I was chatting with one of our key employees today. She indicated she was struggling with what she perceived to be a conflict of statements I have made to our company. On one hand, I tell our folks we want to hire the best, most capable people we can, and on the other hand I [...]
Tag Archives: Values
“No job is worth putting up with this”
Lord, please don’t let me as a manager ever put someone in that position. A software engineering job is thankfully one of the jobs that allows you to be creative and helpful and requires you to be a life-long learner. This is the kind of profession I wish all people were able to pursue because it means [...]
What Is Your Trust Formula?
I spent a number of years at Gemini Management Consulting. As you may know, selling consulting services is a significant challenge. In consulting the only thing you have to sell is your collective brainpower – no product to test, nothing tangible you can try out before you buy. This is a much more intangible sale than software [...]
Culture
Culture is that intangible which defines a company, distinguishes it, and makes it what it is. The best description of the importance of culture I have ever is Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch by Fast Company Expert Blogger Shawn Parr (January 24, 2012). I really wish I had written this blog because it gets the essence so [...]
