Edgar Chisholm

Twenty/Veinte · A Blog of Twenty

Leadership articles

Notes on leading IT teams, hiring Linux professionals and keeping systems running. 17 articles from my Twenty/Veinte series, built around practical point lists.

20 Ways To Improve Time Management for a Linux Admin

Twenty habits for planning your day, protecting your time and getting work done.

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Leveraging Self-Care to Power Productivity of Your IT Teams.

Twenty ways managers can support self-care, reduce burnout and help their teams do good work.

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A simple 20-point BCP/DR plan

A media company continuity plan covering recovery objectives, backups, communications and testing.

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20 Ways to Leverage Automation in a Linux and AWS Environment

Twenty areas where automation can reduce repetitive work and knowledge silos in Linux and AWS.

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20 Qualities I Seek When Hiring an IT LINUX Professional

The technical abilities and working habits I look for when hiring Linux professionals.

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20 impactful strategies for success for peer promoted to manager

Practical ways to lead former peers while building trust and taking on new responsibilities.

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20 Tactics For Managing Enterprise Killing Certificate Expiration

A certificate and key inventory that stays current before an expiration becomes an outage.

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20 Ways to Meet the Challenge of Being a First-time IT Manager.

Practical guidance for a first IT management role, from finding a mentor to leading through change.

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20 tips for managing cybersecurity

The 12 cybersecurity practices published in the source article, covering assets, risk, access, monitoring and recovery.

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20 IT strategies for Managing Remote & In-office combined Teams

Twenty ways to make remote and in-office IT workers operate as one team.

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20 Ways to Incorporate ITIL in Your IT Environment

Practical steps for introducing ITIL across a Linux and AWS DevOps environment while keeping ownership, measurement and continual improvement visible.

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20 Critical Steps for Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity.

A disaster recovery and business continuity checklist built around preparation, testing and recovery.

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20 reasons I believe in the working Manager

Why staying close to Linux administration work can improve decisions, trust and team support.

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20 Key Qualities of an IT Professional

A hiring checklist that treats technical ability and working habits as parts of the same assessment.

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20 Ways to Increase Team Collaboration and Break up Silos

Twenty team habits that make knowledge, decisions and work visible across silos.

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20 Ways To Stay Authentic In the Modern Corporate IT Environment.

A practical list for keeping personal values and professional growth in view at work.

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20 Strategies for Developing and Maintaining a Service Catalogue

Build a service catalogue your team can maintain, search and use during an outage.

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