Should My IT Manager Have a Seat at the C-Level Table?

Should My IT Manager Have a Seat at the C-Level Table?

Take a moment and in your mind, go around the table of your last company leadership meeting. You see all of the people who run your company with you and contribute to the bottom line: Your CFO. The head of Operations. Human Resources. Anybody Missing? Is your IT...
Video Conferencing Etiquette

Video Conferencing Etiquette

Ok, there are Roberts Rules of Order, Miss Manners and your mother’s rules.  While they are all good, they may not fit the situation you need in a particular setting. Take, for example, how to behave on a video conference call or meeting.  There are acceptable...
Somebody Throw Me a Life Preserver

Somebody Throw Me a Life Preserver

We’ve all done it—gotten complacent. We are cruising along using our information technology systems, writing this, posting that, producing documents and compiling data. Then it happens. Crash. Yup, your hard-drive crashed. And with it all of the data you had for your...