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The Perfect Fit: The Root of Creativity within Us
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October 4, 2010. The Root of Creativity within Us. It's countdown to the second TEDxSMU. Event - sure to be an even more impressive and inspiring session than the highly-noted inaugural last fall. The multiple, related events are already underway. The organizers, Dean Geoff Orsak and the amazingly capable Sharon Lyle have partnered with an exciting new media entity You Dallas. Note the multiple channels. I was honored to be asked to contribute on the topic of Creativity. See link to the post here.
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The Perfect Fit: NextGen CEOs -- A New Breed of Leadership
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July 6, 2010. NextGen CEOs - A New Breed of Leadership. Here is an update of a guest column written at the end of the first downturn of the 2000s. As we seek to recover from the most recent morass, the content is still relevant. It's based on my experience recruiting top early career stage talent. Enjoy! With a dearth of hiring during two recent economic downturns, companies are finding serious gaps in the talent pipeline for expansion roles and succession planning. Track Record of Personal Excellence.
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The Perfect Fit: Friday Links -- 5 Must Read Career Management Articles
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May 13, 2011. Friday Links - 5 Must Read Career Management Articles. Thank you to Sarah Wright for including The Perfect Fit in her weekly Top 5 blog recommendations. The candidate-facing website of the Association of Executive Search Consultants. She cites the Valentine's Day post - Behavioral Blur - Is a Date a Job Interview? An excellent analogy of job interviews to dates. Do not be fooled by the title, this article is actually full of great advice and is extremely fun to read. Enjoy! Texas Wall Stree...
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The Perfect Fit: The Toastmaster
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June 17, 2011. What we learn in early childhood shows up in adulthood. Sometimes it's a glimmer of a memory. But it's there. In a career of active industry involvement, I've never served as president of an organization. Instead, I LOVE doing the meetings and programs. Picking a timely topic. Recruiting speakers and panelists. Moderating. Generating buzz and participation. Being a presenter. Where did this come from? My late father, Frank Vetakis. He solicited letters from Arnold Palmer and other greats w...
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The Perfect Fit: Paper Dolls
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April 11, 2011. Are you pondering a new direction? Sometimes you have to look back before you can move forward! Revisit your formative years. What were your favorite activities as a child? Were you building, exploring, reading, role-playing or competing in sports? A leading Dallas re-sale shop. She calls this new medium - what else - Paper Dolls! Celesta grew up in Menlo Park, Calif., now heavily populated by high tech innovators and venture capital investors. Her father was a brilliant dentist a...She w...
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The Perfect Fit: Copyright!
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January 5, 2011. If you have a creative bent,you likely have a storehouse of content - ditties you've written or drawn. If you are in the professional services sector, it might be a backlog of thought leadership. It's the New Year. A perfect time to try something new! Dig into the archives. Take a fresh look at your output. Maybe you can package, leverage - or simply share - something that might be of interest and value to others. Here's a wonderful holiday song inspired by our little dog Chanel. 8220;BU...
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What Motivates Change? | The Perfect FitThe Perfect Fit
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Designing Your Strategy for Success. You’re buzzing along in life, minding your own business. Then, an announcement implodes the routine. Another re-organization in your company. Or worse, downsizing. You receive a rejection from (. Fill in the blank. A key client defects to a competitor. Your #1 salesperson quits. Your (. Fill in the blank. Calls in sick. An ice storm is forecast the day of an event you’re chairing. You have to upgrade your iPhone to the new OS. The principle is applicable in matters of...
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Seniors and Alumni Sparkle at Garza Early College H.S. | The Perfect FitThe Perfect Fit
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Designing Your Strategy for Success. Seniors and Alumni Sparkle at Garza Early College H.S. There is a shiny glimmer of hope in urban education and I saw it with my own eyes at Trinidad Garza Early College High School. College Ready, Career Ready, Life Ready. Students at Garza are 85 percent Hispanic and 13 percent African American, 86 percent of them are eligible for free/reduced lunch and 27 percent are limited English proficient. Did I mention award-winning? Ranked #6 in Top High Schools of North Texas.
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The Networker | The Perfect FitThe Perfect Fit
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Designing Your Strategy for Success. Growing up, our families imprint us with traits, values and habits. Some we strive to emulate. Some we struggle to avoid. Others slip unnoticed into our daily patterns. The DNA continues into adulthood. In ten years of executive search, it was my opening interview question: T. Ell me about you as a little person. Who was in your family? What did your parents do? Who were the role models who influenced you into becoming the person you are today? There was a rhythm and ...
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The Perfect Fit: Wisdom from Wallis -- Duchess of Windsor
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January 25, 2012. Wisdom from Wallis - Duchess of Windsor. She upended an empire when King Edward VIII abdicated the British throne to marry her. Madonna has just premiered a movie - W./E. About her life with the subsequently titled Duke of Windsor. She wasn't movie star gorgeous.but was a style icon anointed in the International Best-Dressed Hall of Fame. Sowhat kind of va-va-voom did Wallis Warfield Simpson have going for her? It's still a controversial and gossipy subject for debate. Granted, the shri...
