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Archive: 10-2011

• You think you use SharePoint but you really don't

  Thousands of organizations have implemented SharePoint but fail to exploit the most obvious of SharePoint’s many benefits. Here are some suggestions for a SharePoint roadmap that can succeed.

  Posted by Scott Robinson | October 31, 2011, 4:47 AM PDT

• What happened to going paperless?

  Remember that quaint idea for offices to go paperless? What can we learn from this failed technology revolution?

  Posted by Patrick Gray | October 26, 2011, 2:02 PM PDT

• Netflix CEO shows us the fastest way to end a successful career

  Many great companies have been brought down by the power of an arrogant leader. In this article executive leadership coach John M. McKee discusses Netflix and its leader.

  Posted by John McKee | October 26, 2011, 1:07 PM PDT

• The IT industry is accepting failure as the norm

  No project manager sets out to fail. But have project/program managers and leads begun to accept failure as the norm?

  Posted by Eddie Williams | October 26, 2011, 4:29 AM PDT

• Is the ICANN delegation process offering stability or just more questions?

  With applications for top-level domains expected to soar with ICANN’s application process starting this week, you wonder if this is the Wild West of the Internet or just another route to...

  Posted by Dawn Marie Yankeelov | October 25, 2011, 4:38 AM PDT

• Can SharePoint 2010 be leveraged for corporate culture change?

  Microsoft is pushing SharePoint Server 2010’s social computing features with a vengeance, to an international user community that is now Facebooked to high heaven. Can SharePoint change the...

  Posted by Scott Robinson | October 24, 2011, 5:02 AM PDT

• Soft skills in high demand in a high-tech world

  It’s easy to learn the hard skills. But soft skills take practice. Here are five soft skills that are extremely important.

  Posted by Scott Lowe | October 24, 2011, 4:18 AM PDT

• Best leaders know what they stand for

  Ever notice that some leaders and some organizations seem to be able to move forward in any environment, while others seem stalled? There’s a reason for this, says executive leadership coach...

  Posted by John McKee | October 19, 2011, 12:43 PM PDT

• What IT can learn from one reality show

  In the show Kitchen Nightmares, Chef Gordon Ramsay visits a struggling restaurant and corrects its problems. Could some of the steps he takes be used in your IT shop?

  Posted by Patrick Gray | October 19, 2011, 7:11 AM PDT

• On leadership, success, TouchPad, and The Godfather

  How often do we cancel (or let die slowly and painfully) business ventures, initiatives, and projects without giving them every chance to be successful, without actually trying hard enough?

  Posted by Ilya Bogorad | October 19, 2011, 4:19 AM PDT