Quotient – The number of times one quantity is contained in another. The need to hire someone in your organization is typically driven by the needs of the organization today – we have projects to complete, those projects must be completed to ensure the success of the organization, we cannot grow without the successful completion of these products. If you hire for the “now” you will most likely achieve the goal of completing the project…

There are many tells to when we all think someone is going to leave and there is no right “tell” as we all have our own version of Spidey Sense. But here it is for me – when someone gets quiet and stops offering new ideas – you know something is amiss.  When they would rather not partake in the discussion but instead go along with it.  When their previous mantra of change has now been…

Every new job you take something with you from the past one – something that might not have been your idea – but a great idea.  You take it and you bring it to the new one – “here let’s try this, it worked at my last place and could help us here.” Are you stealing?  Unless it’s Intellectual Property or something under an NDA – No.  You’re taking an idea, putting a twist on…

It would be great if everything you needed came to you with no strings attached. Even better, what if every agreement or technical discussion went your way. If you want to manage, don’t give to get, demand it… eventually you’ll get it. If you want to lead, you’re going to have to give, something, maybe not today or tomorrow but at some point you are going to have to give something to your team, some…

Who said you had to wait? Take on something else. Volunteer for assignments. Branch out into something you haven’t done before in your spare time and then apply it to work. Watch a course. The daily grind of grunt work holding you back?  Than starting grinding daily on how to get rid of the old grunt work and create new work – automate it, break it out, eliminate it, combine it – you’re the expert -…