by | Aug 18, 2023 | Goals, Hiring Strategies, Sales Leadership
You gamely accept to roll the dice in Las Vegas – when in Rome, right? But gambling on a talent acquisition partner isn’t a risk you’re willing to take. You aren’t playing with house money. Choosing a talent acquisition company is an investment for your business....
by | May 3, 2022 | Goals, Hiring Strategies, Sales Leadership
Sometimes, we can’t switch our brains out of work mode. Like when watching office-based scenes in movies where characters interact with their bosses. As the leader bullies, annoys or drones on without a point, we wonder why the business didn’t vet top executive...
by | Mar 2, 2022 | General, Goals, Hiring Strategies, Peak Mindset, Sales Leadership
Sometimes when I get questions about the best hiring strategies for filling an open sales or marketing position, the movie Catch Me if You Can, comes to mind. If you haven’t seen it, Leonardo DiCaprio plays Frank Abagnale, Jr. Abagnale, a real-lif con artist, wildly...
by | Jan 26, 2022 | Goals, Hiring Strategies, Sales Leadership
Two wild years prove how dangerous it is to forecast what’s coming next, but we have zero doubts about this prediction: In 2022, employee engagement and retention will be dominated by your remote work policy. Why Remote Work is Crucial for Employee Engagement and...
by Robert James | Feb 17, 2020 | Goals, Hiring Strategies, Peak Mindset
In my latest book, Journey to the Top: How to Reach Your Peak Performance Life, I tell a story about two top-ranking salespeople, Carla and Denise. By the time I met them, both had been working for two years at a large advertising company. When they were first hired,...
by Robert James | Dec 15, 2019 | Goals
In 1964, tasked with defining what was, for want of a better word, was obscene and what was possibly offensive— but still protected speech, Justice Stewart famously wrote that he might not be able to define it, but that he knew what it was when he saw it. In a...
