When you're in the thick of things, it's so challenging to stop and look around, much less build a team. But if you don't, then you're gonna sink, and you might not be able to recover! Here's how to stop, drop and roll before the...
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Prioritization is key. No matter how "deer-in-the-headlights" your project manager is, they should be doing the following for you, no exceptions. It doesn't hurt, to be proactive though...
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I see this constantly. The creative director has me build a team, we bring on the ready and willing, and then fast forward 2 weeks and we are phasing some of them out. There are so many reasons that the CD or accounts can become...
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There are many circumstances in which you have to bro down and get real with your clients. The most challenging times are when you aren't seeing eye to eye, and there’s no light at the end of the tunnel. In my experience, these conversations can...
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I knew I was unemployable in high school. Yep, that's right—the project manager that works 60-80 hour weeks when fate requires it of her is unemployable. Another word for unemployable is, dare I say, entrepreneurial? Freelance beckoned. I had a hard time with authority and being...
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Sometimes the stars align and I'm rollin' with a client base that I love. They inspire me daily, and we collaborate in a way that is otherworldly. "You're the miracle … ” “No, you are" kind of stuff. This is the sweet spot. It's exactly...
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