One question people dread in interviews is, “What is your weakness?” That question generates thousands of answers on the internet. The main theme I always hear though is, “You don’t have to tell your real weakness.” It always amazes me that we expect companies to be open and honest, however at our very first interaction…
My first title was a lame spring cleaning analogy and then to dig deeper into that whole of lazy titles I was going to do a list. Then I realized I needed to tie the article to something I enjoy. I recently watched the new Netflix series “Lost in Space.” Highly recommended for anyone who…
Over the weekend I had 2 encounters with Dwight D Eisenhower. One was a quote at a SCORE workshop “Plans are worthless but planning is everything.” The second was a post written by one of the Dudes, Chip Lutz. Here is a link to his post. Those encounters reminded me of my first project management…
Have you ever heard, my company is too small I will never grow my skill set here. Or maybe you have heard my company is too big no one ever gives me a chance to do new things. Or maybe my boss is not a good leader I am not learning leadership from them. All…
In 2018 it is no longer feasible for IT professionals to be the introvert who sits in the corner coding. There are many skills needed to be successful in IT. Second only to sales is emotional intelligence (EQ). According to Andrew Coleman, from A Dictionary of Psychology: Emotional intelligence (EI), also known as Emotional quotient (EQ) and Emotional Intelligence Quotient (EIQ)[1],…
Two weeks ago I posted on LinkedIn that I got my Hubspot inbound sales certification. That post is the second highest read post in my LinkedIn feed with almost 1200 views. I decided to do some research on why. According to Inc magazine, a group of 20 CEO were asked the most important skill to…
Last Friday I was meeting with a local CIO and he has a vision to turn his IT shop into the best place to work in IT in Milwaukee. This week I was at a meetup and there was a young lady there who will soon graduate from UW Milwaukee and she is trying to…
