Last year at this time, I published an article about spring pruning. It was the height of Covid and lock-down and I was in a cold, panicked sweat wondering what the next…
Recruiting
The Challenges (and Joys) of Hiring from Home
Work, and life, as we know it isn’t going to snap right back to the way things were, but history shows us that someday soon we’ll be asking ourselves, “Did it really…
What To Do When The Unthinkable Happens
Starting a business is always an act of optimism. I opened Searchlight in May 2001 which was in the middle of the dot-com bust. I reminded myself that summer is a slow…
The Gardener’s Guide to Recruiting: How to know if you’ve made the wrong hire, and what to do about it.
Making a new hire is a bit like adding a plant to your garden—you have an opening, maybe it’s a new space, or maybe you’re replacing a plant that you moved because…