Career Management Tips – Smart Lemming – Career Management Guide
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Smart Lemming Diary: Feeling Validated with Kind Words and Salary Increase
March 25, 2006 You know what I like about my CEO? He’s sincere. He always wants to do the right thing by his standards. He always follows through. Originally, my CEO floated a 10% raise to accompany my promotion to VP of Marketing. While I was half joking about checking the salary data that I [...]
Read more →Passion at Work, The Rules of Work, and 45 Things You Do that Drive Your Boss Crazy | Smart Lemming Rundown Podcast
This week Lori Grant recommends three business books that help you find your core purpose in life, avoid making mistakes at work that make you look bad to your peers or manager, and learn the unwritten rules at work, giving you the upper hand with peers.
Read more →The Smart Lemming’s Weekly Twitter Digest: Week of January 29, 2010
The Smart Lemming sent out the following tweets, recommending these additional resources from news, articles, and posts on business life, career management, and management: Business life: Employers & employees: read this post on social media throughout throughout the employment lifecycle. It’s insightful. I like Toodledo too, but right now I’m lovin’ my new iPhone app, [...]
Read more →Smart Lemming Diary: Restarting Salary Discussion for VP Role
March 6, 2006 After my promotion this week, my CEO and I had a lot going on. We had several meetings together, especially with outsiders. My CEO enjoys introducing me as his VP of Marketing. He’s so excited and proud of this change. I can see it in his eyes and hear it in his [...]
Read more →Smart Lemming Diary: Transition Plans for New VP Role
March 6, 2006 My new VP responsibilities kick into high gear this week. I’ve identified the sales and channel management functions for my CEO. Now, I have two transition plans and one channel partner Sales Training that I need to move on quickly. The following reflects my plans, CEO’s expectations, and our Management Team’s specific [...]
Read more →Smart Lemming Diary: Promotion to VP of Marketing
March 2, 2006 This week has been crazy. My CEO sent out this wonderful note to the company announcing my title change. I am pleased to announce that Lori has accepted the position of Vice President of Marketing. Since August of last year, Lori has served as Director of Marketing. This change is being made [...]
Read more →The First 90 Days, Kotler on Marketing, and Beyond the Core | Smart Lemming Rundown Podcast
I decided to launch a podcast to share what I’ve learned, and how I’ve used this knowledge in managing my career. This week I discuss three must-read career management books and explain why you should be reading them.
Read more →Smart Lemming Diary: “What Title Do You Want? VP of …”
February 27, 2006 Swatting Away Permanent Sales Management Duties Now that’s not a question you hear every day at work. But, this is the question my CEO asked me on Friday, after we reviewed my sales and channel management plan. “Wow, this looks great. You’re doing what a VP of Sales should be doing here.” I [...]
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