Recruiting is about filling the pipeline of qualified candidates with a network-driven plan and bench-strength building mindset.

For those of you who really want to give critical thought to your unique leadership style and foster genuine followership, learn from what’s out there and weave it into something meaningful and authentic.

Innovations in the field of leadership start by getting studied and practiced; unfortunately then get mass-produced and mimicked.

Every leader is different. Every bench is different. Every business is different. So while the complexities change, the work of coaching stays the same keep your clients at the center of the work, push them to use their strengths more and to temper their weaknesses, and illuminate blind spots because these are what really get in the way.

Every time you invite a candidate to interview, you should expect to be interviewed, too.

Don’t confuse “strict confidentiality” with “keeping employees in the dark.” Private is useful. Secretive is deceptive.

Don’t buy into the campaign that people don’t like change. We are built for it.