Swen Graham, Foursquare’s Head of National Strategy & Sales Solutions Talks About What’s New JS: Swen, I know plenty of people that would love to have your job. How did you get to Foursquare? SG: Three years ago I decided to take a job with Quattro Wireless, a mobile advertising network. It was [...]
Do you remember the first time you managed someone… wondering if you were doing things right? Striking a balance between coach, friend and boss? I still don’t know if I have the magic formula, so I was happy when Pete Van Bloem turned me on to this article about how to manage employees to [...]
Contributed by Mary Ann Kelly LinkedIn is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year and has grown to more than 200 million users worldwide. That’s a pretty awesome stage for your professional bio! You want to make sure people can find you, and that your profile is readable and up-to-date. This week’s post is how [...]
All the credit for this one goes to Bill Hewson, who has provided digital thought leadership at agencies like Catapult Marketing, Carat and Digitas and more recently founded The Hewson Group. He introduced me to this clip on brainpickings.org after the Buried Life post. It’s John Cleese speaking on the 5 things you can do [...]
A few weeks ago my husband attended a networking mixer for Bentley alumni and learned about a high-powered real estate investor. “Oh wow, I’d love an introduction,” he said to his pal. “Sure! Just figure out what you’re going to say to him.” Translation: This guy has less than a nanosecond, so come up with [...]
Imagine this: You manage a few people – or a lot of people – and your company recently announced a merger (or sale!). The emotions of your team range from anxious to dejected to outraged. They’re asking you what it’s all about and what the future holds, and you’re not entirely clear yourself. Maybe [...]
Every now and then I get on a mantra kick. My last big one was “I’m on it” and I did a blog series about hiring On It People. People that make stuff happen. Today a new mantra popped into my head: “Make it stop.” Have you ever been part of a discussion that [...]
Welcome back to the conclusion of our 3-part series on how to resign. Our goal is to minimize the sourness and bad feelings that typically accompany this conversation. Often the length of time between your decision to leave and your actual resignation are a good indicator of how painful the break-up is going to [...]
You’ve done it. You’ve accepted a job offer and are excited to start your awesome new role. Congratulations! There’s just one thing standing between you and absolute happiness: You need to have that dreaded resignation conversation with your boss. Ugh. It’s unpleasant. You hope your boss will be understanding and supportive, but honestly you [...]
I love all the responses we’re getting from our What Kind of Planner Are You? post! THANK YOU! Since I was puzzling over all the confusing planner mixed breeds that have emerged, a brilliant planner that I know and love suggested 4 major archetypes: Planners leaning towards Creative, towards Consulting (a lot of former [...]
