Cupcakes and Conversations with Nicki Sanders is a monthly virtual session for professional women held on the second Wednesday at 1:00pm focused on leadership, career advancement and sisterhood. During the month of November, I decided to create a Facebook Live series on the Nicki Sanders Leadership Consulting Facebook page. The series is titled, “3 Questions Mid-Level Managers […]
Your boss thinks you’re too lenient. Your staff thinks you’re too strict. Your friends think you have the perfect job. Your family thinks work can’t really be that bad. What do you think? You feel misunderstood. You’re taking on additional responsibilities but not being intellectually stimulated. One of your employees is dealing with a difficult
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I see you managing up while working on the ground with your team. I understand what it’s like to love your work but know that you are called for greater. It’s time to: Drop society’s expectations Assess and evaluate your career past to carve out a new career path Quantify your skills, talents, and assets,
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Expendable, misunderstood, frustrated, pressured? They say it can be lonely at the top, but it can also be lonely in the middle. Studies have shown that mid-level managers are the unhappiest of all levels of employee – not just all levels of management. It doesn’t have to be that way. I know the challenges firsthand, but
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The hardest part of management is dealing with people. Management is not for the faint at heart. If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone say, “I wouldn’t want your job”, I would be rich. I’ve talked with many people who have turned down management positions and others who took positions that
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