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Nobody Wants a Rockstar. 🎸 Leadership
September 29, 2026 1 MIN READ

Nobody Wants a Rockstar. 🎸

For years, hiring managers were told to look for the "rockstar." The person who walks in and immediately stands out. The smartest person in the room. The one who can seemingly do the work of three people. But here's the problem with rockstars: Sometimes they know they're rockstars. And sometimes everything starts...

The Hardest IT Skill to Teach Isn’t Technical Technology
November 10, 2025 2 MIN READ

The Hardest IT Skill to Teach Isn’t Technical

You can teach anybody to be a technician. You can teach somebody how to reset passwords, replace hardware, troubleshoot networks, manage systems, follow documentation, or learn a new platform. Technology changes every few years anyway. If somebody is willing to learn, the technical side can be developed over time. What...

Don’t complain about having too much on your plate if your goal was to eat. Leadership
October 07, 2025 1 MIN READ

Don’t complain about having too much on your plate if your goal was to eat.

That line has been sitting with me lately, and it reflects the reality of IT leadership more than people realize. As an IT Director, the day doesn’t stay in one lane. It’s budgets, policies, vendor conversations, onboarding new hires, planning a help desk space, refreshing systems, and keeping the environment stable...