Tag: Values
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Just because you can, it doesn’t mean that you should
I was first given the keys to an organisation’s IT infrastructure in early 1997 at the tender age of 24. In previous roles I’d been the person tinkering away with a PC, trying to find ways of using computers to help my “proper job” – but this was my first experience of IT being the…
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Gratitude and Recognition (or saying “please”, and “thank you”)
My Dad gave me one piece of advice when I first became a manager. Always say “please”, and always say “thank you”. It costs nothing, and it shows the people you manage that you care about them. It struck me as an odd thing to say. My parents drilled into us the importance of being…