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To See a Difference, Be the Difference!

With all the significant media attention, it would be hard to miss the current conversations about racial injustice in our world. You may be thinking about what you can do to positively contribute to the solution (inclusion) yourself. It is natural to wait for some unknown person with significant power…

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Virtual Interview Best Practices

Virtual interviews have been around for quite a while, but the commonality has grown significantly with the advance of technology and our current challenge of social distancing.  If you have gotten comfortable with jumping on a video call, you may have become accepting of your cat walking by your camera…

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Take the Opportunity to Build Your Leadership Team Now for the Future of Your Organization

This article was originally published by the Northern Kentucky Tribune and can be found here. Albert Einstein’s name is commonly associated with genius in the realms of physics and science given his revolutionary prowess in both fields. However, what is often forgotten is that he was also heralded for philosophical…

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Diversity in Leadership: Our Story

Most often, a challenge does not feel good. However, when recognized as an opportunity, greatness can grow from challenge.  Challenges come in many forms and proportions.  Even the smallest challenges can derail you or an organization.  The key to getting through a challenge is to discover the gift that is…

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“Re-Alphabetizing” Your Team Players

This article, by our Executive Vice President Becky Scheeler, was originally published during the uncertain times of the Covid pandemic.  Although our circumstances have changed, the philosophy is still the same: poor performers should not be tolerated unnecessarily. For the past several weeks, I have heard how companies cut costs…

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Rethinking the Future

I keep ruminating on when the “new” normal morphs into the “now” normal – in both our personal and professional lives.  I am not certain there will be an actual line of demarcation, but I find myself speculating often. This time between “new” and “now” may actually be a blessing…

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Will You Be Ready to Hire a Growth-Minded Leader?

I recently joined Carolyn Washburn’s Vistage group. If you are a senior level executive, you should consider joining a Vistage group if you haven’t already.  Vistage membership provides senior level executive leadership the opportunity to connect with other leaders to learn, enhance and develop their leadership. It was at a…

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Scheeler Promoted to Centennial EVP; Alexander Joins as VP

Centennial Talent Strategy and Executive Search has promoted Becky Scheeler to Executive Vice President and has added Durran Alexander as Vice President of Client Engagement. Scheeler joined Centennial in 2008, as an Executive Search Consultant. She was most recently Centennial’s Vice President of Client Engagement, working to grow the firm’s…

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Why A Drawn-Out Hiring Process is a Bad Hiring Process

Hiring a top-level employee is admittedly a big deal and is not a decision you want to rush into.  Making a final decision feels so…well, final.  Many times this weighty decision drags on--spanning weeks and weeks--to the detriment of the whole process. Those vacuous weeks can have a very big…

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