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Five Actions To Take Before Your Next Presentation

You’re scheduled for a presentation. Maybe presenting to a few decision-makers, perhaps speaking to a larger audience. Either way, positive actions beforehand can make you a stronger presenter.

Is Your Predecessor Preventing Your Success? 5 Tips For Leaders Starting A New Job.

During your first few days at a new job, you spend plenty of time learning about the business of your new employers, meeting lots of new people, and diving into how things get done currently in your new department. And that’s when you start to learn about how things were before you got there.

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Rebranding a Corporate Law Firm

Longtime friend of InSource, Brandie Knox, who is the principal and creative director of Knox Design Strategy, shared a recent successful case study with us. Knox has an interesting career...

How A Consulting Mindset Will Take Your Department From Order-Takers To Creative Problem-Solving Rock-Stars!

Use elements of a consulting mindset to take your department from order-takers to creative problem-solving rock-stars!

Your Guide to Building the Best Creative Team

Attention employers: Building a great creative team doesn't have to be a challenge. Knowing that the process is part art, part science will keep you on track. I recently spoke at the HOW Design...

Avoid Employee Turnover: How to Tell if You're Losing a Top Performer

Employees who feel underappreciated, underpaid or unchallenged are big flight risks. Absenteeism, social withdrawal, a decline in work habits and a negative attitude are warning signs an...
How to Recruit (Tactfully) at Creative Industry Events

How to Recruit (Tactfully) at Creative Industry Events

What’s the best way to recruit — discreetly — at an industry event while respecting the privacy of fellow attendees? We’ve got some advice for you. When creatives talk about “networking” at industry events, they often mean executives pursuing new accounts or job...

Critique without criticism

Critique without criticism

We've all heard this feedback: "It's fine." or "I don't like your use of that [color/shape/photo/etc]." Both of these types of responses are what I call Creative Death Blows. They provide no constructive feedback. Those responses are lazy and opinionated. No one...

2-Minute Tip: Budgeting

2-Minute Tip: Budgeting

I am often surprised to hear that many in-house creative leaders are not running their own budgets for their departments. And because they are not the budget owner, they have very little say into what and how much goes into the budgeting process. We all know running...

Be the best boss, by not being a boss at all

"Don't be a boss, be a coach" is one of the best pieces of advice I ever received about managing people. I took that advice to heart when I was leading in-house teams, and it has always paid off in regards to loyalty, team cohesiveness, and performance. I've got proof...

Tips for Making the Most of Career Development Programs

Employers often highlight their career development programs as a way to boost their recruitment and retention efforts. That’s because so many job candidates and employees place a premium on companies that devote time, money and resources to helping employees learn and...

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