(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr. Find out more at my newsletter.) I hurt my back recently – nothing big – but I did need some physical therapy. It’s been going great, but then the therapist told me … Continue reading
(This column is posted at www.StevenSavage.com and Steve’s Tumblr) In a recent meeting, a manager much higher than I said something that blew me away: Vendor Management is a job skill of the future. First, because I realized she was right … Continue reading
Recently, someone commented on an email I had sent that was a poor bit of communication. Not wrong, not inaccurate, but simply inappropriate – overly wordy, not addressing the point, too much detail, etc. They were frustrated. As this person … Continue reading
Now and then here and in my various speaking engagements I talk, mostly jokingly, about how people should go into Project Management, since I did it for nearly a decade (I just moved up to “one level higher,” Program Management, … Continue reading
Ever get tired of how we pros “have to market”? You see ads all over the internet hawking things from megacorporation products to people’s webcomics. “Personal Branding,” a term I’m fond of, seems to be on it’s way to becoming … Continue reading
Earlier this week, Serdar explored the difference between Making Something and Making It. The two aren’t necessarily connected, and an attempt to Make It can mean doing things that go against your talent, skills, ethics, and good taste. Doing something … Continue reading
So at the start of June I finished editing Serdar‘s next book, Flight of the Vajra. Now you’ve heard him talk about it here, so you may be curious. All I can say is, yes, actually, it’s really good and … Continue reading
(9/17/2016 – These posts have been expanded in a book, Skill Portability: A Guide To Moving Skills Between Jobs) So we’re discussing how you can port skills from job to job and career to career. I use the acronym DARE to … Continue reading
Language Intelligence: Lessons on persuasion from Jesus, Shakespeare, Lincoln, and Lady Gaga by Joseph J. Romm ISBN-10: 1477452222 ISBN-13: 978-1477452226 PROS: Explains good communications skills. Lots of interesting current and historical examples. Spells things out in plain but effective language. … Continue reading
Quick question – which is more professional, the ability to deliver a finely crafted novel in a year or a pulpy throwaway novel in a month? The right answer? The right answer is not being sure. … Continue reading