Published (updated: ) in Leadership and Soft Skills.
No book is going to have the perfect advice for each situation first-time managers face. Being a good manager is making good decisions with information on hand and following several guidelines that differ very bad managers from okay ones. In this post I’ve listed the 8 that I think is the most important: 1. Success […]
Published (updated: ) in Leadership and Soft Skills.
We often rush doing tasks that we just received. It can lead to us spending time on tasks that will be of no use to anyone. Imagine finishing a report just to find out that the requestor has already received the same information from another source. Such a task can be discovered to violate your […]
Published (updated: ) in Leadership and Soft Skills.
Good presentation on a performance review is vital for your career advancement, getting realistic feedback from the manager, and increasing collaboration with your colleagues backed by increased authority and respect. According to UC Berkeley’s Guide to Managing Human Resources, “Performance Management is an ongoing process of communication between a supervisor and an employee that occurs throughout the year, […]
Published in Leadership and Soft Skills.
Being knowledge workers, we all got multiple projects and tasks. Our managers and colleagues rely on us to keep things under control and manage up when needed. Have you ever struggled to tell your manager, outside the project, what has changed since last week? Most probably, something happened, but you weren’t involved. That’s a natural […]
Published in Project Management.
Being a manager or Team Leader, you will inevitably meet working with the team’s processes and knowledge. Techniques such as Scrum, Agile, and Kanban can help you with processes, and knowledge management software like Confluence can help you simplify Knowledge Management As Team knowledge often complements Teams’ processes, a problem arises: how to split information […]
Published (updated: ) in Leadership and Soft Skills.
To answer new challenges of nowadays interconnected, global, and technocratic world we need to embrace a new style of leadership. Professor M.S. Rao has developed a concept of Soft Leadership, based on behavioral theory and a collegial OB framework that can help us with that. Soft Leadership is leading through soft skills and people skills. […]
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I bet every one of you has ever asked the question “Why does this meeting take so long?” Meetings are exhausting. It was a problem before the pandemic, it has become an even bigger problem for remote meetings. You would never want important customers or stakeholders to feel the meeting was a waste of time. […]
Published (updated: ) in Leadership and Soft Skills.
A year of remote work brought the importance of effective business writing to the next level. With these skills you save a lot of time and effort both offline and online. Effective business writing communication helps with controlling projects, creating innovation & collaborating effectively. Written communication won’t solve all your problems though. Complement written communications […]
Published in Leadership and Soft Skills.
You may find a lot of job interview tips on the Internet, but they mostly focus on the way companies and job postings are built, not how you sell yourself. It’s wrong. I found my first and current job at Citi last July. Since then, a lot of my student friends from universities got hired […]
Published (updated: ) in Leadership and Soft Skills.
The importance of soft skills for IT specialists is highly debated. You may be a wonderful Data Analyst, Product Manager, or IT Project Manager, but without writing skills your career opportunities are limited. Writing is required both for remote and on-site employees. Every meeting you don’t schedule is an extra cup of coffee. Effective written […]
Published (updated: ) in Leadership and Soft Skills.
Sharing is caring. Have you been in a situation when different teams in an organization each try to gather work-related information on their own? It’s duplicate work. It’s bad and inefficient. But what are the ways to share information between teams efficiently? 1. Send an email. Email is the easiest way to share information in […]
Published in Project Management.
Project Management is becoming an important skill for non-PMs as companies transition their models from Processes to Projects. I work as a Business Analyst in Banking and here’s my curated list of great PM courses. I believe that every research we do is a project. You can’t optimize the research itself with PM techniques. But […]
Published (updated: ) in Leadership and Soft Skills.
Working in Industry, especially with Analytics, we have to prove certain points and ideas to our managers, colleagues and requestors. Every Data Analyst knows the benefits of data-driven decision making. But how do you make indirect conclusions backed up by logic? I work as a Business Analyst in Banking and I prove ideas every day. […]
Published (updated: ) in Leadership and Soft Skills. Tags: FinTech.
Do you want to make a career in FinTech? Or do you already work there? Then you’ll need to know the latest FinTech trends. I have worked as a Business Analyst in Banking for over a year. That’s the list of Fintech trends I find the most important.
Published in Project Management.
В своей работе я выполняю 2-3 проекта в неделю. Поэтому документация по ним должна быть предельно быстрой для написания, но без потери информативности. Документация необходима для любого проекта. Информацию о проекте можно упаковать во множество форм, инструментов или документов. Но эти сведения необходимо задокументировать для любого проекта: 1. Причина для проекта; цель проекта. Какую проблему […]
Published (updated: ) in Leadership and Soft Skills.
Уже три месяца я ежедневно использую OneNote в работе и дома. За это время я определил его сильные и слабые стороны. Вот как OneNote увеличит вашу эффективность на работе.
Published in Leadership and Soft Skills.
В августе я устраивался на первую позицию и прошёл несколько собеседований. Они были разные: автоматизированные и нет, технические и не очень. При трудоустройстве не только компания подбирает сотрудника, но и сотрудник компанию. Для карьеры и благополучия важно понимать, с чем предстоит столкнуться и как работать на новом месте. Следующие вопросы помогут понять, подойдёт ли тебе […]
Published in Leadership and Soft Skills.
С сентября я веду всеобъемлющую методичку команды, которая изменила то, как мы работаем. Сегодня я поделюсь с вами советами, которые я вынес. 1. Изложи основные понятия. Прежде чем углубляться в подробности, опиши ключевые сущности и системы, с которыми вы работаете. Если вы продуктовая команда – разложи по полочкам ключевые механизмы продукта. Если проектная – повторяющиеся […]
Published in Leadership and Soft Skills.
Мы находимся на грани прорыва столь же серьезного, как внезапный переход на удаленную работу в прошлом году. Гибридная работа — смешанная модель, при которой одни сотрудники возвращаются на рабочее место, а другие продолжают работать из дома — заменит удалённую работу. Рынок талантов коренным образом изменился. Удаленная работа создала новые возможности трудоустройства. В этом году команды […]
Published in Project Management.
Project Constraints are limiting factors for your project that can affect quality, delivery, and overall project success. The project manager leads the project team to meet the project’s objectives and stakeholders’ expectations. It is in Project Manager’s responsibility to manage constraints and balance competing project constraints influence with the available resources. We will discuss types […]
