10 Things Every Technical Person Should Know when They Become a Manager

10 Things Every Technical Person Should Know when They Become a Manager

Whether your technical expertise is in engineering (like mine), law, finance, technology or science, we technical folks don’t have good reputations as managers.  When a technically accomplished person is promoted into management, suddenly the old skills that made us...
Three Reasons Your Employee Development Program Doesn’t Work

Three Reasons Your Employee Development Program Doesn’t Work

Why doesn’t your Employee Development Program work? Do you have: Out-spoken staff with good ideas who alienate others? Staff who don’t speak up because they want to avoid conflict? Hastily-sent, sharply-worded emails that leave those on the receiving end...