Last week I came to the realization I still have a lot to learn about being on a marketing team. I learned there’s never really a natural progression of learning to be on a team, new team, or even a new kind of team. That is through your experience and more importantly – your mistakes. [...]
Laura Brandenburg has been in business analysis since 2003, and she currently hosts Bridging the Gap and My Business Analysis Career. She is active in the BA community, and hosts a number of LinkedIn groups. She works hard to give business analysts both new and old the knowledge to perform at a high level. I [...]
Who knows what you need better than you? Simple question to answer I would assume. If you are a talented manager or supervisor then you can see the problem with that first question. As well as you know what motivates you, what drives you, what needs you seek to meet in your life and your [...]
Two of the most prominent questions in every project is “what” and “how.” What is the project going to accomplish, and how are we going to accomplish that goal? The official role of a business analyst is still a relatively young role in the spectrum of things, but more and more people are becoming specialized [...]
There are a lot of tactics out there you can utilize as a part of your personal branding strategy. Unfortunately all of these tactics are possible “silos” that will not assist you in your quest to develop a strong personal brand. What is your ultimate goal? When you communicate via Twitter or Facebook what are [...]
Almost everyone in their professional career can think back to a job that felt broken (for lack of the better word). The simplest tasks became troublesome, the toughest tasks seemed impossible and people lacked trust in their coworkers. Systems were breaking down quickly with no end in sight, and coming in to work was something [...]
Almost everyone at some point has made a promise to a client or supervisor that they later regretted because it was near impossible to keep. Sometimes we want to make the other person happy from the beginning which can defeat us if we even slip a little from our game. There is a very difficult [...]
A little over a year ago I purchased brandoncoppernoll.com and bcoppernoll.com to start building a personal brand. I set up a blog and now write on it two to three times a week. My goal is to provide information about web development, internet marketing, search marketing and business blogging, and it is a great avenue [...]
Recent changes have enabled me to work more closely with the Project Managers at Fusework Studios. Part of this transition has required all of us to get to know each other a little better and get better at teamwork. One of the most important tasks at hand was to find a way to increase productivity [...]
