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Aug 18
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295: Why Executives Need to Get on Stage...

Sean Barnes
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Sean Barnes follows up his conversation with JD Miller with a solo episode on the question underneath it: why should an executive want to be on stages at all? His answer starts with visibility. Attention is the number one currency, and when a search firm or a hiring executive goes looking for a candidate, they check LinkedIn first and Google second. An execu ... Show More
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