by Ken Giffin | May 20, 2025 | corporate behavior, employee empowerment, leadership, operational efficiency
Does this complaint from an employee sound familiar to you? I log into email and instant messaging first thing in the morning, and I’m already behind in reading 20 new messages. After scanning the emergencies and issuing some temporary replies, I start the first of...
by Ken Giffin | Apr 22, 2025 | agile, leadership, operational efficiency, productivity
Agile is a proven framework in the world of development. The agile process helps development teams provide rapid responses and feedback to their projects, and it opens up opportunities to assess the project’s direction in the middle of the development cycle....
by Ken Giffin | Mar 18, 2025 | corporate behavior, leadership, office politics
When talking with people about conflict in the workplace, there is always a look of discomfort on their faces. I haven’t met anyone yet who is excited by the thought of an office argument or meeting disagreement. However, the reality is that conflict is everywhere...
by Ken Giffin | Feb 12, 2025 | career advice, job satisfaction
The grass can always seem greener somewhere else. Maybe it comes from you hearing a story about someone your age or with similar experience that is making 30% more in salary than you are making today. Or maybe it is knowing about someone’s flexible work-from-home...
by Ken Giffin | Jan 14, 2025 | personal growth, self-improvement, skills development
I had a mindset at the beginning of my career that development was something provided for you as a reward for hard work. You focused on your current position and putting in the work, and then (and only then) would development come to you in the form of promotion...
