Since I am not a psychiatrist I don’t know what these personality traits are called, why they exist, how they can be altered or if people easily recognize them when they have them. Maybe it’s straight up jealousy and part of being human. If I fall into the tougher of the 2 categories myself, it …
We all started somewhere. Me? First ‘paid’ gig was at a shoe store in a shopping mall stocking the back room – fortunately not touching feet, just boxes. Simply confirming that the size on the outside of the box matched the pair on the inside of the box. After that, I went to a grocery …
After recently reading Daniel Pink’s, “To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others”, I was specifically drawn to the story about the car sales guy and how often in my own career – even today – I still run across this style of sales. I’m not sure that it makes sense to describe this as …
14 years since launching Phoenix Staff, I’ve come to some realizations. Many that made sense then and that I wish I had remained true to, and others that simply didn’t hit my radar then, but do today. Quick background, I have started or co-started 6 companies in my lifetime (only 2 of which I am …
I was meeting with someone the other day who was an admitted terrible speller. He gave me the title to this blog as a matter of fact because even Google can’t figure out what he’s trying to search sometimes. It brings up, yet again, a point worth mentioning. Spelling matters. Grammar matters. In everyday life …
My friend Joe recently wrote an article about chasing 2 rabbits. Great post and relevant to a conversation I had with someone at lunch today. It all comes back to focus. In 13 years of owning a company, it took me likely the first 10 years to recognize that I lacked focus in a big …
I remember an email conversation I had back in 1999 – just a short while after I started in this industry. The guy who emailed me didn’t know me at all. He was the founder of a large company in Phoenix and had actually started a couple of other companies in Phoenix previously – if …
Who can tell me how many interviews are being conducted every minute of every day? I don’t know the answer, just curious if anyone does. My guess – it is a lot. Maybe even a ton. Of those interviews that are happening, how many people walk away thinking, “yeah, I got that job.” Going with …
Probably dating myself a bit and potentially even alienating people. Red rover, red rover was a game that we used to play on the playground when I was a kid. A game, like so many others that are no longer played on playgrounds throughout the country, that has been deemed inappropriate. I can make some …
For a long time, the rule of thumb regarding out-of-town addresses on resumes was to toss them into the “maybe but probably not” pile. Employers were understandably wary of considering out-of-town candidates for a number of reasons. Scheduling interviews was problematic, for one thing; being expected to help new hires pay to relocate was too. …