I watched a clip from a 47 year old professor giving his last lecture, as he is dying from pancreatic cancer. I thought to myself “What would I do if I only had 1 more team meeting to hold?” because I was leaving my company for another opportunity, preferably for an opportunity of my choosing, […]

In my 33 years on this planet, I’ve learned a lot about change. I’ve learned that it’s better to save change than to spend it, I’ve learned… Wait! Not THAT kind of change. The kind of change I mean is the changes managers must deal with EVERY day in order to lead their team. I’m […]

Never Lose A Thought Again About how long do you think something stays in short-term memory? 15 – 20 seconds. In other words, if you don’t do something with a thought, you lose it in less than 30 seconds. So if you want to capture those $50,000,000 and 50 cent ideas and everything in between, […]

“Recent research shows that 70% of white collar workers are unhappy with their jobs, ironically they are spending an increasing amount of time working.” ~Dan Miller, 48 Days to the Work You Love If you are not satisfied with your current employment situation, then I highly recommend this book. Miller has laid out some easy-to-follow steps that […]

Everybody had little foibles that they sometimes hide, sometimes revel in.  Mine happens to be pens.  I love collecting and using them.  Not only the fancy, high end ones but well design inexpensive ones hold just as much thrill.  I’ll often find myself switching pens in mid-document just because the one I’m using just isn’t […]

Write It Down Right Now What is the most important skill in business today? The ability to rapidly get things off your mind and into a system you can trust. Why? Because the amount of information you have to deal with is so overwhelming. You have to develop this skill. Otherwise you condemn yourself to a […]

Dick Bolles is very well known for his annual book: What Color is Your Parachute? This is probably the best known book on job hunting and career change. I love the image of a parachute gently helping you land a job or a new career yet most job hunters and career changers I know don’t feel like […]

When was the last time you tried out? What did you try out for? Did you make the cut? As the father of 3 sports-playing-teenagers who have experienced a wide range of tryouts I thought I would tryout for Slacker Manager. I feel like I am in a hockey rink about to show my backward skating as […]

Like the post title says, I’ve sold Slacker Manager and the blog needs a new author. Which story do you want to hear first, the one about selling the blog, or the one about the search for a new author? Let’s start at the beginning… It’s been a good few years and Slacker Manager has served […]

I’ve been remiss in whipping up this review. I’ve been reading a crazy hodgepodge assortment of books lately, only some are business-related, and I forgot to post this one. Which is a bummer because I could’ve convinced you to read it a couple of months ago. I loved Berkun’s last book, The Art of Project Management, […]

Fascinating article popped up today regarding strategic incompetence. That’s basically the idea that from time to time it may behoove you to demonstrate an inability to learn to do something. I am convinced that this behavior pops up in two specific places: one process-oriented and one position-oriented. From a process perspective, when folks get overloaded then […]

My friend Lisa Haneberg has a new book out (haven’t read it yet, but look for the review soon). To help promote the book she’s riding her motorcycle, Purple Haze, across the country and back. What a great trip that’ll be! You can check out her tour dates here. Lisa also made this neat […]

I’m generally a proponent of the “hire slow, fire fast” school of thought. It can be extremely painful to hire slow, but typically not quite as painful as the destruction a bad hire can wreak on a company or team. I recently read Dick Costolo’s (of Feedburner) post on hiring fast vs. slow and I […]

I have this stupid love/hate relationship with goal setting. On one hand I get all jazzed about a new goal and I get energized by the thinking and strategizing that goes into developing plans for world domination meeting the goal. On the other hand, in some ways I look down upon the whole process as […]

Written by Kareem of reemer.com and HiddenMojo Growing up, I was crazy about two things: sports and technology. So when I found a job posting to go work at ESPN.com, I stayed up for several weeks perfecting a website demonstrating why I was the perfect candidate for the job. Interviewing there was awesome–everybody […]