I recently started a new chapter in my career where I manage a whole team of people. I didn’t pick them, neither they picked me; we ended up working together, because destiny (or upper management) decided our fate. I started my “manager” career about 10 years ago as a record store assistant manager [...]
I haven’t had a chance to write in a few weeks, but I am working on it. In the meantime, I read an interesting piece in the Boston Globe today that I would like to share: http://www.boston.com/jobs/topworkplaces/2009/dresstoimpress/
We have all learned the old saying of “Make Buying Easy”; yet, that is something that most sales people and companies overlook.
As my first review for this blog, I want to mention a local small company from Woburn, MA; Printex. They have been providing my department with every single need for the last year or [...]
It’s no secret that social networking has become an integral part of our society in the past few years. After all, you know you’re not really friends with someone until they’ve accepted your friend request on Facebook or the now less popular MySpace. And if you want to connect with co-workers [...]
Most of us have a dream of what would we do if we wouldn’t be working for “THE MAN”, but few of us actually take the bull by the horns and peruse that proverbial bull; Today I want to talk about someone who did.
Cavata Clothing Co. was born out of a dream of a really [...]
Not too long ago, in a pretty good career place, I discovered a very popular technique for some companies; the Fake Promotion. Let me explain, a fake promotion, is a promotion with a useless title that usually includes terms like Manager, Director, Team Leader, Super Duper, The Omega Specialist, etc.; but nothing else.
We all dream [...]
