A friend of mine who is a coder for a software development firm recently had a “where do you go from here?” discussion with his manager. His boss said, “well, you could always go into management.” “No,” my friend replied, “I don’t want to do that.” “Oh,” said the guy who obviously chose to do […]

Lots of people make career decisions based on what they have done in the past rather than on what they want to do in the future. A big factor in that is education. I cannot count how many times I have heard someone talking about a job they would enjoy and then say “but I […]

Networking is important. Yes, the cliches have gotten old…”it’s not what you know, it’s who you know” has been around since the Roman Empire (“Non quis vos teneo, tamen quisnam vos teneo”). You can argue about whether or not it is appropriate to operate that way, but the reality is there is some truth to […]

People often speak of “The Peter Principle,” but do not always know what it means. Do you? You should, because it will shape your view of the way you promote employees. The basis of the Peter Principle, developed by Laurence J. Peter in the 1960s, is that people rise to the level of their own […]

As employees do well we want to reward them. There are lots of ways to do that: a pay raise, a bonus, an award, time off, a bigger office, tickets to a show…you have a lot of options. One thing you shouldn’t do, though, is promote them. This is not to say you should not […]