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82% Of Managers Are Accidental Managers!
Are you one of them?
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John Crickett
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August 2024

People Or Tech Skills - Which Matters More?
Balance Technical and Soft Skills to Accelerate Your Career
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Don’t Be An Alpha Geek
There’s a fine line between pursuing technical excellence and being an alpha geek.
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How To Talk To Non-Technical People And Get Their Agreement.
Speak their language to reach a win-win situation.
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Don’t Criticise
Criticising people is a great way to alienate them!
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Why Knowing Someone’s Name And Using It Matters
Learn People’s Names And Use Them To Build Better Professional Relationships
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John Crickett
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July 2024

12 Ways To Tell If You’re A Difficult Engineer (And What To Do About It)
I know you don’t want to be a difficult software engineer. I know you find it at least as stressful as other people do working with you.
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YOU ARE WRONG!
Learn the four steps to correcting people without offending them.
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Appreciate People And Lift Them Up!
Make people feel important and valued and you'll have a huge advantage in life and your career.
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Get To Know People
They're people too! Getting to know them will make your work much more enjoyable and productive.
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John Crickett
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June 2024

Win By Giving In
Pick you battles, sometimes it's better to give in to win some goodwill
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Issue #53 - Don’t Be Offended!
Manager your emotions to level up your soft skills.
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