Tag Archive: Ireland

The Review, 2008

2008 was a tulmultuous year for most everyone. Layoffs, recession, changes in income, how work is done and how we approached opportunities changed in 2008. We were forced to struggle more and finally decided that change was needed. Here’s what I’m thankful for in 2008: A new President here in the United States. If 30%…

Career advice in the face of a meltdown

In predictions, there is this statement when it comes to financials: give them a number or give them a date, but never give a number and date together. I’m not going to guess a stock market number, but since this is a career management site, I think it is important to give you my predictions…

Serendipity Saturday, August 23, 2008

Ring of Kerry, Ireland Scot

Serendipity Saturday, July 5, 2008

An arrow slit in a castle. Kilkenny castle, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday, June 28, 2008

Jeremy, here, is a race horse that’s done well. Now he’s at Ireland’s national stud farm. It is astounding how much money is spent on horse racing — not only by the fans, but the horse breeders. Fly your horse from Australia to Ireland for a date with Jeremy? No problem.

Serendipity Saturday, June 21, 2008

Frost on the trees on a February day. On the road to Kilkenny, Ireland.

Serendipity Saturday, June 14, 2008

See the guy holding up his hand in the middle left of the picture? He is oyster hunting and just found one. In the Ring of Kerry, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday, June 7, 2008

Glass-making. Waterford Crystal plant, Waterford, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday May 24, 2008

Downtown Drogheda, Ireland

Reference Points for Your Job

This year my wife and I had the privilege of taking a two-week trip to Ireland. You will note that Europe uses the Euro for money, Celsius for temperature, and the metric system for measuring everything (except, interestingly, Ireland has a European Union exception where they can still measure pints, as in pints of Guinness…)….

Companies can’t let go

As faithful readers of this blog know, both Kate and I were laid off from our jobs on December 10th, 2007. Outside of the straight-up layoff, there are tons of details to attend to with the old company in order to move on. It is a true project. It’s easy for a company to let…

Return from Ireland

As I am writing this on Sunday morning, Kate and I are sitting in the Dublin, Ireland, airport awaiting our return flight to the United States. It’s been a great two weeks here in Ireland — a lot more than what we expected. The Irish people are famous for their hospitality and there was no…

101 Tasks Helping New Managers to Survive

Andrew Rondeau graciously offered to write an article here on Cube Rules while Kate and I continue our Ireland trip. Andrew has been a great friend of the blog, providing excellent comments and continuing the conversation on many articles. In addition, Andrew interviewed me and 15 other people for the Greatest Successful People series —…

Outsourcing isn’t great yet

If you work in cubes and your position is in the mix for outsourcing, you already know this without the study information published in the Silicon Republic in Ireland, don’t you: Enterprises entering into outsourcing arrangements are focusing too heavily on reducing costs through labour arbitrage alone, resulting in high levels of disappointment and conflict,…

The Emerald Isle

Kate and I are off for a two-week visit to the Republic of Ireland. Don’t worry — there are great articles and excellent interviews all lined up while we’re away. We’ll have Internet access while in Ireland and I’ll be checking the blogs for comments and e-mail. But, our primary duty while in Ireland is…

The Global Enterprise: Working on teams

There are a lot of us working on teams and many teams are not physically close to each other. You might think you’re doing OK, but how’d you like to work on this team for IBM: “Consider Lotus Symphony, a package of PC software applications. Work on a new version of Symphony started last July….

Thanks to October 2007 Contributors

I’m running a little late, but thanks to the October, 2007, contributors to the site — your comments and/or articles help support cubicle warriors in the workplace: Anita Bruzzese of 45 things. What a great blog with superior insights for those of us who work in cubes. Andrew of Great Management. Andrew and I have…

8 Random Facts about Scot Herrick

There are things running around the blogosphere called “memes” and most of them are simply ways bloggers use to increase traffic. Take a cool subject and wrap it up in differentiating title and then tag other people to write about it. Like an electronic chain letter, so to speak. When I get tagged by other…

Tag Archive: Ireland

The Review, 2008

2008 was a tulmultuous year for most everyone. Layoffs, recession, changes in income, how work is done and how we approached opportunities changed in 2008. We were forced to struggle more and finally decided that change was needed. Here’s what I’m thankful for in 2008: A new President here in the United States. If 30%…

Career advice in the face of a meltdown

In predictions, there is this statement when it comes to financials: give them a number or give them a date, but never give a number and date together. I’m not going to guess a stock market number, but since this is a career management site, I think it is important to give you my predictions…

Serendipity Saturday, August 23, 2008

Ring of Kerry, Ireland Scot

Serendipity Saturday, July 5, 2008

An arrow slit in a castle. Kilkenny castle, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday, June 28, 2008

Jeremy, here, is a race horse that’s done well. Now he’s at Ireland’s national stud farm. It is astounding how much money is spent on horse racing — not only by the fans, but the horse breeders. Fly your horse from Australia to Ireland for a date with Jeremy? No problem.

Serendipity Saturday, June 21, 2008

Frost on the trees on a February day. On the road to Kilkenny, Ireland.

