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Name: Eric Bloom
Site: http://www.managermechanics.com/blog
About the Author: Eric is a nationally syndicated columnist, entrepreneur, speaker, trainer, and author of the award winning book Manager Mechanics: Tips and Advice for First-Time Managers.
Prior to his role as president of Manager Mechanics, Eric has been the senior technology officer at various companies, controlled multi-million dollar budgets, managed off shore resources, and led teams spread across multiple locations. He has been a senior executive at The Boston Company Asset Management, Monster Worldwide, Independence Investments, and Fidelity Investments.
He has also been an adjunct faculty member at Bentley College and Boston University and is the author of several computer and management books. Eric holds bachelor degrees in Accounting and Computer Information Systems from Bentley University and has an MBA from Babson College.
Eric is also on the board of directors of the Greater Boston Chapter of ASTD and on the board of directors of the Association for Development, Advancement & Productivity through Technology Training (ADAPT).
As an IT leader, you will be dealing with management level politics that are very different from individual contributor politics. As an individual contributor in IT, you can generally stay pretty clear of office politics altogether if you wish. You can just keep your head down and do your work. Politics at the individual contributor […]
As an IT department manager, you should be the number one advocate for your group. This is an important IT management strategy. It’s your responsibility to make sure that your department gets: The resources it needs to function properly The appropriate respect from other parts of the company Recognition for deserving people for a job […]
I’ve said before that being an IT manager would be easy if it wasn’t for the IT staff! Technology tends to be more predictable than people. And effectively managing technologists, a smart, determined and sometimes freakily focused and opinionated group of individuals is like. . .well, it’s like corralling a gang of kids and focusing […]
There is an old expression that says, “No good deed will go unpunished.” Never has this been more applicable than in IT today. There is more and more emphasis on the technical services coming out of IT that are critical for the organization to run, to compete and to be able to quickly take advantage […]
In the IT business, if it’s not my birthday, surprises are almost always a bad thing! Also, a coworker of mine use to say that bad news never gets better with time. These two thoughts are particularly true in IT. When there is a serious issue within your department, the worst thing you can do […]
