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Category Archives: Management Thoughts
Program Management Career Explained
Program Managers own the list, probably not anything on the list, but the list itself. Owning means to make sure the items on the list got checked. Every now and then, they go back to the beginning and check them … Continue reading
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Affirmative Action for Managers
Anti-discrimination are laws. As a manager, it is illegal to consider actions toward employees based on the “protected classes.” Legally, it is OK to discriminate those who are not in one of those classes. But they have expanded to cover … Continue reading
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Never Run Away from Your Job
I have fell into this trap several times, each time it took considerable effort to crawl out, with scars visible to date. Never run away from your current job, however intolerable it is. Always run toward a better opportunity, whatever … Continue reading
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Stable Marriage Algorithm
March is the month that many families waited, anxiously, the result from NRMP, National Resident Matching Program. This centralized “exchange” determined the fate for almost every medical doctors in the US. Residency is the last stop of the long journey … Continue reading
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How to Command?
New managers actually do not know how to “command and control.” Heck, many experienced ones don’t either. The class trap is to be explicit on the procedure and process. Do this, then do that, talk to that guy, then do … Continue reading
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Influence Everything
Some defined “Management” as “to make changes happen effectively.” From there, many books and consultation practices flourished. One of them is VitalSmarts. They wrote several books and formed a consultancy to teach people exactly that: to influence changes on self, … Continue reading
Myth on IP Theft and Offshoring
Unlike many other crimes, Intellectual Property thefts are all premeditated, the perpetrators are usually well-educated and business savvy. Their goal is pure and simple: to make money fastest with minimal risks. Since you are, too, well-educated and business savvy. How … Continue reading
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Another Book on Decision Making
Daniel Kahneman’s book, Thinking, Fast and Slow, mentioned Gary Klein, particularly on their opposite approaches to decision making. At the end, they “agreed on their disagreement” and accepted that there are two different approaches to better decision making skills. Klein … Continue reading
Loss and Regret
A friend is considering suing someone. The lawyer thinks it is a 50-50 chance to win. If she wins, she should expects minimally $400k, otherwise nothing. The lawyer gave her two options on legal fees: she can pay a flat … Continue reading
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