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Archive for 2006

Mentoring

Posted by Alora Posted on Dec - 11 - 2006

One of the things that I was bummed about as a result of the re-org here at work was that I lost my direct reports. There were actually two sides to that: On one hand, I wanted to have direct reports as a matter of resume-building, and to cultivate my formal managerial training. On the  [ Read More ]

Constructive Criticism

Posted by Alora Posted on Jul - 20 - 2006

One of the benefits of being good at what I do is that I’m used to being praised and commended. Since I began my career, I’ve never had any boss take issue with my work. I’ve had personality conflicts with some, but they were never about the quality of the work I actually performed. I  [ Read More ]

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