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Becoming a Manager Part 2 - Job Postings
Photo by Bram Naus (https://unsplash.com/@bramnaus) on Unsplash. Do you think about hiring when you think about being a manager? What comes to mind? Do you first think about crafting job postings? I am going out on a limb and guessing the answer is “no.” It is underrated and underappreciated and it is hard. No one ever taught me how to create a job posting! In this article, I share a few thoughts on that important first impression you make on your candidate by taking a “what not to do” approach. As a bonus, I also coin a new term: “bureaucroware”. Warning! Opinions ahead!
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Will I Be a Good Manager? Part 1
Photo by Sigmund (https://unsplash.com/@sigmund) on Unsplash. Drawing some inspiration from a few posts I have seen elsewhere recently, today I am sharing a few thoughts on preparing to be a manager. This will be a multi-part series with additional posts following at least through May of this year. Through this series, I will explore why empathy is one of the key traits for a manager, and sometimes for less than obvious reasons.
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Overlapping
Photo by Annie Spratt (https://unsplash.com/@anniespratt) on Unsplash. In your career, should you specialize or be a generalist? Phrases like “jack of all trades and master of none” tend to make it sound like we should specialize and certainly the tendency in most organizations is to favor specialization. I do not think the question specialization versus generalization is the right question. What we should be asking is “how much we should overlap with the people around us?” The answer? A lot.
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Be a Leader in Thought and Deed
Clouds © 2024 James Leonardo. If you have seen my LinkedIn Feed, you probably know that I’ve taken a new job leading Information Technology for biBerk Business Insurance. With the role change, I did a little reflection on habits and attitudes that have served me well over the years. For 2024, I’m going to do a series of those reflective thoughts and keep them to one-third to half of the length of what I’ve averaged over the last couple of years. I’m also going to try a bit different style, focusing on making these more like notes instead of articles. This time, a little thinking on thought leadership and working with your “head in the clouds and feet on the ground”.
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Security and Obscurity
Photo by iMattSmart (https://unsplash.com/@imattsmart) on Unsplash An oft-repeated guideline in securing technology is that we should not rely on obscurity to secure our systems. As we wind down 2023, I use this article to take a brief look at that guideline.
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