Hemingway’s Deep Work Habits

October 29, 2024

Since early summer, I have been devouring Hemingway. No, not the person; he has been dead almost 60 years. His novels. Hemingway…

WDC Acquisitions: Four Takeaways

October 11, 2024

As many of my loyal readers are aware, there has been a wave of acquisitions during the past two years in the…

Work Environment Preferences: WDC Regional Insurance Community

October 3, 2024

September 27, 2024 Last week we conducted a direct email campaign to 3,267 insurance professionals located in the WDC region to get…

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The NFL & Grit

September 13, 2024

My favorite professional sports season has officially started:  The NFL. There is nothing like the NFL.  Why do more than 20 million…

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How to Retain Top Talent

September 9, 2024

I had a long-time client of mine in WDC ask for my presence at their monthly executive roundtable meeting this past week. …

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How to Score that Big Raise!

September 9, 2024

On any given day, I talk with at least a dozen individuals exploring new opportunities with my insurance clients. When the discussion…

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Attributes versus Experience in the Job Market

September 2, 2024

A headhunter’s perspective on Attributes versus Experience In preparation for our monthly executive coaching session, a client asked me this past week,…

A businessman sits on the ground, distressed.

Exploitation in the Workplace

August 14, 2024

I’m seeing a lot of abuse in the workplace lately.  Not physical abuse, but more so worker exploitation.  I thought we got…

Tom Cruise meme: "Show me the money!"

Musings on 2024 Semi-Annual WDC Insurance Salary Report

July 19, 2024

We released our 21st Semi-Annual Insurance Salary Report covering the WDC metropolitan region including Virginia and Maryland for the period ended June…

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My Case for the Older Worker

July 19, 2024

I had a client of mine last week inform me that, “I am not paying you a search fee to find me…