Bob Williams

The connection I found with Twitter

September 4th, 2011 | Leave a comment | Tags: ,

Many people in my circles don’t get Twitter.

If you’re reading this, chances are good that you use Twitter to some degree in your life. However, most of the people in my immediate life circles don’t use Twitter. I’ve heard a variety of reasons from friends to explain their views. The reasons include an ignorance of the capabilities of the tool, an aversion to technology, and not having time to add another thing in their life.

I can understand that. Twitter can be difficult to get your head around because it’s composed of a lot of disparate information. Watching a twitter stream can be like seeing the green code from …Continue reading >>

Bob Williams

One-on-one meeting advice for managers and employees

May 7th, 2011 | Leave a comment | Tags: , ,

I have weekly one-on-ones with my boss and direct reports. Meeting regularly with my boss is an important element of my work week. I use the time to explore ideas, ask for broader company information, and request additional help for some initiatives. So I find it strange when I talk to people that rarely meet with boss. I’m not sure how they stay connected to the broader organization.

What’s my mentor have to say? Recently, during a discussion with my business and career mentor I asked for advice on how to make the best use of the one-on-one meetings as both a manager and employee. He advised me to to …Continue reading >>

Bob Williams

Employee engagement through connection and meaning

April 17th, 2011 | One comment | Tags: , ,

It’s true. I do still read print newspaper. It’s not so much by effort as it is by convenience and simplicity. I receive a subscription to the Gwinnett Daily Post as free benefit of continuing to pay Charter Communications a small ransom each month for cable TV.  The paper covers local news for the county I live in and picks up some AP stories for national news. What I like about it is it’s small and something I can scan quickly for news of interest to me.

This past Saturday, they published a column article from Lisa McLeod entitled People don’t like their job due to lack of connection.  Lisa …Continue reading >>

Bob Williams

The irony of change

March 28th, 2011 | Leave a comment | Tags:

We live in a world of change. Benjamin Franklin once wrote, “but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” The world, IS, a place of continuous change. In the work place we will experiences changes in our job responsibility, our manager, and even the company ownership throughout our career. So what’s with all the resistance to change?

To change something in our lives means we have to change ourselves. During our lives, we learn behaviors, beliefs, and skills. Doing something outside of these boundaries isn’t necessarily difficult, but it requires an effort to change ourselves. Here’s an example. A few months ago, I …Continue reading >>

Bob Williams

Product Camp Atlanta 2011 Notes

February 19th, 2011 | One comment | Tags:

I attended Product Camp Atlanta for the second time today.  As the website says its a ” collaborative, user organized professional conference, focused on Product Management and Marketing topics.”  As with my first product camp, I enjoyed my time today and it was worth giving up a Saturday to find time to network, collaborate, share, and learn.

Enclosed are the notes I took from the four sessions I attended.

Session #1 – Driving Sales with Compelling Messaging Russell Scherwin (@rscherwin) Use relevant examples with items that people can relate to and understand. Make sure the example is relevant to the environment/industry. Use a reference customer where appropriate to make impact. If …Continue reading >>

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