In this episode, Jamie speaks with Christina Lock, Founder & CEO of Catch Talent, a technology services recruiting company. A two-time founder, Christina shares her personal growth journey in building and leading those organizations through different business stages. She discusses what successful companies do when building talent strategies, including actively stewarding their culture around mission, vision and values. She also shares some of the common pitfalls senior leaders should avoid when hiring. Christina talks about why community engagement is so important for leaders to invest in; she is an active leader including holding the position as Chair of the Harbor Entrepreneur Center, founder of Disrupt HR Charleston, and serving on several other boards. We discuss how every leader and business has a unique perspective and how offering up thought leadership can help others grow and is great for business as well. Christina wraps by sharing several personal leadership rhythms and tactics that she uses to stay close and connected with her team. Christina is an impressive, bold leader who I deeply appreciate sharing some of her challenges on the way to success.

During the episode, Christina refers to the following:

· EOS Traction, a methodology she implemented at Catch Talent

· Disrupt HR, a global organization for disseminating ideas that Christina and Catch Talent brought to Charleston, SC

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