I’ve been slow to post a note here about my latest Chronicle Vitae article, but better late than never: my latest article is up! It is about transparency in management:…
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A couple of weeks ago, I gave a talk to a group of local postdoctoral fellows about how to prepare for a non-academic job search. This sort of career is…
In case you missed it, my first Chronicle Vitae article came out last week. It is called Good Ideas Aren’t Enough, and is about the importance of learning how to…
I wrote recently about how there is no such thing as “one size fits all” management advice. I was reminded of that again recently when I was catching up on…
Happy New Year! I’ve got some interesting blog post topics noted in my writing notebook- I always jot down ideas as they come to me, even when I’m on vacation.…
Just like you can’t make good management decisions without understanding your environment, you can’t make good personal productivity decisions without understanding yourself and your own productivity problems. One of the…
At the risk of turning this blog into an odd sort of tumblr… I have two more articles I want to share with you. I promise to get back to…
I really enjoyed When G.M. Was Google, a New Yorker article about Google, GM, and management books by Nicholas Lemann. It is worth reading for the survey of management books…
One of my favorite parts of managing people is helping them grow their skills and get even better at their jobs. I think a lot of managers have a limited view of…
Status reports have a bad reputation these days, conjuring up images of the useless boss in Office Space asking for the TPS reports. I’ve certainly seen status reports used more for…