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I Loved being a guest on The Modern Manager podcast with host Mamie Kanfer Stewart. Listen to our conversation about how to be a rockstar middle manager by making your boss and your team successful! Episode links – the episode can be found at: www.mamieks.com/podcast-094 and is also on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, and Spotify.
The truth of your job is that your results don’t matter. The perception of you and your results is actually what determines your career. Spreading negativity can have a massive impact on the perception others have. When you focus on other people’s faults you are actually doing more damage to your own career.
On today’s episode, I am with Brian Ahearn and he is going to teach you how to be more persuasive. This is an essential skill to have in your career and the best news is it CAN be learned. Learn: Liking – In order to be more persuasive you have to like the person your …
Setting project deadlines is always a perilous task. In this short episode, I will give you a few quick tips that can help you navigate this difficult situation. 1. Never open your Mouth without all details. 2. Always have two timelines ready 3. Over-communicate like crazy 4. Don’t sweat it too much, all deadlines are made …
Our organization had a brand new VP who we had never met before. We were all a little curious as we shuffled into the large conference room to meet him. We listened as he talked about his background and the vision he had for our organization. Then he paused and took a deep breath and …
I am going to give you some profound management advice immediately at the beginning of this episode. Your goal in life is to work as little as possible. This flies in the face of current wisdom and the cult of busyness we seem to worship in companies today. Go ask someone how work is going, …