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Step Up and Take More Ownership

January 8, 2013 by John Sansom Leave a Comment

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This post is part of the T-SQL Tuesday Meme, this month hosted by Jason Brimhall. His chosen theme, to come up with a story where you “stood firm” and relate it to these words: resolve, resolution, or resolute.  Regular readers will know and tell you that I’m resolute in my philosophy that the Best DBAs Automate Everything. So […]

Filed Under: Professional Development, SQLServerCentral Syndication, SQLServerPedia Syndication Tagged With: Leadership, Replication, Responsibility

Stop Asking and Start Making Decisions Today

April 26, 2011 by John Sansom 4 Comments

Ever have one of those days where no matter how hard you try you just can’t seem to make any progress with your work? Sure you have. We all have days and moments like that. Sometimes it can feel impossible to get any real work done, with every task in your schedule requiring feedback from […]

Filed Under: Professional Development, SQLServerCentral Syndication, SQLServerPedia Syndication Tagged With: Database Administrator, Leadership, Time Management

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