Serendipity Saturday, June 14, 2008

See the guy holding up his hand in the middle left of the picture? He is oyster hunting and just found one. In the Ring of Kerry, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday, June 7, 2008

Glass-making. Waterford Crystal plant, Waterford, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday May 24, 2008

Downtown Drogheda, Ireland

Reference Points for Your Job

This year my wife and I had the privilege of taking a two-week trip to Ireland. You will note that Europe uses the Euro for money, Celsius for temperature, and the metric system for measuring everything (except, interestingly, Ireland has a European Union exception where they can still measure pints, as in pints of Guinness…)….

Companies can’t let go

As faithful readers of this blog know, both Kate and I were laid off from our jobs on December 10th, 2007. Outside of the straight-up layoff, there are tons of details to attend to with the old company in order to move on. It is a true project. It’s easy for a company to let…

Return from Ireland

As I am writing this on Sunday morning, Kate and I are sitting in the Dublin, Ireland, airport awaiting our return flight to the United States. It’s been a great two weeks here in Ireland — a lot more than what we expected. The Irish people are famous for their hospitality and there was no…

101 Tasks Helping New Managers to Survive

Andrew Rondeau graciously offered to write an article here on Cube Rules while Kate and I continue our Ireland trip. Andrew has been a great friend of the blog, providing excellent comments and continuing the conversation on many articles. In addition, Andrew interviewed me and 15 other people for the Greatest Successful People series —…

Outsourcing isn’t great yet

If you work in cubes and your position is in the mix for outsourcing, you already know this without the study information published in the Silicon Republic in Ireland, don’t you: Enterprises entering into outsourcing arrangements are focusing too heavily on reducing costs through labour arbitrage alone, resulting in high levels of disappointment and conflict,…

The Emerald Isle

Kate and I are off for a two-week visit to the Republic of Ireland. Don’t worry — there are great articles and excellent interviews all lined up while we’re away. We’ll have Internet access while in Ireland and I’ll be checking the blogs for comments and e-mail. But, our primary duty while in Ireland is…

The Global Enterprise: Working on teams

There are a lot of us working on teams and many teams are not physically close to each other. You might think you’re doing OK, but how’d you like to work on this team for IBM: “Consider Lotus Symphony, a package of PC software applications. Work on a new version of Symphony started last July….

Thanks to October 2007 Contributors

I’m running a little late, but thanks to the October, 2007, contributors to the site — your comments and/or articles help support cubicle warriors in the workplace: Anita Bruzzese of 45 things. What a great blog with superior insights for those of us who work in cubes. Andrew of Great Management. Andrew and I have…

8 Random Facts about Scot Herrick

There are things running around the blogosphere called “memes” and most of them are simply ways bloggers use to increase traffic. Take a cool subject and wrap it up in differentiating title and then tag other people to write about it. Like an electronic chain letter, so to speak. When I get tagged by other…

Tag Archive: Ireland

The Review, 2008

2008 was a tulmultuous year for most everyone. Layoffs, recession, changes in income, how work is done and how we approached opportunities changed in 2008. We were forced to struggle more and finally decided that change was needed. Here’s what I’m thankful for in 2008: A new President here in the United States. If 30%…

Career advice in the face of a meltdown

In predictions, there is this statement when it comes to financials: give them a number or give them a date, but never give a number and date together. I’m not going to guess a stock market number, but since this is a career management site, I think it is important to give you my predictions…

Serendipity Saturday, August 23, 2008

Ring of Kerry, Ireland Scot

Serendipity Saturday, July 5, 2008

An arrow slit in a castle. Kilkenny castle, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday, June 28, 2008

Jeremy, here, is a race horse that’s done well. Now he’s at Ireland’s national stud farm. It is astounding how much money is spent on horse racing — not only by the fans, but the horse breeders. Fly your horse from Australia to Ireland for a date with Jeremy? No problem.

Serendipity Saturday, June 21, 2008

Frost on the trees on a February day. On the road to Kilkenny, Ireland.

Serendipity Saturday, June 14, 2008

See the guy holding up his hand in the middle left of the picture? He is oyster hunting and just found one. In the Ring of Kerry, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday, June 7, 2008

Glass-making. Waterford Crystal plant, Waterford, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday May 24, 2008

Downtown Drogheda, Ireland

Reference Points for Your Job

This year my wife and I had the privilege of taking a two-week trip to Ireland. You will note that Europe uses the Euro for money, Celsius for temperature, and the metric system for measuring everything (except, interestingly, Ireland has a European Union exception where they can still measure pints, as in pints of Guinness…)….

