Business Week Touts Manager/Career Tools
We're always so busy producing content and serving clients that we rarely spend time marketing Manager Tools and Career Tools. We know we could that better, but we’re always glad to have help from a high circulation, well-regarded business press leader.
Ultimately, it’s our listeners and members who make us successful – thanks for being part of our growing community.
Time To Prep For Your Review (Sad Face)
It's about 12 weeks before the end of the calendar year. Time to start preparing for your review. We recommend a 12-week process NOT because it takes 12 weeks - it doesn't. We recommend 1 to 2 half hours each week on your calendar to do the research necessary. Too many of us wait until the last minute, and then end up WRITING the self-review rather than PREPARING the review.
Good reviews are NOT written, they are prepared...and prepared reviews write themselves.
And another good reason, Wendii says: if it's been a rubbish year, you might still have time to salvage some good deliverables. If you wait, you won't. Fortune favors the prepared.
More Wendii! (Happy Face)
Wendii Lord, our Career Tools associate in London, has recently agreed to do even more for our firm by assisting Mark with his work yet further. Some of you may have heard us mention that Wendii wrote one of our recent Career Tools casts - about one of the four big questions that recruiters expect good answers to. Mark has said many times he's never met anyone as good at careers as Wendii, and she continues to prove him right. Expect to hear more from her in the future. We're lucky to have her helping our community.
A Note From Mark About Downturns
We have a long time client who recently told Mike and Mark that this year his division (200MM USD+ Revenue) is likely going to deliver its best profit numbers ever.
Why? Because the downturn caused them to get smart about expenses, and costs fell with minimal personnel reductions. Revenue IS down slightly, but costs are WAY down, so profits are up.
The Lesson: Don't let costs creep up on you as the economy picks back up. Stay lean, profit more quickly. Even if you can't say, "We raced, and didn't chase*", you still have an opportunity to produce profits more quickly in the upturn. Happy Face!
*If you’re not sure what Race Don’t Chase is, listen to this podcast.
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