by Pat Sweet | Jun 12, 2012 | Article, Leadership, Productivity
So, you don’t have the corner office yet. That’s OK. There are a ton of things you can start doing today to be a leader within your team and organization – even if you spend 9-5 in a cube farm like me. Here are 4 ideas you can implement immediately...
by Pat Sweet | Jun 11, 2012 | Article, Leadership
In this post, I’m going to try and give you a concrete answer to the question: what is leadership? Leadership is the personal habit of taking selfless action to support the goals and needs of the people around you. Whoa. Heavy stuff, I know. Let’s break...
by Pat Sweet | Jun 5, 2012 | Article, Professional Development
For anyone who’s recently graduated from school, you’re likely either in the middle of a job search, or you recently finished one. In either case, you’ll have no doubt executed a facepalm at some point, screaming “Why does every junior...
by Pat Sweet | Jun 4, 2012 | Article, Productivity, Professional Development
So this wasn’t the post I was planning on writing today. In fact, I had another one 3/4 finished, but on the way home from work I was listening to a Harvard Business Review IdeaCast, as I sometimes do, and I had a bit of a “light-bulb” moment....
by Pat Sweet | Jun 2, 2012 | Article, Leadership
One problem that many engineers likely have with the idea of leadership is that it can seem ambiguous. What is leadership anyway? How can you tell someone is a leader? Engineers like me tend to do best with the quantifiable. We like facts, figures, and equations....
