A company’s employees are its greatest asset, and a positive interview experience for potential employees has remarkably powerful effects on a company’s image and its ability to attract quality employees. The hiring process takes time and money, and most corporations are looking for employees who intend to stay long-term. Even when using a recruiting firm,… Read more »
Providing motivation is one of the most important responsibilities of any IT manager. If you hope to get the most out of your team, motivating your employees will lead to better production and in the long run, make you a better manager. Below, we’ve outlined four motivational strategies that coordinate to different managerial styles. Find… Read more »
You have been with the same company for years, performed consistently at your job, and routinely rose to the occasion when asked to go above and beyond. But despite all your hard work, you keep getting passed over when promotions become available. The problem might be that you’re not correctly positioning yourself to hurdle over… Read more »
As your company looks to add new technologies to your business, you may be hit with some backlash from employees that are a little reluctant to change. Learning something new such as a new software can always be daunting, and your staff may be afraid to step outside their current comfort zone. These steps can… Read more »
As an IT manager, one of your core responsibilities is to clearly communicate the value of your team to executive level management. Condensing your team’s output into a value proposition and summarizing its total contribution is not an easy task, but not impossible either. If you focus on the features that matter most to executive… Read more »
As an IT professional you may feel like you are pulled in a million directions every given day. The livelihood of the company falls on your shoulders as you are tasked with ensuring 100 percent uptime and the constant flow of information. For tech teams, this can mean high-stress levels and enhanced stress symptoms that… Read more »
All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people. —Alexis Carrel, Nobel Prize winner How are your current IT projects progressing? Are they humming along like well-oiled machines or frequently bogged down by delays? Every project will experience some challenges, but if you find… Read more »
If you excel at putting the pieces of the puzzle together for your company’s projects, a career in project management may be in your near future. Project managers are the driving force that ensure every project goes off without a hitch. It is their responsibility to make sure all the moving parts fit seamlessly together… Read more »
If your business is experiencing a massive departure of good employees, it is time to reevaluate the reasons that your company can’t retain the talent that you have hired. There are several reasons employees make a mass exodus that you may be ignoring, and without addressing these concerns now, you’ll continue to feel the pinch… Read more »
As technology becomes bigger, better, and more complex, we thought we would update a previous blog from 3 years ago on how IT managers are faced with a number of growing concerns that can interrupt their sleep at night. Many managers are left tossing and turning wondering how they will solve tomorrow’s issues today with… Read more »