Being a good manager in Anna Wintour's opinion :
Lesson 1 : Keep Meetings Short
In Anna’s world, meetings often start a few minutes before they’re scheduled. If you arrive five minutes late, chances are you’ll have missed it entirely.
« Details make perfection, and the perfection is not a detail » -Leonard De Vinci- who she quotes to explain her way of managing.
It’s quintessential Anna Wintour: knowing what she wants, making clear decisions and moving on.
Here is someone who knows that her gut instincts have gotten her to where she is, so she listens to them, trusts them and isn’t afraid to put them on the line.
Here is someone who knows that her gut instincts have gotten her to where she is, so she listens to them, trusts them and isn’t afraid to put them on the line.
Lesson 3 : Surround yourself with Great Talent
Anna Wintour knows that you’re only as good as the people who work for you, that bad leaders are threatened by strong team members, and that success comes from surrounding yourself with the most talented people you can find.Besides her image of cruella devil, she kept the same team for two decades, and had with them a relationship based on trust and faith.
Lesson 4 : Don't look back
The best recap of Anna’s management style, might come from her own comment at the end of The September Issue, when she says, “Fashion’s not about looking back. It’s always about looking forward.”
Or it might come from Karl Lagerfeld whose favorite expression, Anna once told me, is “On to the next.”
Lesson 5 : Be a Shark, not a Shrimp
By simple nod of the head, Anna Wintour can destroy an entire collection.
Being respected in such a competitive industry is more than important to survive and to climb the ladder.
Self-confidence is a daily obligation at that level, you just can’t show your weaknesses.
Lesson 6 : Kindness is a Weakness
At work : you have no friends whatsoever, you just make alliances and have enemies because everybody is ready to stab you in the back.
