Episode 40: 10 ways to maintain your professional connections

Episode 46: 5 Reasons teaching technology to others is good for you

We all know that teaching others is a time-honored activity.  Parents teach their children about the world. Master craftsmen teach their apprentices the tools, tricks, and techniques of the trade.  Many athletes become coaches and many technologists often mentor new, less experienced, members of the profession.  As you may expect . . .

Episode 45: Working with the Finance department

The finance department measures your department’s finances, and you will be judged on their measurements. The key to working effectively with finance people is to understand their world.  After all, your department’s financial health is a key component of good management.  Your finance person can help you with a number of tasks, including . . .

Episode 44: 6 Ways to start thinking like a CIO and how it can help you get there

What things can I start doing now, as an IT Manager, to move toward me goal of eventually being a CIO? It may sound premature to start thinking like a CIO this early in your career, but it will help you begin to notice things you would otherwise miss.

Episode 43: Working with vendors

I cannot over emphasis the importance of learning how to effectively work with vendors. By managing vendor-related projects well, you can help your departments meet its deadlines. Also, by negotiating well, you can save your organization lots of money.   Vendors can be categorized into two types . . .

Episode 42: 3 Steps to get the best IT projects to work on

My team and I never seem to get great projects to work on. I feel like we’re always assigned boring tasks that no one else wants to do. What can I do to help our chances of working on the good stuff? I’m going to divide my answers into three distinct steps: . . .