You have to love a book on business that uses SWAT teams to make business points, don’t you? Timothy L. Johnson‘s book SWAT: Seize the Accomplishment tells the tale of our hero, trying to lead a dispirited, skeptical team that needs to solve difficult issues. And doing it while being undermined every point along the… Continue Reading
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5 most under-appreciated posts on Cube Rules
One of the sharpest guys publishing stuff on project management and process engineering on the Internet is Timothy L. Johnson over on Carpe Factum (Seize the Accomplishment!). He writes some pretty good books too, especially “GUST: The ‘Tale’ Wind of Office Politics” – one of the few books out there that offers an approach to… Continue Reading
If You Promise: Deliver
This weekend, my stepson offered to cook my wife and I dinner — if I were to help. I gladly accepted the offer because he is eight years old and would need the help. Plus, he would learn a bit about cooking. Of course, this offer and acceptance was in the morning and the cooking… Continue Reading
GUST: The “Tale” Wind of Office Politics Book Review
Imagine you were given the task of writing a 120-page book on office politics that was instructional, interesting, and entertaining. I don’t know about you, but I’d fail. Office politics is a tough subject to write about because every office, set of coworkers, and corporate culture is different. But, it’s an important subject for Cubicle… Continue Reading
Career Management Monday
Back at work for the week – the summer is almost gone here in the Northern Hemisphere. I had a weekend of errands, sleep, and a few thunderstorms. All in all, not bad. To get you back into the swing of things, here’s some articles to help on those Monday morning work blues…. Worshiping the… Continue Reading