Companies can’t let go

As faithful readers of this blog know, both Kate and I were laid off from our jobs on December 10th, 2007. Outside of the straight-up layoff, there are tons of details to attend to with the old company in order to move on. It is a true project. It’s easy for a company to let…

Return from Ireland

As I am writing this on Sunday morning, Kate and I are sitting in the Dublin, Ireland, airport awaiting our return flight to the United States. It’s been a great two weeks here in Ireland — a lot more than what we expected. The Irish people are famous for their hospitality and there was no…

101 Tasks Helping New Managers to Survive

Andrew Rondeau graciously offered to write an article here on Cube Rules while Kate and I continue our Ireland trip. Andrew has been a great friend of the blog, providing excellent comments and continuing the conversation on many articles. In addition, Andrew interviewed me and 15 other people for the Greatest Successful People series —…

Outsourcing isn’t great yet

If you work in cubes and your position is in the mix for outsourcing, you already know this without the study information published in the Silicon Republic in Ireland, don’t you: Enterprises entering into outsourcing arrangements are focusing too heavily on reducing costs through labour arbitrage alone, resulting in high levels of disappointment and conflict,…

The Emerald Isle

Kate and I are off for a two-week visit to the Republic of Ireland. Don’t worry — there are great articles and excellent interviews all lined up while we’re away. We’ll have Internet access while in Ireland and I’ll be checking the blogs for comments and e-mail. But, our primary duty while in Ireland is…

The Global Enterprise: Working on teams

There are a lot of us working on teams and many teams are not physically close to each other. You might think you’re doing OK, but how’d you like to work on this team for IBM: “Consider Lotus Symphony, a package of PC software applications. Work on a new version of Symphony started last July….

Thanks to October 2007 Contributors

I’m running a little late, but thanks to the October, 2007, contributors to the site — your comments and/or articles help support cubicle warriors in the workplace: Anita Bruzzese of 45 things. What a great blog with superior insights for those of us who work in cubes. Andrew of Great Management. Andrew and I have…

8 Random Facts about Scot Herrick

There are things running around the blogosphere called “memes” and most of them are simply ways bloggers use to increase traffic. Take a cool subject and wrap it up in differentiating title and then tag other people to write about it. Like an electronic chain letter, so to speak. When I get tagged by other…

Tag Archive: Ireland

The Review, 2008

2008 was a tulmultuous year for most everyone. Layoffs, recession, changes in income, how work is done and how we approached opportunities changed in 2008. We were forced to struggle more and finally decided that change was needed. Here’s what I’m thankful for in 2008: A new President here in the United States. If 30%…

Career advice in the face of a meltdown

In predictions, there is this statement when it comes to financials: give them a number or give them a date, but never give a number and date together. I’m not going to guess a stock market number, but since this is a career management site, I think it is important to give you my predictions…

Serendipity Saturday, August 23, 2008

Ring of Kerry, Ireland Scot

Serendipity Saturday, July 5, 2008

An arrow slit in a castle. Kilkenny castle, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday, June 28, 2008

Jeremy, here, is a race horse that’s done well. Now he’s at Ireland’s national stud farm. It is astounding how much money is spent on horse racing — not only by the fans, but the horse breeders. Fly your horse from Australia to Ireland for a date with Jeremy? No problem.

Serendipity Saturday, June 21, 2008

Frost on the trees on a February day. On the road to Kilkenny, Ireland.

Serendipity Saturday, June 14, 2008

See the guy holding up his hand in the middle left of the picture? He is oyster hunting and just found one. In the Ring of Kerry, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday, June 7, 2008

Glass-making. Waterford Crystal plant, Waterford, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday May 24, 2008

Downtown Drogheda, Ireland

Reference Points for Your Job

This year my wife and I had the privilege of taking a two-week trip to Ireland. You will note that Europe uses the Euro for money, Celsius for temperature, and the metric system for measuring everything (except, interestingly, Ireland has a European Union exception where they can still measure pints, as in pints of Guinness…)….

Companies can’t let go

As faithful readers of this blog know, both Kate and I were laid off from our jobs on December 10th, 2007. Outside of the straight-up layoff, there are tons of details to attend to with the old company in order to move on. It is a true project. It’s easy for a company to let…

Return from Ireland

As I am writing this on Sunday morning, Kate and I are sitting in the Dublin, Ireland, airport awaiting our return flight to the United States. It’s been a great two weeks here in Ireland — a lot more than what we expected. The Irish people are famous for their hospitality and there was no…

101 Tasks Helping New Managers to Survive

Andrew Rondeau graciously offered to write an article here on Cube Rules while Kate and I continue our Ireland trip. Andrew has been a great friend of the blog, providing excellent comments and continuing the conversation on many articles. In addition, Andrew interviewed me and 15 other people for the Greatest Successful People series —…

Outsourcing isn’t great yet

If you work in cubes and your position is in the mix for outsourcing, you already know this without the study information published in the Silicon Republic in Ireland, don’t you: Enterprises entering into outsourcing arrangements are focusing too heavily on reducing costs through labour arbitrage alone, resulting in high levels of disappointment and conflict,…

The Emerald Isle

Kate and I are off for a two-week visit to the Republic of Ireland. Don’t worry — there are great articles and excellent interviews all lined up while we’re away. We’ll have Internet access while in Ireland and I’ll be checking the blogs for comments and e-mail. But, our primary duty while in Ireland is…

The Global Enterprise: Working on teams

There are a lot of us working on teams and many teams are not physically close to each other. You might think you’re doing OK, but how’d you like to work on this team for IBM: “Consider Lotus Symphony, a package of PC software applications. Work on a new version of Symphony started last July….

