So you’ve done all your homework. You’ve got the entire project scoped out, involved all the stakeholders, and assembled a rocking team. Work on your project has already started, and up until now, things were going great. Schedules were hit, team members were jazzed, and your boss was pleased. It seemed like nothing could stand […]
Modern day work environments are fraught with distractions. Not only do you have co-workers who might walk by your desk to interrupt what you’re doing, but we communicate on so many more levels at work: e-mail, instant messaging, conference phone, cell phone, video conferencing, etc. It is good for your productivity (and your sanity) to […]
Thinking of increasing your team by one? Here are some questions your new team member should be able to answer in order to get up and running quickly: Who’s in charge? Who’s my mentor? Who will I work with? What do they do? When are they available? How will we communicate on a daily basis? […]
I will admit upfront that I’m a pretty prolific Facebook user. I find it an easy way to keep track of people I’ve met at various stages in my life – through high school in a small rural town in Idaho, to teaching English in Japan, to keeping track of my various successful MBA classmates. […]
Oh, Chicken Little. When you run around screaming, “The sky is falling!” we nod and chuckle to ourselves at how silly you look. Because we all secretly know the sky isn’t falling. That “piece of sky” was just an acorn. We feel safe and secure in the knowledge that we ourselves would never overact like […]
Growing up, I listened to a cassette headphone player so much, that my parents bought rechargable AA batteries to save on costs. In order to effectively recharge the batteries, you had to play them down until they had nothing left in them. Then you’d leave them in the charger box overnight and voila! Freshly charged […]
We’ve all been on projects where setting the right work pace is an issue. The most common problem is finding a pace that will allow you to get your work done on time. Usually, your work is tied into that of others, so you don’t always get to set your own pace. Getting the right […]
The saying goes that we should “trust our instincts.” In many life changing moments, I believe this to be good advice. When someone pops you the question, you know in that very instant whether to say “yes” or “no.” When offered two jobs – one with a high salary but boring work and one with […]
It’s been a month since Fellowstream came out of beta, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy with updates and developments. We have a lot of big new features we plan to add in the coming year. For starters, we’ve added the ability to comment on tickets in the Stream: Go ahead. Say something.
Over the past few years, I’ve written a few articles on what it’s like to promote a new business. Launching a new business is a lot like finding that first relevant job: everyone wants you to have experience, but you just started, so you’re doing the best you can with what little you have.
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