DualMint

Chief Technology Officer

Ipseity Network

Co-Founder and CEO

Breeze Comfort

Managing Director

Omniture

Product Specialist

FAST

Director of Field Services APAC

Concur Technologies

marimba

Sales Engineering Manager

Oracle

Sales Engineer

Co-Founder and CEO at Ipseity Network Co-Founder and CTO at DualMint

Specialties: Data Privacy, Enterprise Search, Systems Management

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Justin Bateh, PhD, PMP

AI, Project Management & Leadership Expert & Founder | PhD, PMP | Award-Winning Professor & LinkedIn Learning Instructor | Helping operators lead projects, use AI effectively, and advance their careers.

AI, Project Management, Leadership &amp; Career Growth ⚡Hi, I’m Justin 👋 I’ve spent my career running projects where decisions mattered, and failure wasn’t an option. I didn’t study project management, operations, and strategy just to talk about it. I used it to make decisions, fix broken execution, and get results when the stakes were high. To prove it wasn’t luck, I built repeatable systems I teach through real projects and that are now used and proven by thousands of leaders. Here, I share my experience in project management, AI, leadership, and career growth.Not as theory, but as leverage for modern leaders. I hate fluff. I hate busywork. Everything here is real, tested, and battle-proven...from someone who’s still doing the work today. *All views and opinions shared across my content are solely my own.

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I teach Project & Operations professionals the skills to drive sustainable growth, change, and profitability using data-driven decision making, lean tools, six sigma methodologies, agile projects, and data analytics. I have worked with executives and managers from numerous organizations, including Walmart, Verizon, Amazon, Pearson, UPS, Wiley, Cengage, Medtronic, US Department of Health, CSX, USPS, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Crowley Maritime, US Air Force, US Navy, Novartis, FedEx, McKesson, and many others.

Justin Bateh, PhD

Your dream job just became your nightmare.

(and you missed every warning sign)

Here's 7 toxic workplace signals that scream ""run"":

1/ High Turnover Rate

→ People quit within months
→ Same roles posted constantly
→ Exit interviews get ignored
→ New hires look confused and stressed

2/ Micromanagement

→ Every email needs approval
→ Managers hover over your desk
→ Zero decision-making authority
→ Trust doesn't exist anywhere

3/ Lack of Transparency

→ Budget cuts announced last minute
→ Leadership meets behind closed doors
→ Information shared selectively
→ Office gossip beats official updates

4/ Blame Culture

→ Mistakes lead to public shame
→ Finger-pointing in every meeting
→ Fear of asking questions
→ Learning gets discouraged

5/ Chronic Burnout

→ 60-hour weeks are ""normal""
→ Vacation requests get guilt trips
→ Exhaustion badges worn proudly
→ Work-life balance is a joke

6/ Favoritism & Cliques

→ Same people get all promotions
→ Rules bend for certain employees
→ Social circles control advancement
→ Merit takes a backseat

7/ Disrespectful Behavior

→ Yelling considered ""passion""
→ Harassment complaints disappear
→ Bullies get promoted up
→ Professional boundaries don't exist

Remember: When psychological safety dies, so does your career growth.

AI & Project Management Expert & Founder | PhD, PMP | Award-Winning Professor & LinkedIn Learning Instructor | Helping operators leave task management behind and join the top 1% of AI-powered project leaders.

7 Ways You're Training Your Team to Lie to You

(What leaders do that kills honesty)

Your team isn't dishonest.

You made honesty unsafe.

Here's how:

1/ You Punish the Messenger
→ Bad news gets met with anger
→ Problems become personal attacks
→ Transparency feels like career risk
→ So they stop telling you

2/ You Ask "Why Didn't You Tell Me?" After Explosions
→ You weren't safe to tell before
→ Retrospective blame doesn't build trust
→ Hindsight judgment creates fear
→ Next time they'll hide it earlier

3/ You Treat Mistakes Like Character Flaws
→ Errors become moral failures
→ Learning gets replaced with shame
→ Experimentation dies completely
→ Perfection becomes survival strategy

4/ You Say You Want Feedback, Then Get Defensive
→ "I'm open to input" means nothing
→ If criticism triggers justification
→ Your reaction trains them
→ They'll stop being honest

5/ You Reward the Yes-People
→ Promotion goes to agreement
→ Visibility goes to compliance
→ Challenge gets career consequences
→ They learn the game fast

6/ You Overreact to Small Issues
→ Minor problems trigger major responses
→ Proportionality doesn't exist
→ They calculate disclosure risk constantly
→ Hiding becomes rational

7/ You Make Them Watch You Shoot Messengers
→ Public criticism of others
→ Throwing people under the bus
→ Example-setting through punishment
→ They're taking notes

Your team tells you what you can handle.

Not what's actually happening.

Want the truth?

Become someone who can receive it.

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AI, Leadership, and Career Growth | Chief Editor @ Tactical Memo | PhD, PMP | Award-Winning Professor & LinkedIn Learning Instructor | Helping managers, operators, & leaders navigate the AI era & advance their careers.

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