Thanks to October 2007 Contributors

I’m running a little late, but thanks to the October, 2007, contributors to the site — your comments and/or articles help support cubicle warriors in the workplace: Anita Bruzzese of 45 things. What a great blog with superior insights for those of us who work in cubes. Andrew of Great Management. Andrew and I have…

8 Random Facts about Scot Herrick

There are things running around the blogosphere called “memes” and most of them are simply ways bloggers use to increase traffic. Take a cool subject and wrap it up in differentiating title and then tag other people to write about it. Like an electronic chain letter, so to speak. When I get tagged by other…

Tag Archive: Ireland

The Review, 2008

2008 was a tulmultuous year for most everyone. Layoffs, recession, changes in income, how work is done and how we approached opportunities changed in 2008. We were forced to struggle more and finally decided that change was needed. Here’s what I’m thankful for in 2008: A new President here in the United States. If 30%…

Career advice in the face of a meltdown

In predictions, there is this statement when it comes to financials: give them a number or give them a date, but never give a number and date together. I’m not going to guess a stock market number, but since this is a career management site, I think it is important to give you my predictions…

Serendipity Saturday, August 23, 2008

Ring of Kerry, Ireland Scot

Serendipity Saturday, July 5, 2008

An arrow slit in a castle. Kilkenny castle, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday, June 28, 2008

Jeremy, here, is a race horse that’s done well. Now he’s at Ireland’s national stud farm. It is astounding how much money is spent on horse racing — not only by the fans, but the horse breeders. Fly your horse from Australia to Ireland for a date with Jeremy? No problem.

Serendipity Saturday, June 21, 2008

Frost on the trees on a February day. On the road to Kilkenny, Ireland.

Serendipity Saturday, June 14, 2008

See the guy holding up his hand in the middle left of the picture? He is oyster hunting and just found one. In the Ring of Kerry, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday, June 7, 2008

Glass-making. Waterford Crystal plant, Waterford, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday May 24, 2008

Downtown Drogheda, Ireland

Reference Points for Your Job

This year my wife and I had the privilege of taking a two-week trip to Ireland. You will note that Europe uses the Euro for money, Celsius for temperature, and the metric system for measuring everything (except, interestingly, Ireland has a European Union exception where they can still measure pints, as in pints of Guinness…)….

Companies can’t let go

As faithful readers of this blog know, both Kate and I were laid off from our jobs on December 10th, 2007. Outside of the straight-up layoff, there are tons of details to attend to with the old company in order to move on. It is a true project. It’s easy for a company to let…

Return from Ireland

As I am writing this on Sunday morning, Kate and I are sitting in the Dublin, Ireland, airport awaiting our return flight to the United States. It’s been a great two weeks here in Ireland — a lot more than what we expected. The Irish people are famous for their hospitality and there was no…

101 Tasks Helping New Managers to Survive

Andrew Rondeau graciously offered to write an article here on Cube Rules while Kate and I continue our Ireland trip. Andrew has been a great friend of the blog, providing excellent comments and continuing the conversation on many articles. In addition, Andrew interviewed me and 15 other people for the Greatest Successful People series —…

Outsourcing isn’t great yet

If you work in cubes and your position is in the mix for outsourcing, you already know this without the study information published in the Silicon Republic in Ireland, don’t you: Enterprises entering into outsourcing arrangements are focusing too heavily on reducing costs through labour arbitrage alone, resulting in high levels of disappointment and conflict,…

The Emerald Isle

Kate and I are off for a two-week visit to the Republic of Ireland. Don’t worry — there are great articles and excellent interviews all lined up while we’re away. We’ll have Internet access while in Ireland and I’ll be checking the blogs for comments and e-mail. But, our primary duty while in Ireland is…

The Global Enterprise: Working on teams

There are a lot of us working on teams and many teams are not physically close to each other. You might think you’re doing OK, but how’d you like to work on this team for IBM: “Consider Lotus Symphony, a package of PC software applications. Work on a new version of Symphony started last July….

Thanks to October 2007 Contributors

I’m running a little late, but thanks to the October, 2007, contributors to the site — your comments and/or articles help support cubicle warriors in the workplace: Anita Bruzzese of 45 things. What a great blog with superior insights for those of us who work in cubes. Andrew of Great Management. Andrew and I have…

8 Random Facts about Scot Herrick

There are things running around the blogosphere called “memes” and most of them are simply ways bloggers use to increase traffic. Take a cool subject and wrap it up in differentiating title and then tag other people to write about it. Like an electronic chain letter, so to speak. When I get tagged by other…

Tag Archive: Ireland

The Review, 2008

2008 was a tulmultuous year for most everyone. Layoffs, recession, changes in income, how work is done and how we approached opportunities changed in 2008. We were forced to struggle more and finally decided that change was needed. Here’s what I’m thankful for in 2008: A new President here in the United States. If 30%…

Career advice in the face of a meltdown

In predictions, there is this statement when it comes to financials: give them a number or give them a date, but never give a number and date together. I’m not going to guess a stock market number, but since this is a career management site, I think it is important to give you my predictions…

Serendipity Saturday, August 23, 2008

Ring of Kerry, Ireland Scot

Serendipity Saturday, July 5, 2008

An arrow slit in a castle. Kilkenny castle, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday, June 28, 2008

Jeremy, here, is a race horse that’s done well. Now he’s at Ireland’s national stud farm. It is astounding how much money is spent on horse racing — not only by the fans, but the horse breeders. Fly your horse from Australia to Ireland for a date with Jeremy? No problem.

