Highline Blog
03.02.23
If Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast, Then Behavior Is Lunch and Motivation Is Dinner
We’ve all heard it before, right? That culture eats strategy for breakfast. Regardless of the origin of the quote (which is commonly attributed to Mark Fields of the Ford Motor Company or management author Peter Drucker) — the idea that culture and strategy are key components of business success...
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02.13.23
5 Behaviors for Landing Top Outdoor and Active Lifestyle Industry Talent
Behavior matters. Just as good parenting demands that we set clear expectations, establish guardrails, and maintain consistency to ensure that our children understand what is expected of them, attracting and retaining elite outdoor and active lifestyle industry talent requires adopting certain behaviors within a structured recruitment and hiring process....
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01.20.23
Avoid Scope Creep in Your Search for the Perfect Exec
As a business leader, you’re likely familiar with the concept of scope creep — the continuous, uncontrolled growth and rabbit-holing of what a project entails, otherwise known as the kitchen sink syndrome. Scope creep has the potential to unnecessarily increase complexity, delay deadlines, intensify workplace tension and frustration, and...
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01.10.23
When is the Best Time to Lay the Groundwork for Recruiting Executive Talent?
As a teenager, one of our former team members was prone to procrastination. In many cases, he’d say that his excuse was that he was too late and had missed his chance to seize the best opportunities. That’s when his father would tell him, “The best time to plant...
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09.03.21
Every Candidate is a Software Developer Now
The lengths tech companies have gone to in order to attract the best software engineers away from their competitors is the stuff of legends. Is travel a top priority for your life? Maybe consider taking the job at AirBnB, who gives every employee $2,000 to travel anywhere they’d like...
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