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.
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12 Steps To Getting Started as a Business Consultant
January 26th, 2010 · View Comments · Business Model, Career, Strategy
Tags:Business·Career·Chris Brogan·Consultant·Harvard Business Review·Linkedin·management·Management consulting·Richard Branson·Strategy·Tom Peters
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’.
Tags:Business·communication·Fortune 500·Leadership·management·Warren Buffett
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?
Tags:Bank·Business·Employment·Information technology·management·Project management·Project manager·Resumes·Technical Documents
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 days would be spent [...]
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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?
Tags:Advertising·Business·Call centre·Customer Management·Goal·management·Product·Public relations·Technical support·Usability·Users
100 Top Women in Seattle Tech
May 11th, 2009 · View Comments · How To
100 Top Women in Seattle Tech
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