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Are you hiring for experience? Or are you hiring for potential? On the one hand: Experience feels safe. Potential feels exciting. One feels like a lower-risk decision. The other feels like a longer-term investment. And depending on who is sitting around the leadership table, people usually have a strong opinion about which one matters more. However, most companies are not actually choosing between experience and potential. They are reacting. You are reacting to pressure, frustration, urgency,...

Hiring (just like dating) is not heading in the right direction. Power Struggles. Guarded. Vague. Performative. Full of mixed signals. Sometimes respectful. Sometimes confusing. And honestly, it’s very discouraging. Employers show up with baggage from past hires. Candidates walk in trying to say the “right” thing. Companies say they are interested, then disappear. Timelines are unclear. Expectations are implied instead of explained. The waiting game is normal. Everyone is talking to multiple...

Across leadership teams and boardrooms, a familiar narrative often surfaces when discussing younger employees: “They’re less committed.” “They don’t stay for longer than 1 -2 years, they lack loyalty” “They don’t want to be in the office.” “They expect too much flexibility.” “They prioritize travel, family, or personal time over their careers.” Every generation has questioned the work habits of the one that follows. But what makes today’s conversation different is the scale of the...