Over the years I have had the opportunity to attend a lot of professional development conferences and on the average the content and the speakers at those conferences are generally good not great but still good.  But on May 9th and 10th I attended the Catalyst Conference in Dallas and...

Most organizations bow down to the value of collaboration. Today, I’m shooting the sacred cow. Collaboration isn’t always useful or necessary. Furthermore, collaboration can be cumbersome and ineffective. ***** Collaboration is useful when you are: #1. Dealing with complex issues #2. Leveraging diversity #3. Inviting others to buy-in #4. Dealing...

Employers have legitimate concerns that ‘work from home’ for some may mean laying back on the sofa, latte in hand, racking up kills on Call of Duty while intermittently peaking down at their Android for a manager’s e-mail.  Nonetheless, many knowledge workers today dread being tethered to an office where...

Being great in at your job or role can be a funny thing.  As a person’s expertise improves at performing in a role their reputation also tends to grow, which is both a good and bad thing.  Its good from the standpoint having a good reputation can aid in being...