By Brian Mitchell, Managing Partner & CEO. The CHRO owns human resources, sure, but that’s not what they “do” for the company. Benefits administration and HR operations are vital yet tactical necessities that fall under the CHRO umbrella as they should. Attracting talent at all levels and functions is part of the overall strategy of Read More

By Brian Mitchell, Managing Director & CEO. I’ve been recruiting at GM Ryan for 18+ years and have had the good fortune to work with hundreds of companies, placing several hundred senior executives over that time. There are keys for boards/companies to effectively land the quintessential leader, and we can touch on those, however there Read More

By Brian Mitchell, Managing Partner & CEO. Sometimes it seems that no matter what you do, it’s raining. Pretty inspiring first sentence, huh? I’ll try to do better as we go along. 2023 was not a growth year for many businesses nor some careers as a corollary. Is 2024 looking brighter for you? Perhaps it Read More

By Brian Mitchell, Managing Partner & CEO. As a hiring CXO, you want to get it right. You want to hire the best of the best, and for those senior hires to perform the material impact expected (at a minimum). You want peace of mind with the knowledge that you have great and dedicated team Read More

By Brian Mitchell, Managing Partner & CEO.  Right or wrong, we all bring cognitive biases into our assumptions, evaluations, and conclusions. Some perceive someone in their 50’s or 60’s as wise whereas the next person assumes they don’t have fire left in the tank. Why? It comes down to the lens we look through and Read More

By Brian Mitchell, Managing Partner & CEO. As the clock strikes midnight on the 31st and the calendar turns a fresh page, we’ll find ourselves standing at the threshold of a new year—a canvas awaiting the strokes of our aspirations and resolutions. The arrival of a new year is not merely a change in dates; Read More

By Brian Mitchell, Managing Partner & CEO I am sick of the sheer volume of unsolicited email I receive. Rant not over. I get it. We all get it. We buy something online and it requires our email, and we forget to check the box that says “I don’t want any of your friggen emails Read More

By Brian Mitchell, Managing Partner & CEO. My oldest daughter is in her final year at the University of Alabama – ROLL TIDE! She flew home this past weekend to attend a wedding as a bridesmaid and a few things struck me. Although she asked me to pick her up at the airport and to Read More

By Brian Mitchell, Managing Partner & CEO It only takes one step to create momentum which can lead to life-altering positive change. A little dramatic opening? Yeah, maybe so, but physics is not subject to interpretation so humor me. In Newtonian mechanics, the essential law of momentum is defined as the product of the mass Read More

By Brian Mitchell, Managing Partner & CEO. Internal interviews are often taken too lightly by both candidates and hiring executives. This is a mistake, especially by the hiring executive. Internal interviews, if they’re completed at all, are often informal rubber stamps to anoint a single employee who has been identified as a high performer in their current Read More