Ghost towns and marketing products
I love riding my motorcycle through rural Georgia. In my travels, I frequently pass through small towns, or more appropriately, the ghosts of those towns. There are still people and […]
Management
Much of my career has been spent managing other people and their work. I’ve grown to have a few opinions about management. Some of them are informed by research and education, some of them are just from my experience.
Ageism sucks
In my new role, I’m the manager of a young team of millennials. None of them have yet to reach the age of 30. And it doesn’t matter. They’re a […]
Five things I learned from my extended job search
If you’re tired of reading blog posts about my job search, you’re in luck. Today is my first day as Director of Marketing for Kinetix. This is the first time […]
Embracing your limits
As part of my ongoing search for a new role or some additional consulting projects, I’ve been networking quite a bit. Recently, I was introduced to an entrepreneur in Minneapolis […]
Focus
I’ve been doing a lot of consulting while I’m in transition. I’ve also chased quite a few opportunities that haven’t come to financial fruition. At the end of last year, […]
Activity != results
I’m a busy guy. In fact, right now I say that I’m the busiest unemployed guy I know. I do some consulting to keep food on the table. I perform […]
HR should report to marketing
I spoke on this topic 11/30/2017 at Disrupt HR Atlanta 4.0. This post is an expansion of that speech. Human resources should report to marketing. Why? Because HR and marketing […]
A day late and a dollar short
I’m late. I hate to be late for anything. I think it shows a lack of respect for the task at hand or the person with whom you’re meeting. But […]
The right team
I do a bit of online casual gaming. Lots of car and racing games mostly, but lately I’ve been playing this thing called Battalion Commander. The basic concept is that […]
Things I wish I’d done differently
A job search at the executive level is an interesting animal. It changes how you see searching, for one thing. You don’t really go about it the same way you […]