Author Archives: Suzanne Davidson

A few pick-ups from moving

As some of you know, I recently moved from my condo into a little house. It’s a new adventure for this city girl. Grass, apparently, just grows all summer and you need to KEEP mowing it. Who knew? Probably everyone … Continue reading

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Is Your Budget Ready for the New Year?

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been building an application called Budget Buddy. It’s a tool to help our staff to track and manage expenses for their respective teams. It’s been interesting to work on, and I’ve been learning a … Continue reading

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Advice for an Intern

The past two summers in the PMO, we’ve been fortunate enough to have a summer intern join our team. I think I can speak for everyone when I say that we’ve had fun teasing/being teased by our interns and seeing … Continue reading

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How to Survive the Holidays at Work

It’s that time of year again. Snow is falling, people are buying gifts like crazy, and there is delicious food everywhere. Even at work. Everyone has different reactions to this time of year in the workplace. Some people would rather … Continue reading

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Stress? What Stress?

By Cate Hartnett At the risk of sounding cliché; where did the time go? As I type this post, I keep glancing at the calendar, convinced it’s only September. How are we are already wrapping up the first full week … Continue reading

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Should we have cell phone etiquette at work?

I love my cell phone. It’s rarely out of my reach and I’ve come to rely on it for practically everything. I’m not the only one with these codependency issues. I know this because I see and hear cell phones … Continue reading

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Resolve to try new things this New Year

I’m all about New Year’s resolutions. I plan them out, write them down, and sometimes even sign them – as though they were the personal equivalent of my FY17 performance goals. Things like “Read a book where the title is … Continue reading

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