Being the bearer of bad news is of the biggest challenges managers face. No body likes bad news, and it is worse when you know you might be ruining somebody’s day or much more. It never gets easier to tell someone they’re not performing up to standards, or to tell a whole team that their project they’ve spent so many hours on is now scrapped or the company is downsizing.
Fatal Flaws in leaders are perhaps spoken less of compared to what qualities a leader must possess. As a candidate of management jobs, this is critical as a check. Leadership consultants Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman conducted two studies to judge the characteristics of those who were fired as well as those who were considered least effective in terms of their leadership skills.
In our regular interviews with headhunters and executive recruiters, we have already answered a variety of questions: How do headhunters define a top manager? How can you be present on a headhunter’s radar? What are they looking for in candidate CVs? Today we’d like to present exclusive insights from Roland Netter, CEO and Managing Partner of GKM-recruitment AG. We’ve asked him some candidate-centric questions for you, including how what questions should a candidate ask a headhunter. Read further to get these exclusive insights…
As we described before, workplace happiness has a direct impact on productivity of employees. As a manager and a CEO, this is something that of utmost importance. Especially with the millennials entering the workforce and wanting far more flexibility, tangible work-culture, most managers have to deal with the cost of unhappy employees.
A simple way to circumvent a normal job application process and in fact to expand your “application repertoire” is possible by writing a speculative application. By displaying a sense of dynamism and initiative, you can be a step ahead of competition. However, having said that, speculative applications may not be all that easy to position considering there isn’t a real job position or description to work with. Keeping this in mind, today, we would like to share a few tips helping you successfully develop the art of writing a speculative application.
Is it time for a new challenge? Then, well, take a look at the graphic below… It may not necessarily be the exact same in your industry, you if are just a successful “Online acquisition manager” or a “Senior Specialist” in a certain industry and dream to get even close to the top of the food chain, do you know how far you still have to work your way up? Looks pretty daunting at times, right? But it does not need to be so. Because no matter how high you have set your goals (yes, also a Product Director with a completely balanced and happy life), it is always important that you use the right strategies to get ahead.
“It’s always a good idea to take calls from headhunters—even if the job they’re currently hiring for isn’t the one you want”
Congratulations for your new management jobs or even a high flying consulting career! While we have reported the rise of virtual teams and office, at the executive levels one can seldom manage absolutely no travel in today’s global businesses. That’s the key reason for us bringing you the tips for Business Travel! We are assuming you are suffering like others in executive jobs and hope these tips can come in handy!
A few moons ago, we published tips on CV writing when you’re applying for management jobs in Germany. Today we have a follow-up on this series. We share tips to optimize your job application.
A while back we talked about women in management jobs, while we are on the same topic today, this one is even more special. Jenny Krumme is a top boss at 25. Many of us girls (and boys) in childhood get subjected to the same career question in each party. What would you like to be when you grow up? Plenty among us decide on our career paths quickly and many others go through varied paths before one can safely assume that one has arrived.
