Women in leadership roles are dominating and making headlines like never before. Over time, I have witnessed more and more women evolving into executive and c-suite positions in the tech industry. With this exciting leadership progression, I thought I might share my journey through entrepreneurship and how I’ve landed success. Becoming a business owner Seventeen years ago, my co-founders and I started Triple Crown Consulting (TCC), a niche staffing firm that focuses on software, hardware,Read more
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Many of us reflect on our past and think “hmm if I only knew then what I know now”. We do that because with time we fail, we learn, we experience success, and ultimately, we grow. But we tend to forget what life was like before all of it. As a business owner I am very hands on with my organization, especially my leadership team and one thing that I am known for is givingRead more
My wife, Jessica, sent me this poem on January 2, 2021, and it made me cry. I encourage you to read the full poem and immerse yourself in it like I did. I can relate to the poem as a father, son, and entrepreneur. Mostly I relate to it as a person who has overcome adversity and experienced success and not handled it well. There are four people throughout my life and career who have madeRead more
This year has taught us so much about ourselves, team members and our organization. When everything started to shift in March including working from home, our team was presented with its own challenges. As the job market continued to change, we knew we needed to raise our standards and expectations to accommodate it. This would require more training, one on ones, position changes and a full focus on heightening productivity and efficiency. Although our culture is naturally competitive and resilient, a lot of change at once is uncomfortable and can be difficult to navigate. We not only asked our sales and recruiting staff to raise theRead more
Facing Fear, Fighting Inertia When COVID took the country by storm, Triple Crown was prepared. That’s not to say that we had prepared for a pandemic. But, in a leadership session in the winter of 2019, we spent time planning for how Triple Crown could and should respond to a far-reaching, 9/11-type event. When the quarantine began, we had a game plan and acted quickly: We seamlessly shifted to a fully remote working environment in one day. We cut all investment spending andRead more
Austin, Texas, March 5, 2020 – Triple Crown Consulting, a technology recruitment firm filling hard-to-find senior tech roles through its vast talent network, today announced the creation of three U.S. regions to better manage growth and has promoted three of its executives to lead each area. Monica Jackson, Regional Vice President, West; Laura Lee Harris, Regional Vice President, Central; and Kyle Raymond, Regional Vice President, East, will each manage sales and recruiting in their respectiveRead more
“Gig” work – that is, freelancing, consulting or contracting work – is what has given rise to the gig economy. It centers around independent contractors working short-term, gig assignments before moving onto another contract. And it’s booming. What may have started out as some engineers’ side hustle, that is working contracts or project work outside of regular business hours, has turned into an all-out career for a lot of engineers. In fact, more often thanRead more
Not All Slaps on the Back Are Created Equally Many business leaders will tell you that the best part of the job is getting the chance to recognize growth and achievement in your employees. For me, it’s definitely true. First, their successes on the job mean that our business is growing and profiting. They sell more, we profit more. They recruit more tech talent, and our talent pool grows stronger and faster than our competition.Read more
This past month, I was honored to be a panelist during Staffing Industry Analysts’s Staffing Executive Seminar. Specifically, I was part of the panel for the Breaking Through Workshop, modeled after the book Breaking Through: Leadership Disciplines from Top Performing Staffing Firms, written by SIA President Barry Asin and staffing performance consultant Mike Cleland. Like the book, the workshop aimed to have executives from the industry share their key leadership disciplines for revenue growth and lasting success. As BarryRead more
Today, it’s easy to feel like you’re in a perks and benefits arms race as you try to recruit technology talent. That company offers free lunches on Thursdays and Fridays? We’ll do free lunches all week. They have an on-site gym? Let’s do an on-site spa. From vacation money to on-site dentists, it’s incredible what many employers offer today to attract and engage talent. But let me give you some insight: you don’t have toRead more
