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Tue, Dec 2, 2008 14:23 EST

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Posted by: Esther Schindler in Questions Topic: DevelopmentBlog: You're the Boss
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I bet you could point to the weakest software developer in your department with little hesitation. But if I asked you to identify your criteria, it's unlikely that "metrics" would play any
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Posted by: Esther Schindler in Best Practices Topic: ApplicationsBlog: You're the Boss
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Or, The Barkeep and the Bouncer. Call 'em social networks, discussion forums, blogs, whatever. Some businesses have never learned to distinguish between participating in a conversation and trying to
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Posted by: Esther Schindler in Questions Topic: IT Organization ManagementBlog: You're the Boss
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The word is that the next president of the United States will invest heavily in technology, and at least one candidate has already discussed choosing a Chief Technology Officer to lead the charge.
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Posted by: Esther Schindler in Best Practices Topic: ApplicationsBlog: You're the Boss
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It's easy to focus on the benefits of online community and social networks. But they have their dark side, too. And until online leaders (and social network sites such as Facebook and Digg) learn to
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Posted by: Esther Schindler in Best Practices Topic: ApplicationsBlog: You're the Boss
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The band which produced Dark Side of the Moon has a surprising number of lessons to teach about collaboration, team-building and management skills. I recently read Mark Blake's Comfortably Numb: The
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Posted by: Esther Schindler in Best Practices Topic: Personal ManagementBlog: You're the Boss
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Experienced job negotiators shared tips on how to ask for more once a job offer is on the table—and how to get what you want. CIO.com just released its CIO Salary Negotiation Survey findings,
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Posted by: Esther Schindler in Questions Topic: ArchitectureBlog: You're the Boss
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Although the Internet is global, and you may do business with people anywhere in the world, most people tend to look for people-networks close to home. Or do they? Should they? If the point of social
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