Career & Leadership

What will it take for you to create career that you want? Here are ways to develop leadership and cultivate other essential skills, plus hacks that can make a big impact on anyone's day-to-day work. And we look at ethics — how do your colleagues draw the line on everything from freebies to food waste?

Ron Williams: Make Good (Enough) Decisions

In his new book, the RW2 Enterprises chairman and CEO shares how to be more decisive so that you don’t succumb to what he calls “paralysis by analysis.”

BY Casey Gale April 4, 2019

Getting the Buy-in: How to Persuade Your Work to Bankroll Your CMP

Earning a Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) designation is good for you — and the place that hired you. Now how can you get your company’s support? PCMA is here to help.

April 3, 2019

Amilie Parent Named President of Showcare

The former VP of finance and administration will assume a larger role in the company’s continued growth.

BY David McMillin April 3, 2019

People on the Move

Your colleagues are on the move, find out who is going where.

BY Casey Gale April 3, 2019

Advice for Event Strategists Who Work with Hotels

If you’re looking for some insights to help make things easier for you when you work with hotels, you’ve checked in to the right place.

BY Michelle Russell April 1, 2019

How Event Strategists Keep F&B, AV Costs Down

Here’s how event professionals are creating memorable attendee experiences without busting their budgets.

BY Nancy Mann Jackson April 1, 2019

James Youngblood: ‘I Was an Unwitting CEO’

The meeting planner-turned-top-executive never aspired to be a CEO, but as he retires from the Heart Rhythm Society, it’s clear that his career leap was a happy accident.

BY David McMillin March 28, 2019

Rethink Networking: Build Meaningful Business Relationships Instead

Forget about collecting stacks of business cards, authors of a new book say. Instead, create a community to help push your career forward.

BY Angela Campiere March 28, 2019

People on the Move

Your colleagues are on the move, find out who is going where.

BY Casey Gale March 27, 2019

How ‘Irrepressible Chutzpah’ Led to Her Success

Events industry educator Carol Krugman reflects on how learning on the fly led her down several paths in the events industry — and what she wishes she had focused on earlier in her career.

BY David McMillin March 20, 2019

Building a Team? It Takes More Than Just the Right People

Successful events take teamwork. But what do successful teams require? Adam Bryant shares insights gleaned from his interviews with executives published in the New York Times’ “Corner Office” series that he launched.

BY Casey Gale March 20, 2019

People on the Move

Your colleagues are on the move, find out who is going where.

BY Casey Gale March 20, 2019

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