In a message dated 2/12/2008 10:57:19 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, thomas.dalton@gmail.com writes:
The foundation is pretty small, so I imagine everyone gets a "big title".>>>
------------------ Hmmm sounds like the "we can't give you a raise, but we 'can' make you Senior Vice President..."
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Hmmm sounds like the "we can't give you a raise, but we 'can' make you Senior Vice President..."
Not really. If you only have one person per job, they are all going to be in charge of their job. There is only one person looking after the office, so they are the Office Manager. There's only one person handling business development, so they are the Head of Business Development. I guess you could just call Kul "Business Developer", but I imagine the big titles are handed out in order to make it easier if more staff are hired that need to report to an existing member of staff... and because people like to have a big title, of course.
More important is the need to work with peers outside of the company - more often than not, a persons position is titled in a way that would allow them to work directly with people in a comparable position (i.e. if a "Business Developer Assistant" calls a "Vice President for Corporate Giving"). If Kul has a level of authority appropriate to "Head of Business Development" then that should be his title, even if there are only a couple of people reporting directly to him.
Nathan
On 12/02/2008, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
Not really. If you only have one person per job, they are all going to be in charge of their job. There is only one person looking after the office, so they are the Office Manager. There's only one person handling business development, so they are the Head of Business Development. I guess you could just call Kul "Business Developer", but I imagine the big titles are handed out in order to make it easier if more staff are hired that need to report to an existing member of staff... and because people like to have a big title, of course.
Also, it's better having a business card that says "Head of Business Development" rather than "Peon". Alison Wheeler gets in a lot of doors just with the title "Chair, Wikimedia UK", and that's a voluntary position. Titles are important.
- d.
On 2/12/08, WJhonson@aol.com WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
The foundation is pretty small, so I imagine everyone gets a "big title".
Hmmm sounds like the "we can't give you a raise, but we 'can' make you Senior Vice President..."
Don't laugh, but on my way home after Christmas, I was passing through some podunk town, whose only cop ticketed me for speeding. He was, of course, the "Chief of Police".
—C.W.
Whoops, sorry. I laughed. :)
-Soxred93
On Feb 13, 2008, at 10:50 AM, Charlotte Webb wrote:
On 2/12/08, WJhonson@aol.com WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
The foundation is pretty small, so I imagine everyone gets a "big title".
Hmmm sounds like the "we can't give you a raise, but we 'can' make you Senior Vice President..."
Don't laugh, but on my way home after Christmas, I was passing through some podunk town, whose only cop ticketed me for speeding. He was, of course, the "Chief of Police".
—C.W.
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