Guest Column: Why Technical Specialists Have A Tough Time Moving to Higher Value Work
Why Technical specialists have difficult times moving to work of higher value By Wayne McKinnon www.WayneMcKinnon.com Wayne is a Master Mentor and member of the Million Dollar Consulting® Mentor Hall of Fame In school, technical specialists are taught that there is one best answer,
California
We've moved from bunk beds where I hit my head on the ceiling to one of the great hotels in the country, the Peninsula in Beverly Hills, and a garden suite, with the largest patio in the hotel. Tomorrow I
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 6/4/12
June 4, 2012—Issue #141 This week’s focus point: John Santana recently pitched a no-hitter for the New York Mets, the first in their history. He did it with the help of a blown call by the third
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We're pulling into LA, 30 minutes early after being 30 minutes behind schedule, because Amtrak pads the last segment to make up for lost time! It's a 30-minute trip they schedule as an hour. Last night we met the only
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We've rolled through southeastern Colorado and the highest point in the train's trip, the Raton Pass, at 7800 feet, about a mile and a half above sea level. Lunch was an excellent cheeseburger! I've seen some antelope and jackrabbits in New
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I received great advice from two readers who are following our train schedule. David Natalizia told me that there was a long stop in Albuquerque when I could probably shave in a stopped train, and Kim Wilkerson pointed out that
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We arrived at Union Station in Chicago 45 minutes late, not bad considering. A red cap in a bizarre kind of articulated tractor loaded our bags, gave us seats, and off we went to the Amtrak first class club. Union
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We trod 7 cars back to the dining car on the rear of the train, Maria doing this with a cane on surfaces bouncing like a waterbed under siege. The car holds 40 diners, and was controlled chaos, as the