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Create your own job security. How executives get control over their careers.
The Wall Street Journal reports, “40% of all executives leave their jobs within 18 months.” And every one who does potentially causes serious long-term career damage. Continue reading 'Job security your way'»
Building job security is simple but it sure isn’t easy. “Are you adding real value or merely passing information along? How do you add value? By continually looking for ways to make things better. …Every hour of your day should be spent increasing the output or value of the output of the people for whom you are responsible.” Andy Grove on job security.
Why do some people appear to be bullet-proof when lay offs and bad economic times force many very talented executives onto the unemployment lines? Your value to the company is based on many attributes, but the bottom line IS the bottom line. As the CEO of your career, how you contribute and how you invest in the contributions of your team are critical factors for career stability. Continue reading 'Job security made simple'»
Jobs are like busses, if you get on the right one, you arrive at your destination
Abstract: Career planning for job security – Visibility, choosing the right employer, your brand and importance of a Mentor.
Are you in the career you planned when you were in college? Have you had more than one career? Do you know where you want to be in three, five or seven years? Do you know how to decide? Do you know how to make it happen? Continue reading 'Job security through career planning'»
“At a certain point in the process, no credit will be given for predicting rain. The only credit will be for helping to build an ark.” Ben Horowitz
Last night I spent 45 minutes talking a client down from a rant about how negative his team had become. They were demoralized from all the customer complaints and additional workload that entailed. The Q/A team complained the developers showed them no respect and the Product Managers continued to give the developers poor stories for the sprints; all common complaints for a VP development of a small Agile/SaaS company. Continue reading 'Don’t tell me there is a problem, tell me there is a solution'»
Career development is not something most people think about. Most people are job-focused and ignore the impact today’s job has on tomorrow’s opportunities.
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An interesting site for management tips. Start with Engage teams to identify issues... Then search for articles on other topics. I like Joan's hard hitting advice; she minces no words and her advice resonates with my own thoughts.
CTO is the hardest job to describe. Sometimes the line between VP Product Development and CTO is hard to find. Lance Glasser offers one very solid discussion
A reading list for every technology executive from Lance Glasser can be found here: http://www.lanceglasser.com/Business/recommeded%20reading.html
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