Posts filed under: leadership

The Pace of the Leader is the Pace of the Team

  Recently I was thumb-scrolling through Instagram and came across one of those success-oriented accounts full of photos of lavish homes, beautiful people, luxurious automobiles, and epic yachts that included...... Read More

Most Important Job

10-Ks. Projects. Product development. Compensation reviews. Presentations. Reports. Planning. And meetings. Oh, the meetings… For most leaders and managers, meetings and our work take up more than most of our...... Read More

On Wasted Time

As recruiters and hiring managers, we desperately try to avoid wasting time. We are all too busy and stretched too thin. Some of this aversion to wasting time comes from...... Read More

On Priorities

If we allow other things to supersede our number one priority, is that thing (whatever it may be) really a priority? Or are we just kidding ourselves and others? We...... Read More

Don’t Let the Green Grass Fool Ya

This post has been rattling around in my brain for a few months. Each November, two days arrive that make me reflect on my military service – the Marine Corps...... Read More

Extra Heartbeat

Two weeks ago while watching the Senior Day introductions for the Notre Dame vs. Wake Forest game, Notre Dame Senior Linebacker Manti T’eo was described as “having an extra heartbeat.”...... Read More

On Clarity

Clarity. Sounds simple, right? Be clear. Be understood. Be transparent. It turns out though that clarity is often difficult to come by. What are the advantages of clarity in your business?...... Read More

Love Me Some Zuckerberg

Whenever I read about CEOs in prominent companies shifting business strategies or making transformational changes in products, services, or operations with people, talent, and recruiting as a primary driver in...... Read More

Management By Exception

Management by exception is the practice of focusing only on those things that went wrong, and not concerning yourself with what went well or according to plan. And it’s a...... Read More

“Can Do” and “Wants To”

I can dig an awesome ditch. I have the skills, ability, and knowledge to dig a mighty awesome hole if I do say so myself. I’ve got mad shoveling skills...... Read More