I like to say that we should manage the work, and mentor the people. But I have to admit, my knowledge of how to manage the work is much stronger…
Year: <span>2016</span>
I’ve been absent here for longer than I usually am. I won’t lie. I’m struggling to figure out what I should do in a country that just elected Trump president.…
I have been managing distributed teams for as long as I have been a manager. This has probably had a profound effect on how I manage overall. It is probably also…
I am a process geek. I love working out how to make a process more efficient. However, sometimes working on your process is the wrong thing to do. Sometimes, you…
In my last post, I wrote about the first thing I do when I take on a new project as the project manager (or whatever that particular organization calls “the…
I’m in the early stages of a new project. This provides me with an excellent opportunity to pay closer attention to what I’m doing and why… and then write about…
Last week, I wrote about the joys of real breaks from work. Today, I want to write a bit about how to make that happen, even if you’re the person in…
I’m recently returned from my summer vacation. We went to New Zealand and the Cook Islands, mainly to visit friends and family (my husband is from New Zealand), but also…
To me, time and money are resources I have that I can use to build a meaningful and happy life. I am very fortunate to be in the position where that…
The White House recently announced that it was raising the salary limit for qualifying for overtime pay, and the NIH announced it supported this move and thought that the best…