Tag: back2school

  • The Difference Between Advertising and Marketing

    The Difference Between Advertising and Marketing

    Advertising, and marketing; two terms that are somehow interchangeable for most people outside of the two industries (and sadly, inside as well). It’s easy to understand why people who don’t work in these fields confuse the two terms. TVs and movies often use the two to mean the same thing. “I’m in marketing,” says the […]

  • Top 10 New Manager Mistakes

    Top 10 New Manager Mistakes

    Managing can be a little difficult at first. A recent poll found that more than 50% of managers received NO training before starting the job. Here is a list of the most common mistakes new managers make so you can avoid making them too. (If you think I missed one, use the “Readers Respond” link […]

  • Thinking Strategically First Makes Strategic Planning Work

    Strategic planning for organizations is not considered fun. Strategic planning is often done under duress because it is required. Strategic planning is important yet many such plans are found on bookcases, not on the desktops being used. Done well, a strategic plan provides a useful focus that energizes and moves the organization toward its mission […]

  • Why Every Manager Should Create their own Succession Plan

    Why should a manager care about their own replacement? Isn’t that HR’s job? Perhaps, but there are at least four compelling reasons for a manager to be proactive when it comes to their own succession planning: 1. So that you are not seen as “irreplaceable”. On the surface, being so important that no one else […]

  • Tips for New Managers: Part 2

    Being promoted to a manager for the first time is one of the most challenging transitions a manager will ever have to navigate. You’ve come to the right place! Here’s the advice I would give to any new manager, over a series of two meetings. Tips #16-30: 16. Learn and practice a coaching model. Coaching […]

  • Tips for New Managers: Part 1

    Being promoted to a manager for the first time is one of the most challenging transitions a manager will ever have to navigate. You’ve come to the right place! Here’s the advice I would give to any new manager, over a series of two meetings. Tips 1-15 1. Start getting ready before you get promoted. […]

  • From Manager to Leader, The Steps

    sk anyone and they’ll tell you. There’s a difference between managers and leaders. Ask them what that difference is and they may have a bit more difficulty. Suddenly the words become amorphous and undefined. Somehow leadership is an intangible – a charismatic component that some people have and others simply don’t. That’s why, according to […]

  • The Best Leader I Ever Knew

    The best leader I ever knew died recently. I want to share some of the lessons I learned from him with those of you not fortunate enough to have known him. At his funeral, I spoke with the woman who had been his office manager in what was to be his final career. “Whenever we […]

  • Moving Up In Management

    Getting promoted from a management position to a higher-level manager position is similar to any other promotion with one exception. You have to demonstrate that you are ready for the new job. You have to prove you are the best candidate. You have to beat out the competition. In addition, though, you have to have […]