Leadership

Every two to three years, you are probably not the same person that you were two or three years ago, and you don't have to carry the legacy and the baggage of what you were before. If you keep this in mind about your employees, it makes it easier to let them go.

Chris Do has a quick talk about running a brand strategy meeting asking great questions while being unbiased.

Have you dealt with Flakey Freelancer? Chris Do helps us understand what we should do. Do you have contracts to protect you?

Not everyone, including your team, enjoys working in the same way as a creative director. Find out how your team works is great start.

Greg Gunn answers a question about the communication breakdown between a creative director's vision and a designer's execution.

Chris Do answered a Pro Member's question about how he scaled his team and what advice he has.

When delegating work to people, think about the three or five things that make a decision as to how something is going to work, and to share that with them. To be as specific about what you want them to do, but not to tell them how to do it. This is key. If you tell people how to do things, you are going to forever be stuck with somebody following behind you with a notepad and pen asking you to be very prescriptive of what you want.

Paying international workers, communication barriers (language), time differences, managing milestones, and deadlines. How much time should I pad? Onboarding new contractors with your process. Determining skill/culture fit? How do I vet? Should freelancers be talking to my client? How should you scope/charge for things you are not an expert in? Employee vs freelancer? Flakey freelancers. How do I distill what my client/boss wants?