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Building great software is often simple, but it’s almost never easy.

Taking a product idea and bringing it to fruition is fraught with peril. Understanding your customers, coming up with designs, defining clear goals, understanding complexity, dealing with roadblocks, squashing bugs, accurately tracking performance metrics and product maintenance are just a handful of the things that can cause major headaches.

We believe that things can and should be easier. A lot easier. So whether it’s making sure you’re hiring the right team or delivering the right products in the most effective way possible, our services are designed to maximize the true potential of your entire organization.

Culture, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Podcast

Grow Your Career In 5 Minutes Per Week with Armida Markarova

This week I’m extremely excited to bring you this conversation with

  • A certified conflict analysis and resolution mediator
  • An award-winning strategist and brand builder
  • Someone who’s worked for over 15 years in executive leadership positions
  • Someone who’s recognized as a professional development expert by Reader’s Digest, Thrive Global, MSN money, MSN news, and so many more
  • A frequent speaker at organizations and universities
  • An expert at helping people develop professional aspirations and achieve their dreams… as well as how to thrive in their current job in their current career. 

I hope you enjoy this conversation about company leadership, micro-innovations, and real professional development that can be accomplished in as little as 5 minutes a week … my conversation with Hiring Bloom founder Armida Markarova

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Culture, Leadership, Management, Podcast, Talent Acquisition, Uncategorized

Talent + Leadership = Victory … With “The Talent War” Authors Mike Sarraille & George Randle

Whether on the the battlefield or in business, victory — consistent, repeated victory — is achieved by teams of talented people.

But what is “talent”? How do you define it? How do you identify it? How do you even begin to know how to look for it?

In this episode, you’ll hear my conversation with Mike Sarraille and George Randle, the co-authors of the upcoming book “The Talent War: How Special Operations and Great Organizations Win on Talent”.

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Leadership, Podcast

You Were Built For MORE Than Just Survival

A lot of folks are just trying to survive right now

And I don’t want to discount the importance of ensuring your own survival, your own safety, and the survival of those you care about.

But I want you to know that you are built for MORE than that.

You are built for more than just survival

You are built for more than collecting a steady, “reliable” paycheck.

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Culture, Leadership, Podcast, Uncategorized

Let’s Address COVID Loneliness

In this episode, we’re going to dive into the ongoing struggle with how isolation and loneliness show up in the workplace. Less than 2-3 years ago, we dedicated an entire episode to discussing possible solutions to the common struggles associated with people being lonely in the workplace. Because of the extenuating circumstances of the COVID pandemic, loneliness as an epidemic has not only gotten worse, but it has surfaced in a ton of new ways as well.

That’s why it made a ton of sense to revisit key from this earlier episode that are more applicable now than ever before.

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Culture, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Podcast

The ONE and ONLY Thing You Need To Be A Leader

I field a lot of questions from people about Leadership.

“How will I know when I’m ready for a leadership position?”

“What if I don’t have a leadership title?”

“What if I get the opportunity to lead, but I don’t know how to lead?”

I think about this idea of “Leadership Readiness” ALL… THE… TIME. And after decades of experience and observation, I’ve come to a conclusion.

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Mastering The Career Pivot with Reena Friedman Watts

How do you change careers? What’s the right strategy, the proper approach, the winning tactics?

Well, if you’re this week’s guest Reena Friedman Watts, it starts with one simple belief:

“I could do that.”

All too often, it seems we are our own worst enemy. LImited beliefs, negative self-talk, and self-sabotage can be a very real thing. For Reena, though, the support she found from her dad propelled her into a mosaic career that can only be understood through hearing her story.

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Podcast, Talent Acquisition

Your Job Search Questions… Answered

One thing that has become obvious in my time exploring the Recruiting & Hiring industry is how much of a disconnect there is between Job-Seekers and their potential Employers.

More often than not, this disconnect typically leads to a lot of distrust, blaming, finger-pointing, and more importantly: a LOT of confusion and a LOT of questions.

In this podcast episode I’ve decided to answer a handful of those questions I see frequently in one form or another, because clearly people aren’t getting answers yet.

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Culture, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Podcast

Best Practices of High-Performing Teams

Is there a more rewarding feeling than knowing you are a part of a team that operates and performs at a high level? For my money, it’s one of the absolute best feelings in the world.

In this special episode, you’re going to get to hear a recording I managed to dig up from a talk I was privileged enough to deliver at Austin Startup Week back in late 2018. And while the title of the talk is Engineering Excellence: Best Practices of High-Performing Teams, these principles extend far beyond the world of Software Engineering. In fact, they all apply in some shape or form to ALL teams, which is why I’m so thrilled to share it with you in this episode.

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