Issue 24 · October 16, 2026
What Are We Missing When We're So Quick to Move On?
What might we learn by asking one more question before deciding a conversation is over?
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Issue 23 · October 9, 2026
The Experience Has to Match the Promise
Your recruiting process might be excellent. Your new-hire experience might still be letting people down.
Read Issue 23 →Issue 19 · September 18, 2026
NO, Creates Space
Giving someone permission to say no can create the space for a more honest hiring conversation.
Read Issue 19 →Issue 18 · September 4, 2026
The Yes Is Only the Beginning
Saying yes to an apprentice also means accepting the responsibility of helping that person develop.
Read Issue 18 →Issue 17 · August 28, 2026
The Bus Kept Rolling
A difficult week exposed process gaps, but it also revealed the strength of a recruiting team that kept moving together.
Read Issue 17 →Issue 16 · August 21, 2026
Sometimes Leadership Means Controlling Your Own Momentum
Urgency can serve a team, but unmanaged momentum can become pressure that belongs to everyone else.
Read Issue 16 →Issue 15 · August 14, 2026
What the Empty Space Is Trying to Tell Us
An empty pipeline is not always a failure. Sometimes it is information worth understanding before lowering the standard.
Read Issue 15 →Issue 14 · August 7, 2026
The Anti-Resume
What failures, wrong turns, and missed opportunities reveal about the person behind the résumé.
Read Issue 14 →Issue 13 · July 31, 2026
The Story Beneath the First Step
First impressions are fast. Understanding the story behind a candidate’s first move takes a better conversation.
Read Issue 13 →Issue 12 · July 24, 2026
What If Retention Starts Before Someone Ever Works for You?
Retention may begin inside the expectations, trust, and alignment created during recruiting.
Read Issue 12 →Issue 11 · July 17, 2026
When the Conversation Changes You
Sometimes the most important conversation changes the recruiter, not the candidate.
Read Issue 11 →Issue 10 · July 10, 2026
Even a Thoroughbred Needs a Harness
Talent matters, but direction, discipline, and a dependable process help it produce consistent results.
Read Issue 10 →Issue 9 · July 2, 2026
The Resume Is Only the Starting Line
A résumé supplies facts. A conversation uncovers what those facts meant to the person living them.
Read Issue 9 →Issue 8 · June 26, 2026
What People Remember
People may forget process details, but they remember how a conversation made them feel.
Read Issue 8 →Issue 7 · June 19, 2026
Father's Day
A reflection on fathers, influence, and what the people closest to us carry forward.
Read Issue 7 →Issue 6 · June 12, 2026
The Safe Answer
The first answer may be the safest one, but it is rarely the whole story.
Read Issue 6 →Issue 5 · June 5, 2026
The Village Beyond the Mountain
What changes when people are willing to look beyond the limits of their current perspective.
Read Issue 5 →Issue 4 · May 29, 2026
Teachability Still Wins
Experience matters, but the willingness to learn may determine how far someone can grow.
Read Issue 4 →Issue 3 · May 22, 2026
The Hire Is Not the Finish Line
The energy used to attract someone should not disappear the moment the offer is signed.
Read Issue 3 →Issue 2 · May 15, 2026
The Cost of Delayed Conversations
Strong candidates rarely stay available while a hiring process waits to decide.
Read Issue 2 →Issue 1 · May 8, 2026
Welcome to Better Hiring Conversations
Most hiring problems do not begin with a bad résumé. They begin with a conversation that never went deep enough.
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