After ten years in senior events roles, during which time I've hired several first time event managers who are now running teams and companies elsewhere, I was invited to talk about which attributes and behaviours mark out an event manager destined for the top.
First presented in June 2018 at the Eventprofs Dublin meetup, this slideshare from The Guide to Events will offer my six top tips for how to climb the event management career ladder, demand excellence of those around you and be the most successful #eventprof you can be!
2. IF YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING
YOU CAN DO ANYTHING 1
• Take every opportunity to do things
that scare you
• The more skills you have, the more
skills you can hire
• Expertise increases your market
value
3. WORK FOR YOUR TEAM
NOT FOR ANYONE ELSE 2
Your first priority should be•
to help your team do their
jobs really well
Always be available to them,•
but limit everyone else’s
access to you
Celebrate their wins•
4. BE PREPARED TO TAKE RISKS .
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3
Every time you pull off the•
impossible, it raises your
reputation
The company looks to you•
to take it to the next level
Outstanding achievements•
will shine on your CV too
5. BE THE ONE TO MAKE
THE TOUGH DECISIONS
• Kill events that don’t work
• Do whatever you can to
bring poor performance
up to scratch… or manage
it out of your team
• If you must fail, fail BIG
and teach the business
why it happened
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6. CLIMB EVERY THREE YEARS
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Year 1: Learn the job
Year 2: Do the job better
Year 3: Perfect the model
… and move on.
7. FOLLOW THE LEARNING
NOT THE EARNING6
Never take a job you can already do•
Never stop learning•
Money is negotiable; creative•
fulfilment is much harder to find
Find the job you want and make•
them pay you more to do it
8. THE GUIDE TO
EVENTS
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Photography credits:
Indi Samarajiva
Christopher Sessums
Craig Cloutier
Håkan Dahlström
TheCoolQuest
TM Photography
Yogendra Joshi
Habrda
9. THE GUIDE TO
EVENTS
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