The Perks of Being a Role Model
If you have been a long time “individual contributor” you may wonder why you should accept the un-requested “promotion” to role model within your organization. […]
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Reluctant Role Models
It has become commonplace for athletes and celebrities to insist that they do not want to be role models. They say this even when announcing […]
Role Models
“Who’ll be my role model now that my role model is gone? [You Can Call Me Al, by Paul Simon] We have started a new […]
Year in Review
This will be my last blog posting for 2019. Our holidays fall on Tuesdays and Wednesdays this year so office hours are somewhat irregular. Back […]
Communication and Keywords
I used to be a Boy Scout leader. One of the important components of the “Trail to Eagle” is the Communications merit badge. In our […]
Little Misunderstanding
My far better half’s difficulties with getting her “circle” of church women to embrace modern communications is a cautionary tale for the workplace. Her circle […]
Words to Avoid this Time of Year
Continuing from my previous post… Perhaps I should have started this weeks’ blogs with these thoughts. But that may have allowed some of you engineers […]
A Sprint to the Finish?
You take your eyes off the calendar for a moment and find yourself with only a short count of days before 2019 comes to an […]
An Attitude of Gratitude
I apologize to our international readers if you find this posting a bit “North American”- centered. Americans are celebrating our annual Thanksgiving holiday; Canada gets […]
We Can Help You Help Yourself
Do you want to know a secret about every one of our authors? At one point in their lives they decided to step out of […]