Serendipity Saturday, June 21, 2008

Frost on the trees on a February day. On the road to Kilkenny, Ireland.

Serendipity Saturday, June 14, 2008

See the guy holding up his hand in the middle left of the picture? He is oyster hunting and just found one. In the Ring of Kerry, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday, June 7, 2008

Glass-making. Waterford Crystal plant, Waterford, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday May 24, 2008

Downtown Drogheda, Ireland

Reference Points for Your Job

This year my wife and I had the privilege of taking a two-week trip to Ireland. You will note that Europe uses the Euro for money, Celsius for temperature, and the metric system for measuring everything (except, interestingly, Ireland has a European Union exception where they can still measure pints, as in pints of Guinness…)….

Companies can’t let go

As faithful readers of this blog know, both Kate and I were laid off from our jobs on December 10th, 2007. Outside of the straight-up layoff, there are tons of details to attend to with the old company in order to move on. It is a true project. It’s easy for a company to let…

Return from Ireland

As I am writing this on Sunday morning, Kate and I are sitting in the Dublin, Ireland, airport awaiting our return flight to the United States. It’s been a great two weeks here in Ireland — a lot more than what we expected. The Irish people are famous for their hospitality and there was no…

101 Tasks Helping New Managers to Survive

Andrew Rondeau graciously offered to write an article here on Cube Rules while Kate and I continue our Ireland trip. Andrew has been a great friend of the blog, providing excellent comments and continuing the conversation on many articles. In addition, Andrew interviewed me and 15 other people for the Greatest Successful People series —…

Outsourcing isn’t great yet

If you work in cubes and your position is in the mix for outsourcing, you already know this without the study information published in the Silicon Republic in Ireland, don’t you: Enterprises entering into outsourcing arrangements are focusing too heavily on reducing costs through labour arbitrage alone, resulting in high levels of disappointment and conflict,…

The Emerald Isle

Kate and I are off for a two-week visit to the Republic of Ireland. Don’t worry — there are great articles and excellent interviews all lined up while we’re away. We’ll have Internet access while in Ireland and I’ll be checking the blogs for comments and e-mail. But, our primary duty while in Ireland is…

The Global Enterprise: Working on teams

There are a lot of us working on teams and many teams are not physically close to each other. You might think you’re doing OK, but how’d you like to work on this team for IBM: “Consider Lotus Symphony, a package of PC software applications. Work on a new version of Symphony started last July….

Thanks to October 2007 Contributors

I’m running a little late, but thanks to the October, 2007, contributors to the site — your comments and/or articles help support cubicle warriors in the workplace: Anita Bruzzese of 45 things. What a great blog with superior insights for those of us who work in cubes. Andrew of Great Management. Andrew and I have…

8 Random Facts about Scot Herrick

There are things running around the blogosphere called “memes” and most of them are simply ways bloggers use to increase traffic. Take a cool subject and wrap it up in differentiating title and then tag other people to write about it. Like an electronic chain letter, so to speak. When I get tagged by other…

Tag Archive: Ireland

The Review, 2008

2008 was a tulmultuous year for most everyone. Layoffs, recession, changes in income, how work is done and how we approached opportunities changed in 2008. We were forced to struggle more and finally decided that change was needed. Here’s what I’m thankful for in 2008: A new President here in the United States. If 30%…

Career advice in the face of a meltdown

In predictions, there is this statement when it comes to financials: give them a number or give them a date, but never give a number and date together. I’m not going to guess a stock market number, but since this is a career management site, I think it is important to give you my predictions…

Serendipity Saturday, August 23, 2008

Ring of Kerry, Ireland Scot

Serendipity Saturday, July 5, 2008

An arrow slit in a castle. Kilkenny castle, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday, June 28, 2008

Jeremy, here, is a race horse that’s done well. Now he’s at Ireland’s national stud farm. It is astounding how much money is spent on horse racing — not only by the fans, but the horse breeders. Fly your horse from Australia to Ireland for a date with Jeremy? No problem.

Serendipity Saturday, June 21, 2008

Frost on the trees on a February day. On the road to Kilkenny, Ireland.

Serendipity Saturday, June 14, 2008

See the guy holding up his hand in the middle left of the picture? He is oyster hunting and just found one. In the Ring of Kerry, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday, June 7, 2008

Glass-making. Waterford Crystal plant, Waterford, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday May 24, 2008

Downtown Drogheda, Ireland

Reference Points for Your Job

This year my wife and I had the privilege of taking a two-week trip to Ireland. You will note that Europe uses the Euro for money, Celsius for temperature, and the metric system for measuring everything (except, interestingly, Ireland has a European Union exception where they can still measure pints, as in pints of Guinness…)….

