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Dr. Jim
Oh, oh, looks like it’s budgeting time again. Whoever had any training in how to do this? Sure you’ve always managed your personal money ...
Budgeting 101: What IT Managers Need To Know theaccidentalitleader.com
[caption id="attachment_1539" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Before you can spend it, you need to first budget it…"]Image Credit [/caption] Oh, oh, looks like it's budgeting time again. Whoever had any training in how...
Dr. Jim
IT Manager Lessons From Zynga: Don’t Do Like They Do!
Just in case you don’t know who Zynga is, they’re the online game company that has ridden Facebook’s coattails to success. They’ve ...
IT Manager Lessons From Zynga: Don't Do Like They Do! theaccidentalitleader.com
[caption id="attachment_1550" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Sure they are successful, but for how long?"]Image Credit [/caption] Just in case you've been living under a rock for the past year and don't know who Zynga...
Dr. Jim
Can we all agree that the era of cloud computing is almost upon us? What is this going to mean for IT leaders? In the worst case your ...
Forget The Hype, How The Cloud Is Going To Impact You theaccidentalitleader.com
[caption id="attachment_1556" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Get over the buzz words, what does this cloud thing mean for you?"]Image Credit [/caption] Can we all agree that the era of cloud computing is almost upon us?
Dr. Jim
Video: Simple Steps To Becoming A Better IT Manager
What set of skills does it take in order to become a really good IT manager? If you said good technical skills, well then that's ...
Simple Steps To Becoming A Better IT Manager youtube.com
http://goo.gl/d0Jy9 - What set of skills does it take in order to become a really good IT manager? If you said good technical skills, well then that's assumed. What you may not know is that it's going to take good social skills...
Dr. Jim
What you can accomplish as an IT manager is closely tied to how much money the company is willing to entrust you with. The way that ...
Image Credit What you can accomplish as an IT manager is closely tied to how much money the company is willing to entrust you with. The more money that they are willing to give you, the more you'll be able to get done. The way...
Dr. Jim
The one management task that most IT managers fear the most is the process of creating a new budget for their team. One of the reasons ...
3 Different Types Of Budgets That IT Managers Need To Know About theaccidentalitleader.com
Image Credit The one management task that most IT managers fear the most is the process of creating a new budget for their team. One of the reasons that I believe that this critical task is feared so much is simply because most...
Dr. Jim
Why IT Managers Can’t Believe All That They Read About Security Breeches
It seems like hackers are everywhere and getting into everything. If it turns out that there is no way to keep hackers from breaking ...
Why IT Managers Can't Believe All That They Read About Security... theaccidentalitleader.com
Image Credit If an IT Manager picks up the paper, it seems like hackers are everywhere and getting into everything. Dare I say these modern day cyber pirates seem almost unstoppable? If it turns out that there is no way to keep...
Dr. Jim
Who out there likes to create budgets each year? Probably nobody – it takes a lot of work! I’ve got some good news for you, there might ...
IT Managers Need To Know: What Is A Master Budget? theaccidentalitleader.com
Image Credit Who out there likes to create budgets each year? Probably nobody – it takes a lot of work! I've got some good news for you, there might be a simpler way to do all of this. All too often IT managers sit down and try...
Dr. Jim
In one industry, IT managers are being viewed as the key to the company’s long-term success. Which industry you say? It’s the power ...
The Power Industry Discovers The Importance Of IT Managers theaccidentalitleader.com
Image Credit For far too long the role of IT managers within many companies has been almost an afterthought. Sure they all had IT managers, but unless the company was part of the IT sector then the IT manager was mostly...
Dr. Jim
One of the most important parts of being an IT manager is your ability to create an operating budget for your team. In order for your ...
5 Steps For Creating An Operating Budget theaccidentalitleader.com
Image Credit One of the most important parts of being an IT manager is your ability to create an operating budget for your team. In order for your team to be able to accomplish everything that is expected of them, there will be...
Dr. Jim
Here’s a quick quiz for you: is workplace tension a good thing or a bad thing? No matter how you answered this question, that tension ...
2 Ways That IT Managers Can Deal With Workplace Tension theaccidentalitleader.com
IT Managers Need To Know How To Balance Tension In The Workplace
Dr. Jim
I’m pretty sure that your company has a vision. I’m also fairly certain that if asked, you’d be hard pressed to tell anyone just exactly ...
New Thoughts About That Vision Thing theaccidentalitleader.com
The Best Vision Is One That Everyone Can See & Support
Dr. Jim
If there is one thing that is constant in IT it’s that things are always changing. What this means for you as an IT manager is that you ...
How An IT Manager Can Become A Change Agent theaccidentalitleader.com
IT Managers Need To get The Bright Idea To Become A Change Agent
Dr. Jim
In the era of massive data sets, this means that when your IT team runs into a problem that just can’t fit into a standard off-the-shelf ...
Big Data Requires IT Managers To Think About Big Databases theaccidentalitleader.com
When It Comes To Databases, IT Managers Need To Think Big!
Dr. Jim
When I’m working with IT managers, all too often I see them trying very hard to get things “just right”. I know what they are thinking. ...
Dr. Jim
Dr. Jim Anderson has uncovered a problem that IT managers need to do something about — they don’t know how to professionally ...
Video: Networking 101 For IT Leaders theaccidentalitleader.com
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75w8cd8WA8g Dr. Jim Anderson has uncovered a problem that IT managers need to do something about -- they don't know how to professionally network! Dr. Anderson explains how you can restart your...
Dr. Jim
One of the biggest challenges that modern IT leaders face is how to do a good job of managing their IT team. The folks at Google have ...
Free Answers From Google On How To Be A Better Manager theaccidentalitleader.com
Google Has Been Searching For What Makes A Good Manager
Dr. Jim
Video: Are Boy Or Girl IT Leaders Better At Multitasking?
Dr. Jim Anderson takes a look at just exactly who is better at multitasking: men or women IT managers.
Dr. Anderson explains how some ...
http://goo.gl/d0Jy9 - Dr. Jim Anderson takes a look at just exactly who is better at multitasking: men or women IT managers. Dr. Anderson explains how some l...
Dr. Jim
When I work with IT Leaders who are looking for ways to get that next promotion, I tell them that they are going to need to demonstrate ...
Turns Out That The Secret To Leading A Team From The Inside Is… theaccidentalitleader.com
Leading A Team From The Inside Requires Good Feedback Skills…
Dr. Jim
Congratulations IT Manager – you’ve been asked to make a presentation to your company’s CIO. Oh, oh. What are you going to have to do in ...
How IT Managers Work With Their CIO theaccidentalitleader.com
Presenting To The CIO Is A Big Step For IT Managers
