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Steve Heckler was honored to join Nicole on the Elevate Your Career podcast for a candid conversation about the human side of leadership. Drawing on lessons from his book So……

Steve Heckler was a guest on Jeffrey Strauss’s Leadership Bootcamp Podcast on March 24, 2025. They discussed Steve’s new book, “So… You Want To Be A Manager” and other topics…

The Budget Presentation Presenting your budget is the most critical part of budgeting.  If you do not present your budget well, it does not matter how much work you put…

Capital Budget OK, it’s time to talk about your capital budget.  That’s the long-term planned spending that needs to cover larger spends, usually on assets.  It may be that you…

BUDGETING BASICS You might be lucky enough to be walking into a managerial role where budgeting is managed well.  In some organizations your finance team will hand you monthly reports…

Peer groups, or Communities of Practice (COP), are the perfect solution for decreasing your isolation. COPs create a circle of peers with whom you can share ideas, experiences, fears, concerns,…

I often ask clients and prospective clients this very simple question:  “Are you perfectly clear as to what are the top 3 things that your boss wants you to accomplish…

Doing a job search is a full-time job. Many people try to do a job search while having a current job, thinking that that makes them more marketable. It can…

This article on Career Planning can help to put things in perspective for you. I am in my second career – my first was in Information Technology, my second is in…