Is HR (as a job category) dead?

Managing Partner Michael A. Morell sat down and penned a few thoughts about the changing landscape of today’s jobs. The present day workplace is not the same animal it once was; companies are evolving and many facets of the traditional workplace are now viewed with new insight and updated focuses. Michael shared his own perspective on such matters around the topic of Human Resources and the it’s function within an organization. (Smart Blogs) – Recently, I was entering candidates into our database and …

Panel Delivers Diverse Perspectives on Leadership Team Building

By all accounts, TiEcon 2012, was a success, with more than 3,000 people gathering to discuss a variety of topics on entrepreneurship and business startups. Riviera Partners’ Kevin Buckby served as a panelist for “Building Winning Leadership Teams—Critical to Success of Startups”, which drew nearly 400 attendees. He was joined on the panel by executives from RiseSmart, Franklin Templeton, Jobite, Mozilla, and Cetas. “The panel solicited intriguing questions and lively discussion on what it takes to put a strong leadership …

TiEcon 2012: Kevin Buckby To Discuss Leadership Team Building

This weekend, May 18-19, 2012, Riviera Partners will be attending TiEcon 2012, dubbed “the world’s largest conference for entrepreneurs.” The event brings together hundreds of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, industry executives and thought leaders to network and share ideas on a range of topics. Specifically, Riviera Partners’ Kevin Buckby will speak on an Entrepreneurship Panel titled “Building Winning Leadership Teams—Critical to Success of Startups” taking place Saturday, May 19, from 10-11 a.m. Kevin will be joined by industry peers from leading …

Leadership: Your Secret To Startup Success

On any given day, you can probably walk into a coffee shop somewhere in Silicon Valley and cross paths with two guys who are certain they have a corner on “the next big thing.” Their ideas are usually thought out and they may even have a semblance of a business plan. However, those ideas rarely go farther than the inception stage. The challenge for many companies is to thrive beyond a good idea, effective habits and a keen business plan. …

Hunting Unicorns – Buzzword Compliant Search

Posted by: Michael A. Morell POSITION REQUIREMENTS: Scale, Agile, Rockstar, Big Data, Hadoop, Mint.com, Big Company Experience, Field General, Facebook Connect, Visionary, Board Presence, Mobile, Virtual Goods, Track Record, Freemium, Great Recruiter, APIs, Pivot, Cloud, AWS, Cross Platform, Game Changer, Lean Engineering, World Class, Athlete, 24×7, Entrepreneurial, Hands-on, SaaS, Product Sense, NoSQL, iOS, Android, HTML5, Ninja. In my 10+ years of executive search, never have I seen so many people asking for these prerequisites, skills and traits as part of …