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Performance Reviews – Weekly Article Dump

Performance Reviews It's almost the end of the year, and performance reviews for many companies are just around the corner. This will be the first time for me sitting on the other side of a performance review. I'm excited, and to be honest, a little nervous about how it will all play out. I know our HR manager has done an excellent job putting together our initial take on performance reviews, but it's still going to be up to me to ensure that all aspects of a performance review are communicated properly to my team. It's definitely going to be an interesting time of year! I've started doing a little bit of reading on performance reviews. From what I can tell, the general consensus is that most performance review systems are flawed and nobody knows the perfect way to do…

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November 25, 2013

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Halloween – Weekly Article Dump

Happy HalloweenHappy Halloween, everyone! I hope those of you who were out and about with your own little ghouls and ghosts had a safe Halloween this year.Halloween costumes were pretty creative again this year at Magnet Forensics. I tried going with my own Horse Lime attempt, but it's difficult when not many people know what the Horse Lime actually is. Regardless, my awesome mother put together the lime portion of my costume, and I was extremely grateful for that (and yes, I'm in my mid 20's. No judging). I think it turned out pretty damn good.This year, Saige won our Halloween costume contest. As Old Gregg, it was hard for that to not be a sure-fire win. Complete with Bailey's in hand, I think the only thing that could have made it better was a set of watercolours to go…

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November 3, 2013

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Lead by Example and Emulate Ideal

Background Leadership has become a big focus for me as I start to grow more into my role at Magnet Forensics. As a developer, I feel like it's easy to gain basic knowledge and experience with unfamiliar programming territory just by surfing The Internet. With leadership, that's certainly not the case for me. What's my most recent realization? Lead by example if you expect anyone to take you seriously. As a young leader (and with little professional experience in a leadership role), I think this becomes especially important. When you lead by example, you're showing others that you're really behind what you're preaching. Lead by Example: A Simple How-to Maybe it's obvious, but I really don't think I'm over simplifying my message when I say it. To lead by example, you just do what you expect other people to do.…

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October 18, 2013

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