“Risk is good – not properly managing your risk is a dangerous leap”—Evel Knievel For those of you that don’t remember or are that were born after 1980, Evel Knievel was a daredevil who jumped motorcycles ramp to ramp over things like buses, Mac trucks, rattlesnakes and failed at an attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon in Idaho. He […]
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More Proof that a #Mammogram Can Save a Life
It’s been six years. Six years since the mammogram. Six years since the call. Six years since I heard those dreaded words–the ones no one wants to hear. The words no one expects. You. Have. Cancer. “We caught it early. It’s very small, your prognosis is good, you are lucky. This will probably be more of an inconvenience than anything […]
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Mom Corps Dallas is excited to announce our move to a new blog home … SpotOnTalent.com. Help us settle in and tell us what you’d like to see and read. Our new blog will allow Cindy Strand Yared, the president of Mom Corps Dallas, and her awesome team, to spread their wings and speak from the heart about today’s challenging job market and how […]
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An Ode to Many this 9/11 – We Haven’t Forgotten
In honor of the 12th anniversary of September 11th, Mom Corps Dallas remembers those who died during the terrorist attacks. We are thinking of their loved ones and friends as well as those injured and the heroes who came to the rescue of many on this day. September 11, 2001, affected us all and continues to do so. I had just dropped […]
Read moreIs Your Team Keeping Pace with Technology?
In a recent team development workshop, a client asked about the habit of responsiveness and whether we had seen a trend of the responsiveness habit increasing due to the demands of today’s society and business pace. It was a great question and we have some data on responsiveness for teams and individuals, but I had never thought to link the two until […]
Read more5 Must-Have Employee Retention & Recruiting Strategies
We recently had a client partner tell us they, “hire for personality and train for skill.” Another one, a CFO, said, “Finding talent is the biggest challenge we face, not talent with the skills to do the job, but talent we can trust with our business.” Ask yourself four things. Does my current team: Inspire my trust? Respect my business? Desire […]
Read moreBetty Draper vs. Sheryl Sandberg: We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
In the TV show Mad Men, Betty Draper epitomized the ideal of American womanhood in the go-go era of the 1960s. She was Grace Kelly gorgeous and Bryn Mawr-educated with a drop dead handsome husband who was minting money as a successful Madison Avenue ad agency partner. She presided over a stately Colonial manse with a spectacular wardrobe and a housekeeper […]
Read moreU.S. Work/Life Balance vs. Rest of the World
When I first graduated from university in England, I started at an entry level position with a 10 person company. The pay was average (£10,500 back in 1990 if I remember correctly), and I had an average vacation allowance of five weeks. Yes, you read correctly – FIVE weeks. Right off the bat. No earning 10.75 hours a month. No […]
Read moreThe heart of our business ~ our clients and candidates!
Our fabulous client partners and amazing candidates are the HEART of our business! We appreciate YOU!! Happy Valentine’s Day! “If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.” -Maya Angelou “Sleep Experts doesn’t typically use recruiters, but I was having difficulty filling our position. I reached out to Mom Corps Dallas to see if […]
Read moreLeaders: Pull in for a Pit Stop
2013 is here! In spite of economic uncertainty, one thing is certain ~ businesses will need to gas up and get going. As referenced throughout 2012, business is a journey, now more than ever. Getting from A to B is not a straight shot. As you enter the curves ahead you must shoot for the apex and take advantage of […]
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