Connecting to Your Future
As we see in our most recent installment of Dogged Decisions, Tim, with a little quantum physics time travel from Ryan, is about to embark on a journey that will forever change his life. Though we may wish we had…
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Connecting the Personal and the Professional
As Tim’s professional journey continues in Season 2 of our work life comic strip, Dogged Decisions, we see how connections in the workplace may grow outside our individual place of business. Connections and relationships impact both our personal and professional…
Recognizing Talent Goes Way Beyond Checking the Boxes
As Season 2 of our work life comic strip Dogged Decisions continues, we find that Tim’s ability to make connections has presented him with a new professional opportunity. Making connections – bringing two sides together by confidently leveraging experience and…
Leading On and Off the Course: A Sit-Down with Golf Legend Jan Stephenson
If you paid attention to golf – or sports culture in general – in the 1980s and 90s, you’re familiar with Australian golfer Jan Stephenson. Deemed the “It Girl” of professional golf, she burst onto the scene in the late…
Making Connections in Executive Search & Beyond
When someone asks me to put what I do into layman’s terms, I always respond with, “Simply put, I make connections.” As an executive search professional, that’s how I’ve been able to stay productive and relevant for more than 30…
Meet Francis Smyth, CEO/President of Century Engineering, Inc.
This month’s Core Connections Feature profiles Francis Smyth, CEO/President of Century Engineering, Inc. With more than 20 years of experience at Century Engineering, Smyth is Chairman of the B&O Railroad Museum and holds degrees from Princeton University and Loyola University’s…
Meet Jim Bolduc, Senior Managing Director, JPB Capital Partners
This month’s Core Connections Feature profiles Jim Bolduc, Senior Managing Director of JPB Capital Partners. With nearly 20 years of experience at JPB, Bolduc holds a BBA from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from the University of…
Core Thoughts: The Vacation Dilemma
Core Thoughts is a series on my blog where I throw a question into the ring for discussion and allow my amazing colleagues and connections to answer. In this month's Core Thoughts series I posed the following questions to…
Meet Joe Gigliotti, Region President-Control States, RNDC
This month's Core Connections Feature profiles Joe Gigliotti, Region President-Control States of Republic National Distributing Co. (RNDC). Working with RNDC historical companies as a result of acquisitions and mergers for the last 33 years, Joe is a wine connoisseur (and…
Meet Diane Schwarz, VP/CIO of Textron
This month's Core Connections Feature highlights Diane Schwarz, VP/CIO of Textron. I was introduced to Diane by the Textron corporate HR team two few years ago to fill a search for the leader of the global US/IT HR Function- a…
Core Connections Feature: Patrick Cimerola, CHRO, Choice Hotels International
Today's Core Connections Feature profiles CHRO of Choice Hotels International, Patrick J. Cimerola. Father of three, Patrick is a passionate and inspirational leader. He has been in his current position with Choice Hotels for seven years and is an alumnus…
Core Thoughts: The Best Trends in Cybersecurity
Core Thoughts is a series on my blog where I throw a question into the ring for discussion and allow my amazing colleagues and connections to answer. In this month's Core Thoughts series I posed the following question to many…
Core Connections Feature: Taylor Foss, SVP, Organizational Transformation, Mission Health, Asheville, NC
This month's Core Connections Feature highlights Taylor Foss, senior vice president of Organizational Transformation at Mission Health in Asheville, North Carolina. A wife, mother of four and grandmother to seven, Taylor joined the state's only western nonprofit independent community hospital…
Core Connections Feature: Joe Foss, Executive Representative, Geppi Family Enterprises
Today's Core Connections Feature profiles Geppi Family Enterprises Executive Representative, Joe Foss. I remember meeting Joe for the first time on the green at Caves Valley Golf Club a little less than 10 years ago when he was Vice Chairman…
Core Connections Feature: Dana Smith, Chief Human Resources Officer, American Capital
Today's Core Connections Feature profiles Chief Human Resources Officer of American Capital, Dana Smith. In addition to holding a rich legacy of organizational human resources leadership, she has been recognized for her leadership by the prestigious HR Leadership Awards of…
Want to Rock for Kid – ? Sake? Terry Hickey Thinks You Should
Today in our Core Connections Feature I have the privilege of featuring Terry Hickey, President and CEO at an organization that's near and dear to my family, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Chesapeake. Each February my wife Renee…
Core Connections Feature: Tim Hill, President & Co-Founder, – Channel Rocket
Today's Core Connections Feature profiles good friend and incredibly sharp business mind, Tim Hill. With an impressive legacy from Blackboard, SAGA Software and Iomega, Tim is the kind of guy that is always thinking and when he makes a move,…