Eric Charran

Eric Charran, a veteran technology executive with 25+ years leading data, AI and platform transformations, presents a practical leadership playbook for professionals at every level. Have You Ever Had a Boss That… identifies nine boss archetypes (from the Firefighter to the Attack Sub), illustrates each with real-world cases, and gives tactical frameworks for navigating, influencing, and thriving under difficult leadership.
Drawing on enterprise experience at major brands and consulting… Show more

Eric Charran, a veteran technology executive with 25+ years leading data, AI and platform transformations, presents a practical leadership playbook for professionals at every level. Have You Ever Had a Boss That… identifies nine boss archetypes (from the Firefighter to the Attack Sub), illustrates each with real-world cases, and gives tactical frameworks for navigating, influencing, and thriving under difficult leadership.
Drawing on enterprise experience at major brands and consulting engagements, the book combines psychological insight, case studies and step-by-step approaches to “manage up,” protect your career trajectory, and convert workplace dysfunction into learning and opportunity. Essential reading for anyone who wants to lead more effectively and survive (and thrive) under challenging bosses. Show less

Working under a boss who thrives in crisis, often called a “Firefighter” boss, can be both inspiring and exhausting. This leadership style prioritizes urgent problem-solving over prevention, which leads to repeated crises, burnout, and disengagement among employees. However, there are strategies to protect your wellbeing and succeed despite this challenging dynamic.

Recognize and Address Dysfunction: Individuals must confront toxic behaviors openly but with enough finesse that it doesn’t exacerbate or escalate the situation. Whether it’s favoritism, micromanagement, or poor communication, diplomatically addressing issues builds trust.

Applies common application lifecycle management (ALM) concepts and practices to application development using SharePoint Server 2013 technologies.

Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 is used for a broad set of applications and solutions, either stand-alone or in concert with other systems. To achieve this flexibility, the platform supports lots of possible architectures and configurations. Some parts of the system are well-known, but we still see variances to these parts. This article focuses on the top configuration best practices that you should consider, such as front-end Web server configuration, database configuration, servicing… Show more

Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 is used for a broad set of applications and solutions, either stand-alone or in concert with other systems. To achieve this flexibility, the platform supports lots of possible architectures and configurations. Some parts of the system are well-known, but we still see variances to these parts. This article focuses on the top configuration best practices that you should consider, such as front-end Web server configuration, database configuration, servicing, and patching. Show less

Learn about the importance of social networking in an organization and how to properly implement Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 as a social networking platform. It is important to design a solution that encompasses the inclusion of data into Office SharePoint Server as part of a user's profile. A strategy is required to ensure that data from these sources don't conflict, overlap, and cause inconsistencies in the social mining involved in creating colleague matches.

Learn about methodologies and strategies to reconcile differences between Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies artifact development and assembly development. The strategies include combining these two components into a single version control repository, such as Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server.

Enterprises must consider and attempt to construct a team-environment model that accommodates the requirements for SharePoint Server application development.