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This is where I share practical perspectives on leadership, Talent Acquisition, AI, and organizational growth – designed to help leaders simplify the complexity, challenge conventional thinking, and build organizations that are ready for whats next.
If Hiring is Critical to Growth, Where Is Your Hiring Strategy?
Most executive teams have a growth strategy. They know which markets they want to enter, which products they want to launch, which capabilities they need to build, and what financial results they expect to achieve. But ask how the organization will attract and hire the people required to deliver that strategy, and the answer is…
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Your Hiring Plan Will Change. Can Your Operating Model Change With It?
One ambitious hiring initiative I led wasn’t measured in thousands of hires. It was 200. Hiring this number in eight months in the U.S. and India doesn’t necessarily sound extraordinary. Until you add the context. These were GenAI professionals in a competitive talent market. Demand was exploding, competition was fierce, and the business had identified…
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There Is Nothing Revolutionary About My Five Pillars of Talent Acquisition. That’s the Point.
When people first see my Five Pillars of Talent Acquisition, they may expect some groundbreaking methodology or a brand-new way of thinking about recruiting. Instead, they see five words that feel…pretty ordinary. Strategy. Foundation. Optimization. Scale. Leadership. There’s nothing flashy about them. And that’s exactly why I chose them. Over the last twenty-plus years, I’ve…
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Everyone Is Frustrated and No One Is Winning
I was talking with a friend recently who asked me a simple question: “What are you seeing in recruiting right now particularly with the use of AI?” My response: “Everyone is frustrated! Recruiters and candidates.” The Recruiter Perspective Talk to almost any recruiter today and you’ll hear a similar story. Application volumes have increased dramatically.…
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Humans & Honest Challengers
There are several experiences from my career that have stayed with me long after the job ended. Some of them came from my time at Nexient. When I was interviewing, I kept hearing the same phrases from different leaders. “Your success is my success.” And another one that caught my attention: “We do the best…
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Untangling the Hairball
Years ago, I had a recruiter on my team who would regularly walk into my office, sit down, and immediately start describing a problem. At least, I think it was a problem. The challenge was that by the time he finished talking, I wasn’t entirely sure what the actual issue was anymore. What started as…
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When You Need TA Leadership, but Not a Full-Time TA Executive
Recently, one of my favorite CEOs reached out to discuss an immediate hiring need. A critical leadership position had opened, and he wanted to know if I could help with the search. I explained that executive search isn’t part of my business. My focus is helping organizations build and improve Talent Acquisition functions rather than…
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Why Treating Recruiting as an Administrative HR Process Creates a Growth Constraint
One of the most common misconceptions I see is the belief that Recruiting and Human Resources are the same thing. They work closely together and Recruiting often sits within the HR organization, but they are not the same. Human Resources focuses on supporting employees throughout their journey with the organization. This can include employee relations,…
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I Was a Terrible Leader
When I first became a leader, I was terrible at it. I thought leadership meant making everyone happy. I wanted every decision to be collaborative. I wanted every voice heard. I wanted everyone to feel included in everything. It sounded good in theory. In reality, it was a disaster. Decisions took forever. People were confused.…
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Before You Invest in AI for Hiring, Understand What Problems You Are Trying to Solve
Right now, it feels like every company is trying to figure out their “AI strategy.” And in recruiting, I keep seeing the same thing happen:Organizations buy AI tools or turn on AI features inside their ATS, but nothing meaningfully improves. The hiring process is still slow.Managers are still misaligned.Candidates are still frustrated.Recruiters are still drowning…
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Before the Executive Team Approves a Hiring Surge
Hiring surges sound exciting in theory. Growth, new clients, expansion plans, transformation initiatives. But once the hiring actually starts, things can get chaotic fast if the right foundation is not in place. I’ve seen organizations struggle through hiring ramps not because they lacked candidates, but because they lacked alignment, structure, and operational readiness behind the…
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