Job Search and Career Resilience: How to Keep Going When the Search Runs Long

by TheCROJo | Sep 25, 2026 | Happiness Tripwires, Hiring, Leadership

Key Takeaways Why the search wears you down: Searches run longer than anyone plans for, and almost nothing inside one is rewarding. Duration is the problem, and it compounds. Uncertainty about employment produced more cortisol than unemployment itself in a 526-person...

Want career security? Start investing in being an AI-Integrated Leader

by TheCROJo | Oct 28, 2025 | GenAI, Hiring, Leadership, Migrate

Here’s the uncomfortable truth: the technical expertise that got you promoted last time won’t get you promoted next time. Forecasting? AI does it faster. Data segmentation? Commoditized. Copywriting? There’s a bot for that. The skills that made you...

The Executive Presence Trap: “Helpful” Gaslighting Derailing Your Career

by TheCROJo | Apr 12, 2025 | Hiring, Leadership, Migrate, Revenue

Have you ever been told you lack “executive presence”? Or perhaps you’ve heard this feedback about a talented team member during succession planning discussions? This seemingly helpful feedback may be a form of executive presence gaslighting that...

Your First 90 Days in the C-Suite: From Tactical to Strategic Leadership

by TheCROJo | Feb 2, 2025 | GenAI, Hiring, Leadership, Marketing, Migrate, Revenue, sales

You need a strategic plan Here’s a truth I’ve learned over 25+ years as a tech executive: Your first 90 days as a C-suite leader are critical, but the most successful executives start planning well before day one. How you approach these first 90 days...

Radically reduce your team’s collaboration tax burden

by TheCROJo | Jun 18, 2024 | Founders, Hiring, Leadership

The rise of hybrid and remote work has brought many benefits – but it has also introduced new challenges, chief among them the “coordination tax” that the Wall Street Journal highlighted June 16. Keeping everyone in sync is consuming more and more of...

How to grow SAAS revenues efficiently

by TheCROJo | Apr 25, 2023 | Demand Generation, Hiring, Marketing, Revenue, sales

Is the route to growing SAAS revenues efficiently through hiring salespeople? Many SAAS investors, founders and revenue leaders believe that hiring sellers is the pathway to growing SAAS revenues efficiently. In my experience, adding more salespeople without a solid...