talent – The Musings of the Big Red Car

In The Absence Of Talent

Big Red Car — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:24:44 +0000

In addition to mentoring CEOs, I often speak to promising young persons — usually sent my way by their parents — to give them wise counsel as to how to fashion their career or to find the right career. A good many of them have an entrepreneurial bent — so they think — and a […]

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CEO Shoptalk – Talent Spotting, the Louisiana Maneuvers of September 1941

Big Red Car — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 23:00:21 +0000

A good CEO is always hiring and a great CEO is always looking for talent — talent spotting. General George C Marshall was hailed by none other than Winston Churchill as the “Architect of Victory” for the manner in which he planned and executed the decisive American involvement in the war. The most important element […]

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Scaling Talent in a Growing Startup

Big Red Car — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 16:46:10 +0000

Today we talk about how a company scales its talent as the company grows. Can it be done? What do you need to watch for? So, a conversation that recurs from time to time is this — the talent with which you found and initially grow a company may not be strong enough to grow […]

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Employment and hiring process

Big Red Car — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:11:39 +0000

Big Red Car here. Nice sunny warm day here in the ATX. It is summer, Old Sport, and it is going to be a warm one. So The Boss was visiting with one of his CEOs and they got to chatting about the hiring process from a mechanical perspective. The Boss loves nothing as well […]

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Developing Talent in the Small Business (The Leadership Series)

Big Red Car — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 03:29:19 +0000

Big Red Car here. The Boss is still in Steamboat Springs skiing and I am still in the driveway waiting for the old boy to get home. I am wasting a lot talent just sitting here. Which brings me to the subject of developing talent. Nothing can take the place of talent If you have […]

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