by Jamie Quickert | Mar 6, 2021 | Culture, Leadership
A half a dozen years ago I sat in classes at a conference and listened to amazing female speakers from around the county and thought “Yes. This is what I want to do. I want to be the best there is. I want to be an expert in my field and I want to teach...
by Jamie Quickert | Feb 23, 2021 | Communication, Culture, Leadership
I have written about “managing down” to the employees you lead, “managing up” to your boss or the CEO, and today I thought I would tackle the hardest topic of all, managing across the aisle. Let’s be honest, managing the middle is exhausting, and managing...
by Jamie Quickert | Feb 16, 2021 | Communication, Leadership, Marketing, Sales
Early in my career, I saw a listing for a position that I considered to be a “dream job.” Full of more gumption and courage than experience, I sent a resume along with the world’s most ridiculous cover letter. It was formatted to look like an invitation and began...
by Jamie Quickert | Oct 21, 2020 | Leadership
Early in my career, I went to work for a company that had a notoriously bad reputation for the way they treated their employees and a Glassdoor rating to match. It was safe to assume the leadership qualities of the previous manager were lacking to say the very least....
by Jamie Quickert | Oct 13, 2020 | Communication, Culture, Leadership, Marketing, Public Relations
Lynda Gratton, a workplace expert, proclaimed that workplace loyalty was dead. In a quote in The Financial Times, she said that loyalty had been “killed off through shortening contracts, outsourcing, automation, and multiple careers.” That seems very grim, but is it...
