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Can She Lead? Are Women Better Managers Than Men?

June 9th, 2010 · View Comments · Business Development

The Harvard Business Review asks What the U.S. Can Learn From Europe About Gender Equality in the Workplace, and then Can She Lead? These articles raise the sensitive issue of a) whether women make good bosses, 2) want to be bosses and (slightly controversially), 3) will men support women bosses or do their best to [...]

12 Steps To Getting Started as a Business Consultant

January 26th, 2010 · View Comments · Business Model, Career, Strategy

Most people think it’s difficult start a career as a business consultant. I used to think the same in my early 20s when I started in IT. In retrospect, I should have made more efforts to establish myself as a consultant earlier; the benefits certainly outweigh the downsides. As luck would have it, I was forced into a consultancy role when I lost my 9-5 job. Time to learn to hustling and bring in business.

Do Business Leaders Need to Write Well to Succeed?

November 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off · How To

Thom Haller asks on TCW if ‘to be an effective leader, you need to learn how to write well’.

Are technical documents a waste of time?

November 20th, 2009 · View Comments · Career, Technical Writing

“Don’t worry” she said. “No one reads this stuff anyway. Just get it done.” Sounds familiar?

5 Reasons Why Women Are Better Technical Writers Than Men?

November 7th, 2009 · Comments Off · Career, How To

Technical Writing attracts women. They’re very good at it and make great team leads. Maybe I’ve been very lucky but I believe women are far better as technical writers than men. Here are five areas where I think they have the edge of the guys. 1. Communication When in entered technical writing, I assumed my [...]

Is this true? The goal of a project is to make the user successful!

November 6th, 2009 · View Comments · Career, How To, Productivity

Ben says: “The goal of a project is to make the user successful at what he wants to accomplish. Go ahead, read that previous sentence a few times. It’s one that would do well to sink in.” Is this true?