This week’s question is how to manage someone who also applied for your manager’s position. Please continue to share your ideas and suggestions for the column by commenting below and by sending in your questions to the [email protected]. How do you manage someone who wanted your job? –Federal manager (GS-13) from the U.S. Census BureauRead… Read more »
The Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a must-have for many project managers. It demonstrates your ability as a project manager to your current and prospective employers, and can help you take the next step up the corporate ladder. That said, it is not an easy road, and preparing for the exam can be aRead… Read more »
Today is an important day for me and my colleagues, because today Simpl, the Social Innovation Marketplace, opens its doors to the world. Simpl is a website that enables people in government agencies to source innovative ideas for improving public services, and rather than being a funding platform, the marketplace is all about the exchangeRead… Read more »
The Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a must-have for many project managers. It demonstrates your ability as a project manager to your current and prospective employers, and can help you take the next step up the corporate ladder. That said, it is not an easy road, and preparing for the exam can be aRead… Read more »
At many schools, internships have become a required part of the college curriculum. It’s easy to understand why; no class project or case study is ever going to be as valuable as hands-on experience. Many students have very specific career goals – often knowing exactly where they want to work. An internship gives them aRead… Read more »
I was in a local cafe the other day working on a Kanban training course I’ll be making available sometime soon. I grabbed the usual coffee for fuel and then a sugar avalanche of a toffee bar caught my eye. And I bought it. Because I have no impulse control whatsoever. I chewed the firstRead… Read more »
It’s a new financial year, and that seems an appropriate time to share my plans for the future. Following a really enjoyable couple of years at Learning Pool, we’re going to reshape my role as Community Evangelist to enable me to focus on some other stuff. In particular, I’m launching a new business. Kind ofRead… Read more »
POPVOX. As usual, e.politics enlightens with a link to a piece about a new tool for eadvocacy called PopVox. JETS ON THE TARMAC. The Times reports. “Once a candidacy is official during primary season, and travel requirements become far greater, campaigns usually start with small chartered jets, ‘like a Lear 35 or a Citation II,’Read… Read more »
Please join me as I interview on “Collaboration TechTalk” Portal Solutions CEO Daniel Cohen-Dumani on how best to drive user adoption of SharePoint. The interview will take place this Friday, April 8, 8:00 – 8:30 AM Eastern Time. You may either listen live or to a later recording at this link. Questions just prior orRead… Read more »
SEPTA presented plans for its new fare system which will accept payment by credit or debit cards, cell phones, or electronic SEPTA cards. Original post