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Eileen Brown, well known in the Exchange world and someone I always enjoy seeing pop up in Google Reader, has a very poignant and relevant post that really hit home with me as I’m about to start a new chapter in my life and career in the next week. She gives 7 quick points on how to be a good manager, all of which are spot on and traits I recognize in the good managers I’ve had in the past that and the traits which I strive to display myself in my role as a leader. I especially strive for #7. I always say its easier to be happy than it is to be upset or angry, and you can potentially diffuse a bad situation with a simple, genuine smile mixed with a little #5. Be positive and effective as a manager and the rest of the team will follow.

Thanks Eileen!

Things have been quiet around here lately, contrary to my original intentions and I have no real excuse. The position been working in the last 6 months has been extremely challenging and rewarding, but I’ve known all along that it wasn’t a long term. I’m extremely excited to be taking on a “working” technical mangement position with a fairly good size team in just a few more days.

The tone of my posts will be changing, as I never really enjoyed rehashing what the great blogging engineers were performing so well already. My top posts have been about issues I’ve discovered and resolved in the past, so I’ll continue that theme going forward.

On to bigger and better things!