You Get What You Give
Earlier today I was talking to someone I work with and they made the observation that the way employees treat customers is often a direct …
Work
Why I Prefer Management to Leadership
I see them all the time, posts on career sites like LinkedIn that talk about managers versus leaders, and in every case, managers get the …
Manage a Distributed Team in Four Steps
Something managers of distributed teams have to think about is “how can I be an effective manager at a distance?” In a prior era, when …
Is Using Calendly a “Get In Line” Move?
Yesterday, a hot take about Calendly began to make the rounds on Twitter. I’ll embed the full tweet below, but the gist of the tweet …
What Do I Want to Talk About on Twitter?
I started this post by writing a different title: “What is my Professional Social Media Persona?” However, that title induced immediate gagging, so I deleted …
Picking a Social Media Management Tool
If I’m going to professionalize my approach to social media, as I’ve mentioned in a couple of recent posts, something I need to do is …
Why Even Engage in Social Media?
Yesterday, I wrote about my plan to differentiate between personal and professional social media usage and begin to professionalize my approach to professional accounts. I …
A Social Media Plan of Action
I have three semi-active social media accounts: Facebook: Usage is 100% personal. I am part of several groups related to running and a couple of …
My Task Management System, Fall 2021
Every few months I tend to reshuffle how I keep track of my projects and tasks. I’ve gone through that reshuffling process over the last …