Author / Marcia Freeman

The last chapter of the book! This chapter showed us how to sell to geeks. This is usually done by forming a problem statement. I will be focusing in  on these 4…

  This week the chapter focused on the difference between soft skills. In order to understand what soft skills are, however, you need to know the difference between hard and soft skills.…

The name of this chapter is Overcoming The Influence Deficit. This chapter mainly focused on different reasons as to why Geeks have a hard time having an influence over people. I’ll be…

I would like to start with this picture. I chose it because I feel that it is a funny representation of how people don’t really have a clear idea of  how to…

Our society is always changing and adapting with new technology being released on a frequent basis. With all this new technology it makes me introduce how you introduce this to your clients,…

It has come to my attention that the longer I work at the IT Center the more I realize that people really don’t know what they want! Clients will come in wanting…

Chapter 6 in The Geek Leader’s Handbook discusses the topic of toxic teams and how to deal with them. What really interested me was how toxicity rises in teams, and how we…

What motivates you? Motivation comes in many different forms. While some types of motivation work great for some, it doesn’t work well for others.  The book defines Motivation as, “Wanting to do…

Chapter 4 is about the transition from Geek to Manager and the skills that are needed to go with it. This made me reflect on what makes a good manager, and if anyone…

For this chapter we went over different tactics and techniques on advancing your career. In this chapter the author goes over three unhelpful suggestions in advancing your career: follow your passion, develop…