One of the most frequent complaints senior executives have about IT professions is that their projects are always behind and over budget. This one really surprises me. Face it—most IT professionals have never been introduced to the basics of project management....
Business Week just released a report on the 100 fastest growing salaries, and it is no surprise that IT positions are on the list. A slide show in Business Week about the Bureau of Labor Statistics illustrates a list of the top rising salaries from 2000 to 2009. Some...
If you have a large customer base, are you tracking social media to see what others are saying about you and your organization? Your IT professionals can show you ways to search social media for people who are talking about your organization. While you’re at it,...
In the past, I’ve been known to instruct companies to block all employees from social media. Times are changing. The fact is, Facebook is now the second most popular site on the Internet, second only to Google. We have to understand that some of our employees...
Undoubtedly, you’ve noticed that if you’re not online, you’re nobody. Even as an executive or owner of your business, chances are if you’re not utilizing the Internet your competitors are going to pass you in sales and success. About the only...
