Author Archives: Employment Resource Group

This is probably one of the craziest talent markets I have experienced in my twenty-one years of executive search. We make twice as many calls to find the right fit and employers want this done at record speed. And I get it – in business the only real capital that makes the engine run are […]

Maybe I’m wrong, but I firmly believe that the increase in stress levels in today’s worker is in direct correlation with why cancer cases have skyrocketed. And while I understand this truth, I have yet to completely figure out how to reduce work life stress in my own life. Expectations are high. Everyone I know […]

First I have a confession. As a leader, it has taken me some time to understand the true value of the millennial generation. Firmly planted at the end of the baby boomer generation, I bought into the many reasons why Millennials drive baby boomers crazy. I admit, I was wrong. What I now understand, by […]

I had the most interesting conversation last week with a client of mine. He told me he handed the President of his company a blank piece of paper and said, “The Paper is going to write a story about you and its ten years from now – what will it say?  Write it down”. Wow! While I […]

As the president of a busy executive search firm, I’ve observed thousands of leaders over the course of my 21-year run. Many leaders run amazing organizations that over time have grown considerably and have been very successful. Others, despite the same economic conditions, have not fared well. In analyzing the differences, there are some key […]

We are at that magical time of year when the seniors are donning their Caps and Gowns and are anticipating the excitement of graduation and the anticipation of the future ahead of them. It is normal to feel some level of apprehension; it’s a big deal to head off on your own, whether that is off […]

We’ve all seen him and felt his presence. He is the magnanimous figure at the head of the corporate table and he is larger than life. He’s brilliant, charismatic and successful. He is also humble, warm and caring. His career began just like all of ours did. He started at the bottom; but for him, it was different. People noticed […]

  Talent and all the challenges around finding, hiring and retaining people is a very hot topic these days, as it should be.  There are many opportunities we face, some immediate and some in the not too distant future. One we frequently observe and work with clients on is the generational values misalignment.  This is […]

On June 2 I will have been in Executive search twenty years.  Twenty years is a long time to do anything, especially being a “headhunter”.  I hate that term by the way. Like most careers, it found me, I didn’t find it.  I was working for a women’s clothing company out of North Carolina when […]

Finding great Construction talent is hard.  Keeping them empowered, engaged and retaining them even harder. I called it the perfect storm.  2008-2010 many long tenured successful construction men and women hung up their hammers and went home.  At the very same time, the colleges and technical schools were at an all time low in enrollment […]