Managing IT people is easy, right? If only! Although IT has now been with us for many years, we still have a number of misconceptions about how to manage it effectively. You may THINK you understand what IT people need, but you probably don’t understand as well as you could. How many of these Myths…
Inside every organisation is a wealth of knowledge just bursting to get out and be shared; with quite a lot of inside people’s heads. This can be fine while they are still there, but you know how it is, someone leaves, and their knowledge goes with them. If only there was some way to capture…
Jargon management – IT Speak IT Jargon? Almost all experts in every field have their own terms to describe what they do as a short cut to communication within their own expert group. Unfortunately, they often assume everyone else understands these terms, which they rarely do. No one will own up to it of course…
The importance of body language According to some sources, 55% of communication is visual, 38% is vocal and only 7% is the words you use. However true you believe this to be, there is no doubt that your body language is an extremely important part of how you communicate with your fellow team members. Because…
Since first crawling out of the primordial slime and starting to walk on its hind legs, mankind has depended on collaboration for survival. Families, clans, tribes, corporations, cities, countries and international bodies like the UN all serve the purpose of, and are dependent upon, collaboration. Almost everything we do depends on collaboration. Almost any system,…
Imanageitbetter technical mentoring is eight x two hour one to one sessions delivered by an experienced technical mentor usually over a period of four to five months. Imanageitbetter technical mentor programme is designed to build your confidence in delivering a specific IT related assignment, IT project or overcoming a specific technology related management problem.Most businesses operate…