Companies can’t let go

As faithful readers of this blog know, both Kate and I were laid off from our jobs on December 10th, 2007. Outside of the straight-up layoff, there are tons of details to attend to with the old company in order to move on. It is a true project. It’s easy for a company to let…

Return from Ireland

As I am writing this on Sunday morning, Kate and I are sitting in the Dublin, Ireland, airport awaiting our return flight to the United States. It’s been a great two weeks here in Ireland — a lot more than what we expected. The Irish people are famous for their hospitality and there was no…

101 Tasks Helping New Managers to Survive

Andrew Rondeau graciously offered to write an article here on Cube Rules while Kate and I continue our Ireland trip. Andrew has been a great friend of the blog, providing excellent comments and continuing the conversation on many articles. In addition, Andrew interviewed me and 15 other people for the Greatest Successful People series —…

Outsourcing isn’t great yet

If you work in cubes and your position is in the mix for outsourcing, you already know this without the study information published in the Silicon Republic in Ireland, don’t you: Enterprises entering into outsourcing arrangements are focusing too heavily on reducing costs through labour arbitrage alone, resulting in high levels of disappointment and conflict,…

The Emerald Isle

Kate and I are off for a two-week visit to the Republic of Ireland. Don’t worry — there are great articles and excellent interviews all lined up while we’re away. We’ll have Internet access while in Ireland and I’ll be checking the blogs for comments and e-mail. But, our primary duty while in Ireland is…

The Global Enterprise: Working on teams

There are a lot of us working on teams and many teams are not physically close to each other. You might think you’re doing OK, but how’d you like to work on this team for IBM: “Consider Lotus Symphony, a package of PC software applications. Work on a new version of Symphony started last July….

Thanks to October 2007 Contributors

I’m running a little late, but thanks to the October, 2007, contributors to the site — your comments and/or articles help support cubicle warriors in the workplace: Anita Bruzzese of 45 things. What a great blog with superior insights for those of us who work in cubes. Andrew of Great Management. Andrew and I have…

8 Random Facts about Scot Herrick

There are things running around the blogosphere called “memes” and most of them are simply ways bloggers use to increase traffic. Take a cool subject and wrap it up in differentiating title and then tag other people to write about it. Like an electronic chain letter, so to speak. When I get tagged by other…

Tag Archive: Ireland

The Review, 2008

2008 was a tulmultuous year for most everyone. Layoffs, recession, changes in income, how work is done and how we approached opportunities changed in 2008. We were forced to struggle more and finally decided that change was needed. Here’s what I’m thankful for in 2008: A new President here in the United States. If 30%…

Career advice in the face of a meltdown

In predictions, there is this statement when it comes to financials: give them a number or give them a date, but never give a number and date together. I’m not going to guess a stock market number, but since this is a career management site, I think it is important to give you my predictions…

Serendipity Saturday, August 23, 2008

Ring of Kerry, Ireland Scot

Serendipity Saturday, July 5, 2008

An arrow slit in a castle. Kilkenny castle, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday, June 28, 2008

Jeremy, here, is a race horse that’s done well. Now he’s at Ireland’s national stud farm. It is astounding how much money is spent on horse racing — not only by the fans, but the horse breeders. Fly your horse from Australia to Ireland for a date with Jeremy? No problem.

Serendipity Saturday, June 21, 2008

Frost on the trees on a February day. On the road to Kilkenny, Ireland.

Serendipity Saturday, June 14, 2008

See the guy holding up his hand in the middle left of the picture? He is oyster hunting and just found one. In the Ring of Kerry, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday, June 7, 2008

Glass-making. Waterford Crystal plant, Waterford, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday May 24, 2008

Downtown Drogheda, Ireland

Reference Points for Your Job

This year my wife and I had the privilege of taking a two-week trip to Ireland. You will note that Europe uses the Euro for money, Celsius for temperature, and the metric system for measuring everything (except, interestingly, Ireland has a European Union exception where they can still measure pints, as in pints of Guinness…)….

Companies can’t let go

As faithful readers of this blog know, both Kate and I were laid off from our jobs on December 10th, 2007. Outside of the straight-up layoff, there are tons of details to attend to with the old company in order to move on. It is a true project. It’s easy for a company to let…

Return from Ireland

As I am writing this on Sunday morning, Kate and I are sitting in the Dublin, Ireland, airport awaiting our return flight to the United States. It’s been a great two weeks here in Ireland — a lot more than what we expected. The Irish people are famous for their hospitality and there was no…

101 Tasks Helping New Managers to Survive

Andrew Rondeau graciously offered to write an article here on Cube Rules while Kate and I continue our Ireland trip. Andrew has been a great friend of the blog, providing excellent comments and continuing the conversation on many articles. In addition, Andrew interviewed me and 15 other people for the Greatest Successful People series —…

Outsourcing isn’t great yet

If you work in cubes and your position is in the mix for outsourcing, you already know this without the study information published in the Silicon Republic in Ireland, don’t you: Enterprises entering into outsourcing arrangements are focusing too heavily on reducing costs through labour arbitrage alone, resulting in high levels of disappointment and conflict,…

The Emerald Isle

Kate and I are off for a two-week visit to the Republic of Ireland. Don’t worry — there are great articles and excellent interviews all lined up while we’re away. We’ll have Internet access while in Ireland and I’ll be checking the blogs for comments and e-mail. But, our primary duty while in Ireland is…

The Global Enterprise: Working on teams

There are a lot of us working on teams and many teams are not physically close to each other. You might think you’re doing OK, but how’d you like to work on this team for IBM: “Consider Lotus Symphony, a package of PC software applications. Work on a new version of Symphony started last July….

