Saturday, October 6, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Time management tips
Summarised from the post By
Rich Hein
http://www.cio.com/article/716156/10_Time_Management_Tips_for_IT_Professionals?page=1&taxonomyId=3123
http://www.cio.com/article/716156/10_Time_Management_Tips_for_IT_Professionals?page=1&taxonomyId=3123
- Planning is key - Keep lists and use tools at your disposal
- Multi-tasking doesn't work
- Prioritise, Prioritise, Prioritise
- Set goals and deadlines
- SMART goals
- always have clearly defined goals, objectives and deadlines.
- Make most of what you have
- Monitor how your time is spent
- Don't procrastinate
- Recharge your batteries
- eliminate distractions
- Delegate responsibilities
- know who your got to people are. what are there strong/weak points?
- set goals and let expectations be known
- set checkpoints and deadlines
- let them know what resources are available to them
- Be available for questions. Stop by at checkpoints and see how the task is coming along.
- allow a Little more time than necessary. The amount of time it takes you to do a task is often different than someone who doesn't regularly do the same task.
Friday, July 27, 2012
Book review "Empowered" by Josh Bernoff and Ted Schadler
I have just finished reading an interesting book called "Empowered" written by two Forrester Research Analysts, Josh Bernoff and Ted Schadler.
This is a follow-up to an ealrier book called "Groundswell" on use of social media.
Empowered introduces the concept of HEROes - These are Highly Empowered and Resourceful Operatives (HEROes).
The whole book is about the use of social media to unleash your employees, energise your customers and transform your business.
The book also introduces the concept of a HERO compact which is made up of the HEROes, The management and the IT department.
The main input of the book is to encourage companies to give employees space and authority to use social tools to contact with customers via social media while keeping it safe and legal. Ideas on how staff can connect to the customers can come from anywhere within the organisation. The management need to support the ideas while IT need to provide the necessary infrastructure and policies to support the idea.
The book gives examples of what initiatives empowered employees have been able to achieve. But it cautions that there will be failures along the way. Many initiatives will failure along the way. Caution is also important to protect the company from bad publicity and information security.
I recommend you read the book.
Josphat
This is a follow-up to an ealrier book called "Groundswell" on use of social media.
Empowered introduces the concept of HEROes - These are Highly Empowered and Resourceful Operatives (HEROes).
The whole book is about the use of social media to unleash your employees, energise your customers and transform your business.
The book also introduces the concept of a HERO compact which is made up of the HEROes, The management and the IT department.
The main input of the book is to encourage companies to give employees space and authority to use social tools to contact with customers via social media while keeping it safe and legal. Ideas on how staff can connect to the customers can come from anywhere within the organisation. The management need to support the ideas while IT need to provide the necessary infrastructure and policies to support the idea.
The book gives examples of what initiatives empowered employees have been able to achieve. But it cautions that there will be failures along the way. Many initiatives will failure along the way. Caution is also important to protect the company from bad publicity and information security.
I recommend you read the book.
Josphat
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Amazing grace
Do you sometimes seat and count your blessings? See how God has blessed you immensely? Wondered why you sometimes suffer feeling of despair and hopelessness.
Well. It is at these times you realise that God is there and is always looking out for you....
Well. It is at these times you realise that God is there and is always looking out for you....
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Books I would love to read
- Smart Growth: Building an Enduring Business by Managing the Risks of Growth (Columbia Business School Publishing, 2010, ISBN: 978-0-2311505-0-7, $27.95). By Ed Hess
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Think you’re the best project person for the job? Prove it in your interview.
Borrowed from from http://www.pmi.org
Once you land a job interview, the stakes are exponentially raised. It’s your one shot at showing the organization how you can meet its specific needs — and why you’re the best project professional for the position.
Here are five ways to close the deal:Seal the Deal in the Interview
Once you land a job interview, the stakes are exponentially raised. It’s your one shot at showing the organization how you can meet its specific needs — and why you’re the best project professional for the position.
Here are five ways to close the deal:Seal the Deal in the Interview
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