I never heard this statement when I lived on the agency side of the fence: “Well that’s the way it’s always been”. But I heard it every day when I jumped to the client side to join an in-house creative team. The negativity and roadblocks weren’t coming out of the...
If you are like pretty much every other creative leader on the planet, you are being asked (told) to do more with fewer (human) resources. While this poses a number of challenges, there are several things you can do to help keep your team and yourself somewhat sane....
In our summer poll, we asked members about creative leadership and where your team falls within the organizational structure of your firm. While 35% of respondents said they have one person calling the creative shots, much like a Chief Creative Officer, only 4% said their top creative carried a Chief title. And the majority, at 52%, said that no creative leader at their firm sat at the executive level.
Happy 2015! With a new year comes a reset or a reiteration of company and department goals. As a manager, many of you are likely putting together your six- and 12-month plans for the year. A big part of this planning involves a new budget. How do you plan to allocate the bulk of your department budget this year?
In last month’s poll on managing change in your organization, 62% of responders cited “resources” as their biggest challenge to taking their team to the next level. Being understaffed is one challenge. Having the wrong people on the team can be even tougher to correct. Your weakest links can disrupt an otherwise well-functioning team and sap the spirit of your top performers. How do you course correct underperformers?
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