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Originally Posted by John McKee January 3, 2012, 4:25 AM PST Takeaway: John M McKee shares seven points you can use to make 2012 become your best year yet. Compelling: having a powerful and irresistible effect As a coach, I don’t put much faith into New Year’s Resolutions. I see from statistics that more than 50% of individuals admit to having broken some within just one week, and nearly all

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Executive Patterns: Becoming a Catalyst for Change Originally Posted Tuesday, June 7, 2011 By: Skip Angel In our last newsletter, we conducted a poll asking the following question: “How much executive support do you get for your Agile initiative?” The results were encouraging, as 36% believed they were getting all the support they needed. The remaining 64% had some support, but could use more.

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Why is IT so reluctant to look at itself?By Patrick Gray | June 2, 2011, 9:48 AM PDTThere is an interesting tendency among IT organizations to be hesitant to looking inward, with a view of improving internal processes, performance, and interactions with other elements of the company. Perhaps since IT is tasked with performing these functions for others, it seems frivolous to expend time and

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Originally Posted on TechRepublic By John McKee June 1, 2011, 12:58 PM PDT Takeaway: Can something as simple as your organizational chart impact the company’s performance? Executive leadership coach says definitely. In this blog, he explains why. Recently, I was asked to take a look at a client company’s organization chart. It was to be a part of a review on performance and morale. Company

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Originally Posted By Rick Freedman April 18, 2011 on TechRepublic Takeaway: Rick Freedman presents a five-step plan for PMs tasked with rescuing a challenged project. He also urges PMs to consider the emotional aspects of project rescue. I would bet that every project manager (PM) has heard about The Standish Group and it's CHAOS studies (theory), which purport to measure IT project success and

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Originally posted: By John McKee April 14, 2011, 7:38 AM PDT Takeaway: Many people pay a lot of money to coaching organizations to become better leaders. Executive leadership coach John M McKee says there’s a more effective and less expensive approach. “John, I need a coach to teach me how to be a leader.  I’m good technically, but recently I was promoted to a role I never expected. &

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Originally Posted By Andrew Makar - TechRepublic IT Leadership Blog Post April 6, 2011, 7:14 AM PDT A lot of project management articles focus on technical aspects of the work (e.g., the latest tool, template, or technique to help manage scope, schedules, and people), but it’s just as important to focus on the social and cultural aspects of project management. Leadership, teamwork, negotiation,

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Healthy process management and problem-solving - the difference between using one of two three-letter words Everyday and every business is faced with adversity. Sometimes these challenges are self inflected while other times they may be the result of external forces But one easy way to identify the health of a company is listening for the reactionary words used by leaders. Yes, there are

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Collect Meaningful and Useful Survey Answers - NOT just Sometimes, Occasionally, or Often... Thanks to the wide-spread availability and ease of many survey applications (we review some free applications on our Free Internet Apps site), more companies and organizations are utilizing to TRY and gauge customer satisfaction. Maybe it is a quick survey you completed while in line, on the

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The Power of Online Community Forums- Engage Members, Promote Business, Solutions, and Empowerment Forums and Bulletin Boards- as we know them on the internet were first recognized in 1996. What are forums? A Forum, or message board, is an online discussion where registered and non-registered (depending on your settings) can Post messages and Comment on messages from others. The messages are

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What Apple and Google know that Microsoft does not?The power and unlimited access to resources and talent found in the Open Source community. The popularity of Apple and Google continue to increase while Microsoft struggles to compete. Microsoft users must still wait years for the newest software version of their favorite program to become available (and hope it works correctly) while Apple

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When using Twitter be-careful that your Tweetering Tweets don't make you a Twit. Twitter has changed the world and how we communicate, yes but how can you really use this application to promote your brand, products and services without seeming like a Twit? By definition (Merriam-Webster) a Twit is: a silly annoying person : fool It is not hard to find a business using Twitter these days but

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Publishing your Company Presentations and Articles On the Web Technology makes it possible and affordable (try free) to become your own publisher. Many vendors offer quick and easy uploads to covert your documents, presentations, charts and more to be included in search engines (Google, Yahoo, etc) and in a web-based interface. Why is this beneficial to your organization? Aside form the

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Business Use of Chat Rooms Chat software and programs started primarily as community chat-rooms and web messenger services but businesses are beginning to explore the potentials of such an application. Offer a chat service as permanent feature on your website, utilize only during specific promotions and events, create a private setting for employees, invite registered customers for training on a

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Advancing Technologies Help Level the Business Playing Field One may think that in order to keep up and utilize the vast amounts and types of internet applications and technology gadgets that one would need an extensive IT infrastructure and staffing. Although the online communication gap continues to grow, the reasons for that gap are different. It is no longer the cost and technical skills

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Using RSS Feeds for your Visitors and Followers Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a new way to broadcast your organizational news and information. The RSS contents are published as a feed for customers, vendors, partners and other interested parties providing your lasts news and posting. The RSS feeds are read using a tool referred to as a news aggregator, or an RSS reader. The aggregator

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The Importance of Using the Bcc Field when Sending Mass Emails The below is intended as a reminder of how important (and necessary) it is to utilize different email settings before you select to SEND and should be utilized for professional AND personal emails. What is Bcc: Blind Carbon Copy- refers to the practice of sending a message to multiple recipients in such a way that conceals

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Protect Information you Post Online- Convert PDF Seems straight forward enough but it is very surprising to visit websites of so many companies, agencies, and organizational groups/clubs that do not protect posted information on their website. The Simple Solution: Convert your information to a PDF. What is a PDF? PDF (Portable Document Format) is a file format that captures all the elements of

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Is Facebook Appropriate for my Business? Facebook is the leading Social Networking site but there are many more to consider, each with their own pros and cons here is a list of some of most common sites and their general features. So how do we know if we should create a social networking site for our business? First- there is no one generic answer for this question and many factors need to be

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Celebrate Independence from Licensed Software and Expensive Computer Operating Systems Break free from the chains that binds so many to the likes of Microsoft, Mac et al of the world. Rather than waiting for years until the next version of an anticipated software release (where the average user seldom utilizes a third of the functions) to find out it does not function as promised with minor

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