Tag: professional individual contributor

The Economist: Where are the middle managers

In my long form writing project I’m at a point where i’m on the corporate environment chapter.  One of the books main thesis is that Professional Individual Contributors (PIC’s) exist in a world with little […]

Guest Post: Getting the Best from a Training Experience- As a Student

By Katy Caselli- Organizational Psychologist, Author, Speaker, Instructor Did you know that 60-90% of all corporate training efforts fail?* As a student who is trying to advance in an organization, it may be mostly up to […]

ROWE, ROWE, ROWE your PIC

What is one more way to make a professional into a contractor?

You MUST make sure you understand your environment in the Professional World

It is critical to understand your work reality or you will be tremendously unhappy!

What time does your organization live?

I’ve been working on this post for some time.   I’m not sure it’s going to come together the way I want, but I need to get it out there, even if it’s just to get […]

Will we shut off the lights?

  If you are a trekkie, especially one of a specific age then you have probably seen star trek 3.   There is a very unique scene in that movie where the recently reincarnated Spock […]

Professional Freedom

The conflict over professional freedom affects the employer and the employee.

Quietly Please

Sometimes you should just keep quiet, even if it makes no sense.