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    Performance reviews are rarely comfortable for the employee or the manager, but you can make them more positive by watching what you say.

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    If you’ve been promoted from within, you might be faced with the sticky issue of handling your new relationship with your former peers.

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    You've all seen top 10 lists of the best traits of a project manager or the top 10 skills of a project manager. However, project management is not for everyone. Many people have some of the traits to be a good project manager, but they also have many traits that make them a bad fit for the position.

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    Here are 10 tips that could help increase the chances of your getting better service. As IT professionals, you may benefit from these tips when you need support from a higher level group or from a vendor.

  • 10 reasons why you shouldn't be an IT manager

    At some stage, many people will find themselves asking why they left that great little job to take a turn in the management ranks. Let's take a few minutes to consider how you can avoid becoming a member of this group.

  • About to be outsourced? Top 5 signs

    A request to compare IT costs to company revenue can indicate your company is considering outsourcing IT. Find out the other four signs so you don't get caught unemployed.

  • IT Manager's top April tips

    CIOs and IT managers have to deal with a vast array of issues, on a daily basis. ZDNet Australia looks at some tips and hints to help you keep up to date with the latest trends.

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    If you think two-thirds of your IT is mission-critical, you're either running an incredibly lean and efficient operation or you haven't got a clue how many applications you have and which ones you need to manage.
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    The vision of the future BT portrayed this week at an Australian conference was so far removed from how Telstra's David Quilty has described the British telco that I wonder if they were talking about the same UK.
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