Memoirs Of An IT Guy

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How to avoid misunderstandings

Posted by: jcms on: August 30, 2009

Most breakdowns in communication usually arise from unresolved misunderstandings. However, misunderstandings could be avoided if you understood the underlying ingredients that create them in the first place. An experience is what you see, hear and feel of a situation. Add your personal assumptions to the situation and you would be able to derive your own [...]

How to answer bosses queries effectively

Posted by: jcms on: August 18, 2009

The best reply to a boss’ query is to be able to answer the question once, with all the relevant information, so that the boss doesn’t have ask or clarify a second time. This, however, doesn’t mean that you have to tell grandparents’ stories and throw in all the known info into the reply. There [...]

Forbes had a good article on this. I’m summarising the main points here but you should read the article. I believe this applies regardless whether this is your first job. How to behave on your first job Keep Up With Company News Even before you start on the job, set up a Google News Alert, [...]


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