by Mike Duke | Dec 6, 2019 | Executive Coach, High Performance, Job Success, Leadership, Mike Duke, Success, Successful People
4 Business Principles “The definition of Leadership is getting a predetermined objective accomplished through the voluntary efforts of others.” All business can be boiled down to four things: Profits… No profit, no business Products/Services… Your target market must...
by Mike Duke | Feb 6, 2019 | Career Development Partners, Career Transition, Executive Search, High Performance, Human Resources, Job Search, Job Success, Leadership, Mike Duke, Success, Successful People
With the unemployment rate at 4%, the US Chamber of Commerce is stating we are at “Full Employment”. Full employment does not mean every person in the US is employed. It means the only people unemployed are the chronically unemployed or those unemployed by...
by Mike Duke | Jun 19, 2018 | Career Partners International, Executive Search, Human Resources, Mike Duke
The economy is growing and it’s time for you to start build your team of employees. You get all your jobs posted on the internet you ask for referrals. You put a lot of time and effort into attracting candidates, but how many apply? Probably not as many as you...
by Mike Duke | Jun 12, 2018 | High Performance, Leadership, Mike Duke
Prior to getting into the Search industry I was the Director of Recruiting for a large sales organization. When I joined they had a lot of “People Problems.” Turnover was over 50% and new first year people were failing at an alarming rate. I was tasked with closing...
by Mike Duke | May 22, 2018 | Leadership, Mike Duke
You can’t control people. You can’t manage them either. You can manage a process or a system that people are involved in but you can’t manage the people. The fact is you can only lead people. The definition of leadership is, “The ability to get a predetermined...
by Mike Duke | Apr 24, 2018 | Mike Duke, Success, Successful People, Your Career
Way back in the 1920’s Andrew Carnegie was one of the most famous millionaires in America. He owned the Bethlehem Steel Company which produced rails for the American railroads. Carnegie employed as his chief executive a man named William Schwab, whose ability in...
