Keeping Your Career Out of the Cold

Stressful situations often leads us to double down on the skills and behaviors we believe made us successful.  Ironically, this may be the very thing that causes us to fail. By having the courage to dig deep and change the qualities that make us feel safe, we can come out the other side stronger and more confident.

The One Question I Never Ask During Interviews

The first time I had the opportunity to interview someone to join my team, I did my research online to come up with the right questions and flow for the interview. I like to start with a phone screen, typically about 30 minutes long, which I find to be an efficient way to narrow down …

Lily Pads and the Science of Growth

With our environment swirling around us like a Category 10 hurricane, organizational cultures are hunkering down, placing more value in the grapevine than the leadership town halls. Many are going to come through just fine – the right alchemy of leadership, preparation and employee readiness is in place to not only weather the change but to embrace it as an elemental advantage. If everyone else is going to wait for a lull in the storm, we’re going to use change to secure our place at the top of the wave.

Three Traits of Top Talent

According to Forbes, businesses around the world spend over $3,300 per hire on recruiting, an increase of almost 6% in the last year. US corporations spend nearly $72 billion annually on recruiting services, staff, and products – and the worldwide number is likely three times bigger. Corporate training spend is close behind.  According to Bersin by …

Have a little faith

Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.– Voltaire At a recent conference, Andrew Blum from Trium Consulting made a passing comment in a presentation about leaders having faith in themselves. It was an interesting word that got me thinking. There are countless articles and books that discuss leadership and …

Inspiring Leadership from Tammy Duckworth

Tammy Duckworth I had the pleasure of seeing Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth speak at our company today.  For those who do not know this remarkable woman,  Ms. Duckworth is the US Representative for Illinois’ 8th congressional district and is the first Asian-American woman elected to Congress in Illinois, the first disabled woman to be elected to …