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I'm jealous. He has one employee who doesn't bring him finished work. I have a whole department full of employees who are terrific at getting the work nearly fini By Bob Lewis May 3, 2005 3 mins Technology Industry Bloggers and the law If ignorance is no excuse, then read on before allowing employees free reign over corporate blogs By Ephraim Schwartz May 3, 2005 3 mins Privacy Small and Medium Business Technology Industry How to elevate a poor performer Dear Bob … There's a manager who works for me who seems to think his job is to get the work done just barely well enough to be a starting point for my review. 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I have corresponded with Mr. Gladwell for several years (e-mail). I get him and get this life of IT too. 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If a business case is made for something new then and only then will we develop the needed security and installation policy. 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Our survey of SaaS vendors showed that some offer a trial run before you commit By Eric Knorr Apr 18, 2005 3 mins Databases Small and Medium Business Technology Industry Integrity and values in and out of the workplace From a recent posting … Pretty darn far down the slippery slope here aren't we Bob? You don't ask if a person has integrity, only if his value system is compatible with yours? So the strongest statement you're willing to make about By Bob Lewis Apr 17, 2005 4 mins Technology Industry Why bad training happens Dear Bob … Regarding the training issue, too often I think that we train the users in how to operate the software and not how to make it do their job better as your column discussed. Is this because the trainer is often the one who created By Bob Lewis Apr 15, 2005 3 mins Technology Industry Geeks board big boat, SCO barely stays afloat Software keeps misbehavin' By Robert X. 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