It turns out that when a startup investor, a talent strategist and a fractional leader walk into a Zoom room, a really productive, fast-paced and FUN conversation unfolds! Since launching Jack Hammer’s Fractional Leaders offering, we have worked with many CEOs and...
Tired of the Job Search Hustle? Refine Your Strategy with these 6 Tactics
For the first time in YEARS, job seekers are having a tough time out there. For many, this is the first time they have had to apply online for jobs, and most certainly the first time they’ve been ‘on the market’ for more than a few weeks before securing their next...
The Future is Freelance: Insights for Founders
Fact: the Gig Economy market is exploding. According to TechReport, "over a third of people working in the United States participate in the Gig Economy." What this means is - more than 34% of work arrangements are freelance, flexible, and fractional, and the numbers...
Sales Leader Churn
– Why the Revolving Door?
Here’s a fact: there’s been a significant amount of churn with Sales Leaders in the Ed-tech/Workplace-tech sector in the last 9 months, due to resignation or layoff. Want to know why? The conversations I’ve had with CEO’s who have laid off senior sales leaders,...
Washington Times names Jack Hammer Global a Top 5 Executive Search Firm in EdTech
Thank you, Washington Times, for naming Jack Hammer Global as a Top 5 Executive Search Firm Specialized in EdTech for 2022! The EdTech space has been a hub of innovation over the last few years, and it’s been exciting to see traditional education systems find ways to...
Employee Activism Seeks Education And Opportunities To Thrive In Global Economy
Talent expert, Debbie Goodman, has been in the corporate trenches supporting the pursuits of executives and the companies they call home into better suitable placements that match intention and vibe. She is Group CEO of Jack Hammer, a global group of executive search,...
5 ways founders and CEOs can diversify their leadership teams – Business Insider
Companies with a rich tapestry of diversity are more likely to out-perform, as well as create thriving, highly engaged cultures. In this Business Insider article, Debbie Goodman – Jack Hammer’s Group CEO – shares advice on how to drive real change within your...
Keeping clear of hiring chaos in hot emerging industries
After more than two decades as an executive recruiter and business leader in frontier and emerging markets, I have lived and worked through numerous waves of hiring splurges as new niches, in new industry sectors and new markets, started to spike. The tech boom in the...
The Office-Hybrid headache – You can’t please all the people all the time
Although it’s clear that most companies are far from ready to communicate a comprehensive masterplan about the future of work logistics (according to a recent McKinsey and Company survey, less than one third of companies have a plan that they have communicated to...
Want to make leadership impact? Appoint women (at least two) to the C-suite!
An abundance of research now exists to show, beyond a shadow of doubt, that appointing women to the C-suite is not only the right thing to do from an ethical and moral perspective, but also the savvy business strategy. In fact, all high quality, commercially-oriented...