Career Tip: Get a fresh perspective
Are you or your team at a loss for new ideas and creative inspiration?
Are you or your team at a loss for new ideas and creative inspiration?
Donna Farrugia, executive director of The Creative Group, responds to career-related questions from InSource members. This week, she addresses the issue of handling counteroffers.
Don’t play the blame game if something goes awry.
Internal creative organizations often struggle with whether they should be charging clients and if so, at what rate. This doesn’t seem like a complex challenge, until you try to solve it! In this post I’ll touch on good reasons for implementing a chargeback model, costs that should be considered for inclusion, key considerations, and implementation tips.
If you’re worried that your position is about to be outsourced, you probably feel like you’re out of control. Following are 10 things you can do to take back the reins and make sure your career doesn’t kick the bucket.
When something isn’t going quite right, or deadlines have you feeling flustered, take a quick breather.
Donna Farrugia, executive director of The Creative Group, responds to career-related questions from InSource members. This week, she addresses the issue of achieving better team dynamics.
Evaluate current production or design processes and offer suggestions for cutting costs or saving your company resources.
The past few weeks, I have been traveling through Yellowstone National Park. If you have ever been, you know how majestic the scenery is. How magnificent the animal sightings can be. And, how amazingly breathtaking the sky, mountains, and clouds appear. All of those things really get the creative juices flowing.
As in-house leaders, we have at some point in our creative lives been given one great piece of advice on managing our career, business or team that’s become a guiding light. Please share with the InSource community the best piece of advice you’ve received, and who it came from.