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Holiday alcohol edition
Best Bourbons and American Whiskeys I have drunk this year
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Setting objectives that are meaningful
This is my 50th post and there are two weeks left to fulfill my 2024 New Year’s Resolution to publish every week for a year.
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Digital publishers must continue to change
An article submitted to the Asia Video Industry Report 2025
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November 2024

Adapting to different cultures when working abroad
I had a request from a reader to write a post on tips on how to adapt to a new culture after you move abroad and today’s post is on that topic.
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Manager Appraisals
Last week I wrote about the self-appraisal, its purpose and primary benefits. This week we move onto manager appraisals. As is usually the case with…
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Self Appraisal
I am going to start this post with a statement. Self-appraisals only serve one person and that is the person who is writing it. They do not…
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Establishing credibility in a new role
I am pretty sure that everyone has had self-doubt before starting a new role. It could be a position in a new company, a move to a different department…
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October 2024

Making changes in your team
This week’s post is a delicate subject. I don’t intend to cover how to make changes because every situation is different and local labor law and company…
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Meetings revisited
Three weeks ago, I wrote a post on the benefits of speaking up in meetings. I got some questions back about how to do this effectively and thought I…
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Authenticity and office culture
This is the final installment in my three-part series on being authentic in the workplace. In part one I argued that it was worth speaking up in…
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What is and isn't a work event
This is part two of my loosely themed “authenticity at work” series.
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