If your company is a small one, you are well aware of the need for every team member to wear several different hats and be cross trained to pick up where another team member leaves off. But in bigger companies, …
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I recently learned that healthcare management and technology is the fastest-growing field in the world right now. By 2018, one in 10 American jobs will be in this sector.
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Gone are the requirements that you must sit in a cube farm with your boss right around the corner. (Although some antiquated companies still think this way — but you wouldn’t want to work for them so we won’t go …
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When I opened my mailbox this morning, I’d received a copy of Chris Guillebeau’s “The Art of Nonconformity.” In the interest of full disclosure, I’ve known Chris for a few years and actually provided a quote of support for the …
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In a recent post, I described how group norms can have a strong effect on team performance. With this blog post, I want to ask and address, how do these norms develop and is there anything that can be done …
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Team norms are basically relationship guidelines that develop gradually. Team members develop particular ways of interacting with each other over time until those habits become behavioral expectations.
Lately. I’ve been doing a lot of seminars for prospective career changers, and I always ask the audience how many people are using LinkedIn to communicate directly with contacts in their new industries.
