In the Anonymous Marketer podcast episode, “Skills to help a Marketing Manager qualify for a higher role with Ryan Narod,” the focus is on career growth and the challenges of transitioning from a small organization to a larger one. The host, Ryan Narod, VP of Marketing at Mutiny, discusses the differences between a marketing manager and a marketing director, and the skills that qualify a marketing manager for a higher role. He emphasizes the importance of a mindset shift from individual success to team success, the ability to build a team, set a strategy, bring external thought leadership into the organization, and work cross-functionally to unblock the team. Ryan also shares his operating cadence from Monday through Friday and how such a structure affects productivity and efficiency across the organization. The episode concludes with a discussion on the importance of community and how to build meaningful long-term relationships with people from your professional sphere.