Thanks to October 2007 Contributors

I’m running a little late, but thanks to the October, 2007, contributors to the site — your comments and/or articles help support cubicle warriors in the workplace: Anita Bruzzese of 45 things. What a great blog with superior insights for those of us who work in cubes. Andrew of Great Management. Andrew and I have…

8 Random Facts about Scot Herrick

There are things running around the blogosphere called “memes” and most of them are simply ways bloggers use to increase traffic. Take a cool subject and wrap it up in differentiating title and then tag other people to write about it. Like an electronic chain letter, so to speak. When I get tagged by other…

Tag Archive: Ireland

The Review, 2008

2008 was a tulmultuous year for most everyone. Layoffs, recession, changes in income, how work is done and how we approached opportunities changed in 2008. We were forced to struggle more and finally decided that change was needed. Here’s what I’m thankful for in 2008: A new President here in the United States. If 30%…

Career advice in the face of a meltdown

In predictions, there is this statement when it comes to financials: give them a number or give them a date, but never give a number and date together. I’m not going to guess a stock market number, but since this is a career management site, I think it is important to give you my predictions…

Serendipity Saturday, August 23, 2008

Ring of Kerry, Ireland Scot

Serendipity Saturday, July 5, 2008

An arrow slit in a castle. Kilkenny castle, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday, June 28, 2008

Jeremy, here, is a race horse that’s done well. Now he’s at Ireland’s national stud farm. It is astounding how much money is spent on horse racing — not only by the fans, but the horse breeders. Fly your horse from Australia to Ireland for a date with Jeremy? No problem.

Serendipity Saturday, June 21, 2008

Frost on the trees on a February day. On the road to Kilkenny, Ireland.

Serendipity Saturday, June 14, 2008

See the guy holding up his hand in the middle left of the picture? He is oyster hunting and just found one. In the Ring of Kerry, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday, June 7, 2008

Glass-making. Waterford Crystal plant, Waterford, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday May 24, 2008

Downtown Drogheda, Ireland

Reference Points for Your Job

This year my wife and I had the privilege of taking a two-week trip to Ireland. You will note that Europe uses the Euro for money, Celsius for temperature, and the metric system for measuring everything (except, interestingly, Ireland has a European Union exception where they can still measure pints, as in pints of Guinness…)….

Companies can’t let go

As faithful readers of this blog know, both Kate and I were laid off from our jobs on December 10th, 2007. Outside of the straight-up layoff, there are tons of details to attend to with the old company in order to move on. It is a true project. It’s easy for a company to let…

Return from Ireland

As I am writing this on Sunday morning, Kate and I are sitting in the Dublin, Ireland, airport awaiting our return flight to the United States. It’s been a great two weeks here in Ireland — a lot more than what we expected. The Irish people are famous for their hospitality and there was no…

101 Tasks Helping New Managers to Survive

Andrew Rondeau graciously offered to write an article here on Cube Rules while Kate and I continue our Ireland trip. Andrew has been a great friend of the blog, providing excellent comments and continuing the conversation on many articles. In addition, Andrew interviewed me and 15 other people for the Greatest Successful People series —…

Outsourcing isn’t great yet

If you work in cubes and your position is in the mix for outsourcing, you already know this without the study information published in the Silicon Republic in Ireland, don’t you: Enterprises entering into outsourcing arrangements are focusing too heavily on reducing costs through labour arbitrage alone, resulting in high levels of disappointment and conflict,…

The Emerald Isle

Kate and I are off for a two-week visit to the Republic of Ireland. Don’t worry — there are great articles and excellent interviews all lined up while we’re away. We’ll have Internet access while in Ireland and I’ll be checking the blogs for comments and e-mail. But, our primary duty while in Ireland is…

The Global Enterprise: Working on teams

There are a lot of us working on teams and many teams are not physically close to each other. You might think you’re doing OK, but how’d you like to work on this team for IBM: “Consider Lotus Symphony, a package of PC software applications. Work on a new version of Symphony started last July….

Thanks to October 2007 Contributors

I’m running a little late, but thanks to the October, 2007, contributors to the site — your comments and/or articles help support cubicle warriors in the workplace: Anita Bruzzese of 45 things. What a great blog with superior insights for those of us who work in cubes. Andrew of Great Management. Andrew and I have…

8 Random Facts about Scot Herrick

There are things running around the blogosphere called “memes” and most of them are simply ways bloggers use to increase traffic. Take a cool subject and wrap it up in differentiating title and then tag other people to write about it. Like an electronic chain letter, so to speak. When I get tagged by other…

Tag Archive: Ireland

The Review, 2008

2008 was a tulmultuous year for most everyone. Layoffs, recession, changes in income, how work is done and how we approached opportunities changed in 2008. We were forced to struggle more and finally decided that change was needed. Here’s what I’m thankful for in 2008: A new President here in the United States. If 30%…

Career advice in the face of a meltdown

In predictions, there is this statement when it comes to financials: give them a number or give them a date, but never give a number and date together. I’m not going to guess a stock market number, but since this is a career management site, I think it is important to give you my predictions…

Serendipity Saturday, August 23, 2008

Ring of Kerry, Ireland Scot

Serendipity Saturday, July 5, 2008

An arrow slit in a castle. Kilkenny castle, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday, June 28, 2008

Jeremy, here, is a race horse that’s done well. Now he’s at Ireland’s national stud farm. It is astounding how much money is spent on horse racing — not only by the fans, but the horse breeders. Fly your horse from Australia to Ireland for a date with Jeremy? No problem.

