition for some good work you’ve done can make your day, even your week! It gives you extra energy and shows your work is valued. Yet, with so many positives it’s difficult to get right and too many times overlooked. However, by getting your creative juices flowing, you can create recognition that is not…
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Resources for all areas of tech leadership
Do you have a list of articles you go back to that you find useful for guidance and reminders? I do, across all areas of tech leadership, there’s a lot of great resources out there! Mine are saved on github so it’s easy for me to find and update. I’m sharing it here in case…
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Organize your new hire onboarding tasks
Setting a good impression for new hires is important, we also want to show that we’re organized and prepared as a new person starts their journey with us. Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case, with our busy days it’s not easy to pass on information in a structured way. At times I’ve forgotten to share…
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Take yourself seriously
I can really relate to this Medium post – Do You Take Yourself Seriously? It was part of the thinking I had for my Be yourself post. It’s difficult to imagine how many brilliant ideas never happened because they were kept silent. I’m pretty sure my ideas would have amazed lots of people…hmmmmm! Maybe only…
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Be yourself
It can be exciting pretending to be someone else, a chance to forget about ourselves for a moment and get immersed into another character. This can be hard work though, constantly overriding our natural personality would cause a cognitive strain. Actors have the ability to switch between characters, although I’m sure this can’t be easy…
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Say Hi and wait for a reply
Maybe it’s that time of the year as we reflect but I remembered another annoyance to add the my first – Ask a question, then keep talking! This one is with instant messaging! Have you ever got back to your desk to find an instant message where the only message is “Hi” that’s been sitting…
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The ever-growing TODO list
It’s been a number of weeks now since my last post, although I’ve been trying to blog regularly sometimes it drops down on my list of priorities! I do enjoy blogging, it helps me think about situations outside of the busy work life and often helps me put things in perspective or even see a…
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Ask a question, then keep talking!
You start out with a question… “How is the migration project going?” But then you keep talking! “…I was talking to Bob and he says there are few questions that still need to be answered before we can progress” What happens is they begin to answer your question but then have to stop because you’re…