Being a Leader – Assessing your Goals and Values To be the kind of leader who innovates and takes the strategic view, you must constantly assess your career goals and your values in achieving those goals. This is something you must do throughout your career. As you aim for the higher technical levels, the task […]
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Developing a Solid Written Argument
Decisions Don’t Always Originate at the Top – But They’re Definitely Made There Senior leadership doesn’t always formulate policy or direct initiatives and projects from their lofty offices. A great deal of what we do that includes new policies, changing policies, and innovative projects come from the rank and file. What separates a great idea […]
Innovating for the Enterprise
There are always better ways to do things. There will always be new technologies that come along that make doing our jobs easier and more effective, but are they the right fit for the Department and its people? If you see a need and can do something to satisfy it, then by all means do […]
Taking Care of Your People
You should have been in some type of supervisory position before moving into IT Management, so I want to take this opportunity to remind you that leaders do not work in a vacuum. They lead teams and those teams consist of people. People with feelings, intellect, hopes, fears, and career aspirations of their own and […]
Making Decisions and Embracing Failure
When you are a first line supervisor, you have someone to rely on when decision time comes along. Your boss and their boss are there to guide you in making decisions, but once you cross the management threshold, you are going to be expected to not only make decisions but recommend courses of action to those […]