Ringmaster Help
I don’t normally share information about my personal life. But… these are unusual times. See, here’s the thing. I know how to work from home. I’ve been doing it successfully…
Coronavirus and its impact on your hiring
As if running a company wasn’t already challenging enough. As if there wasn't an astronomically high demand for technical talent, salary ranges that are a bit out of whack, and…
Habits: Less is More
Remember when you started your last new job and on the first day, you vowed to keep a clean email box, use a daily tracking doc and walk every day…
Falling Iguanas
Chicken Little warned that the sky is falling. My grandmother often proclaims that it’s raining cats and dogs. The Weather Girls were thrilled that it was raining men. And last…
Black Friday
A little Black Friday history. The earliest known use of the term “Black Friday” occurs in the journal Factory Management and Maintenance in 1951 referring to the practice of workers…
Ghostbusters: A Career Changing Activity
Don´t call us, we´ll call you! It goes without saying that for employers who count on people they hire to show up, ghosting is a serious problem. And the fact…
Why Up to 90% of Mergers Fail
Maybe you find the above number hard to believe - after all, why would people keep doing something with such an abysmal record? Well, think of M&A activity in terms…
The Next Big Thing In Unmanned May Not Be What You Think!
Just over a week ago, I walked away from the AUVSI XPONENTIAL in Dallas with mixed emotions: not all that glitters is gold and where there's smoke, there´s fire! Let…
Working For the Weekend
My son has a big problem, friends. Ever since school started this fall, he has been plagued by a question; a question he’s then plagued me with at least 20…
Let’s Party!
Everyone loves a good holiday party, even if (or maybe especially when) that party is being thrown by the company you spend 40+ hours a week at. ‘Tis the season,…