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Archive for May, 2019
Tuesday, May 7th, 2019
One of the dumbest (stupidest?) actions during the original dot com boom was two-fold.
The first was title inflation, with larger companies taking a leaf from the financial services industry where customer-facing positions, such as brokers and non-teller positions, were often VPs.
Second, bigger titles were often handed out in lieu of promotions and raises, while in the startup community titles bore little-to-no relationship to the person’s skills or experience.
Both created major problems for candidates when interviewing at new companies, especially for those who bought into their titles. It came as shock that the skills required to be a VP in a “real” company are seriously different than those needed in a startup.
That was then, but what’s happening now?
I got the answer in a list from CB Insights of tech’s silliest job titles.
It’s gotten worse.
Aside from confusing their customers and vendors, the titles sound totally idiotic to all but a very small slice of the tech world.
However, the titles do do a great job of strengthening gender bias and turning off women.
What more could any bro want?
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Monday, May 6th, 2019
Poking through 12+ years of posts I find information that’s as useful now as when it was written.
Golden Oldies is a collection of the most relevant and timeless posts during that time.
I was looking for a particular post that tied to one I’m writing for tomorrow, but couldn’t find it. However, I did find three I think worth sharing, because they also apply, albeit indirectly I hope you enjoy them..
Read other Golden Oldies here.
A look at education, especially MBAs.
From a Harvard-educated CEO.
Excellent article. Very true. It took me years to unlearn what I’d been taught at business school…
From a post about why companies need managers and how to build them.
Good managers aren’t born; they are developed through a learned set of skills combined with the right attitude and culture.
The importance of accurate org charts.
Historically, companies’ reluctance to publish simple, accurate, current org charts has been anchored in a fear that “they”—whether headhunters or competitors—would steal their best and brightest. But when corporate (or managerial) paranoia leads to withholding information making the job more difficult, there’s no need to worry about people being recruited because they’ll be out actively looking!
Image credit: Ron Kroetz
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Friday, May 3rd, 2019
After writing this blog for 13+ years I’ve decided that I’m entitled to a summer schedule.
Therefore, from now until Fall, Mapping Company Success will publish Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
The rest of the time will be spent on getting my act together
May your summer will be as enjoyable as mine (I hope) will be productive.
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Wednesday, May 1st, 2019
Continuing from yesterday.
Two of the hardest things you need to do to start acquiring wisdom are
- Investing the time, energy and discomfort in getting to actually know yourself — the real you that may only exist in private at 3 AM and that you rarely if ever talk about.
- Choosing (yes, it’s your choice) to reduce your intake of social media or not, you do need to reduce your reliance on it. At the same time you want to strengthen your objectivity
The absolute requirement of the first is to get to know your opinions, biases, prejudices, etc., sans outside influences. You can’t be objective until you know your subjective viewpoint.
That said, today’s world of distractions, intentionally addictive social media, and extended working hours doesn’t lend itself to self-reflection. That means you need to consciously set aside the time to do it and then follow through — same as any get healthy program.
Developing your objectivity requires you to do some very uncomfortable things, such as reading/listening to material outside your worldview, belief system and comfort zone.
Then researching sources recognized as objective to determine the validity of the information.
You should know that the odds are against your accomplishing this.
Research has shown that no matter how much incontestable proof people rarely change their mind.
But perhaps you can be one of the exceptions.
Image credit: Katherine McGittigan
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