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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).
The “fishbowl phenomenon” – we have all seen this. The higher the level of IT management, the worse it gets. In a technical environment that’s very complicated already, IT staff will watch, listen and try to figure out the “real” intentions of the IT executives they come into contact with. After being seen by a […]
Management in the truest sense of the word is the ability to get things done through the efforts of other people. While often characterized as a “different breed of cat”, and this may be true to a certain extent, IT people are still basically no different than anyone else, and they will do their best […]
Your IT staff may not like you personally and they may not like working for you, however to be an effective IT manager, your team must trust you. If they do not, they will spend most of their time trying to protect themselves from you instead of using their creative energy to focus on the […]
Dressing appropriately at work will not necessarily help you, but not following your company’s unwritten dress code norms can negatively affect your upward mobility and your opportunities to move into IT leadership. Certainly there are general business rules that define what is and is not acceptable to wear in the workplace—and the technical environment as […]
Dressing appropriately at work will not necessarily help you, but not following your company’s unwritten dress code norms can hurt your upward mobility. Certainly there are general business rules that define what is and is not acceptable to wear in the workplace. Every company is different, so be careful when adapting this advice to your […]
