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Listen in on what industry experts had to say at the latest Creatives Meet Business event. Host Ashland Viscosi curates and shares the best content and tips from the live events to help creatives and artists transition into creative entrepreneurs.
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Nov 6, 2017

Hi there folks!

Creatives Meet Business is an event and podcast series based out of Austin, Texas for creatives of ALL disciplines to get from zero to one in thinking of themselves as business owners (in the creative sector).

This episode features Kara Kriegshauser, Client Services Professional, who joined us in April during our roundtable event on Managing Professional Relationships. As you'll soon find out, she'll walk you through the fine art of managing up, down, and across in under 15 minutes. Because there's so SO much that's exciting about this episode - let's hop in and hear what Kara has to say!

  • 0:00 to 1:40 - Ashland Opening Remarks and Intro of Kara Kriegshauser
  • 1:41 to 3:44 - Introduction of Self and Topic (Managing Up, Down, and Across)
    • Managing up - trying to influence someone to change their mind who has say over your paycheck
    • Managing down - managing an employee, assistant, intern
    • Managing across - working with someone equal to you (a peer) to accomplish a goal that you desire
  • 3:45 to 5:10 - Success is about influencing others / 3 Main Things to help create influence
    • Empathy
    • Information
    • Reciprocity
      • Queso versus sushi with friend example that uses all three principles
  • 5:11 to 6:34 - Mutual Respect
    • Google study about what makes teams successful within Google. Survey result was "being nice to each other"
    • Mutual respect
    • What piece can you control and how can you influence within that
  • 6:35 to 11:19 - Understand Place in System and How to Build Influence
    • What's my goal. What can I control? What's my role? So, what can I control within my role?
      • Managing up example with CEO at former company
      • Managing up example with boutique owner and task management software Asana
        • Pilot your idea!
        • After implementation, work with the manager to find more ways to improve the process or solicit feedback for improvement
        • Take time to celebrate
  • 11:20 to 12:02 - Parting Quotes
    • Steve Martin, "a mistake that we make is we ask ourselves who can help me when the question to ask is instead whom can I help first."
      • Builds mutual respect
    • "The key to successful leadership today is influence and not authority."
  • 12:07 to 13:23 - Ashland Closing Remarks
    • Stay in touch, email us (ashland@cmbatx.com) or connect with us on social (@createmeetbiz on Instagram and Twitter // Creatives Meet Business on Facebook)

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Get ready for more info on Managing Professional Relationships, stay tuned!

Thanks!

Ashland, Creatives Meet Business

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