Serendipity Saturday, June 21, 2008

Frost on the trees on a February day. On the road to Kilkenny, Ireland.

Serendipity Saturday, June 14, 2008

See the guy holding up his hand in the middle left of the picture? He is oyster hunting and just found one. In the Ring of Kerry, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday, June 7, 2008

Glass-making. Waterford Crystal plant, Waterford, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday May 24, 2008

Downtown Drogheda, Ireland

Reference Points for Your Job

This year my wife and I had the privilege of taking a two-week trip to Ireland. You will note that Europe uses the Euro for money, Celsius for temperature, and the metric system for measuring everything (except, interestingly, Ireland has a European Union exception where they can still measure pints, as in pints of Guinness…)….

Companies can’t let go

As faithful readers of this blog know, both Kate and I were laid off from our jobs on December 10th, 2007. Outside of the straight-up layoff, there are tons of details to attend to with the old company in order to move on. It is a true project. It’s easy for a company to let…

Return from Ireland

As I am writing this on Sunday morning, Kate and I are sitting in the Dublin, Ireland, airport awaiting our return flight to the United States. It’s been a great two weeks here in Ireland — a lot more than what we expected. The Irish people are famous for their hospitality and there was no…

101 Tasks Helping New Managers to Survive

Andrew Rondeau graciously offered to write an article here on Cube Rules while Kate and I continue our Ireland trip. Andrew has been a great friend of the blog, providing excellent comments and continuing the conversation on many articles. In addition, Andrew interviewed me and 15 other people for the Greatest Successful People series —…

Outsourcing isn’t great yet

If you work in cubes and your position is in the mix for outsourcing, you already know this without the study information published in the Silicon Republic in Ireland, don’t you: Enterprises entering into outsourcing arrangements are focusing too heavily on reducing costs through labour arbitrage alone, resulting in high levels of disappointment and conflict,…

The Emerald Isle

Kate and I are off for a two-week visit to the Republic of Ireland. Don’t worry — there are great articles and excellent interviews all lined up while we’re away. We’ll have Internet access while in Ireland and I’ll be checking the blogs for comments and e-mail. But, our primary duty while in Ireland is…

The Global Enterprise: Working on teams

There are a lot of us working on teams and many teams are not physically close to each other. You might think you’re doing OK, but how’d you like to work on this team for IBM: “Consider Lotus Symphony, a package of PC software applications. Work on a new version of Symphony started last July….

Thanks to October 2007 Contributors

I’m running a little late, but thanks to the October, 2007, contributors to the site — your comments and/or articles help support cubicle warriors in the workplace: Anita Bruzzese of 45 things. What a great blog with superior insights for those of us who work in cubes. Andrew of Great Management. Andrew and I have…

8 Random Facts about Scot Herrick

There are things running around the blogosphere called “memes” and most of them are simply ways bloggers use to increase traffic. Take a cool subject and wrap it up in differentiating title and then tag other people to write about it. Like an electronic chain letter, so to speak. When I get tagged by other…

Tag Archive: Ireland

The Review, 2008

2008 was a tulmultuous year for most everyone. Layoffs, recession, changes in income, how work is done and how we approached opportunities changed in 2008. We were forced to struggle more and finally decided that change was needed. Here’s what I’m thankful for in 2008: A new President here in the United States. If 30%…

Career advice in the face of a meltdown

In predictions, there is this statement when it comes to financials: give them a number or give them a date, but never give a number and date together. I’m not going to guess a stock market number, but since this is a career management site, I think it is important to give you my predictions…

Serendipity Saturday, August 23, 2008

Ring of Kerry, Ireland Scot

Serendipity Saturday, July 5, 2008

An arrow slit in a castle. Kilkenny castle, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday, June 28, 2008

Jeremy, here, is a race horse that’s done well. Now he’s at Ireland’s national stud farm. It is astounding how much money is spent on horse racing — not only by the fans, but the horse breeders. Fly your horse from Australia to Ireland for a date with Jeremy? No problem.

Serendipity Saturday, June 21, 2008

Frost on the trees on a February day. On the road to Kilkenny, Ireland.

Serendipity Saturday, June 14, 2008

See the guy holding up his hand in the middle left of the picture? He is oyster hunting and just found one. In the Ring of Kerry, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday, June 7, 2008

Glass-making. Waterford Crystal plant, Waterford, Ireland

Serendipity Saturday May 24, 2008

Downtown Drogheda, Ireland

Reference Points for Your Job