The “Anti-Pattern” for a good consultant (or employee) – Part III.

By Joel Stanesa, on July 6th, 2009%

Part III of excerpts from the Field Manual of Sabotage….. (How not to be a good employee or consultant)

Part 12 – General Devices for Lowering Morale and Creating Confusion

(a) Give lengthy and incomprehensible explanations when questioned (or one of my  favorites, don’t answer the question that was asked, answer something else…my kids do that all the time).

(b) Report . . . → Read More: The “Anti-Pattern” for a good consultant (or employee) – Part III.

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The “Anti-Pattern” for a good consultant (or employee) – Part II.

By Joel Stanesa, on July 3rd, 2009%

Things you should be doing if you want to be a bad consultant or employee. In other words, here a whole list of behaviors and things not to do if you want to be considered a good employee or better yet a solid and valuable consultant (who is retained over and over again and brings in the revenue). . . . → Read More: The “Anti-Pattern” for a good consultant (or employee) – Part II.

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The “Anti-Pattern” for a good consultant (or employee) – Part I.

By Joel Stanesa, on July 1st, 2009%

This arrived in my email box this morning from Jason Follas, and I had to post it here because it seems so relevant to the mission of this blog… Thanks Jason.

The following is an excerpt from an recently declassified military manual for saboteurs (Simple Sabotage Field Manual)…. I just pulled the sections relevant to working (which . . . → Read More: The “Anti-Pattern” for a good consultant (or employee) – Part I.

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